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....which you probably did while trying to adjust your outbound track!
Yes, well, if you get that far........I struggled to achieve a constant QDM inbound, with the mental gymnastics needed to work out the drift by juggling heading, QDM, next QDM, new heading, next QDM, next QDM, new heading, next QDM.....oh s**t, I'm outbound, turn to OB radial reciprocal, stopwatch, apply drift, next QDM, call TWR, start descent, next QDM, calculate reciprocal, hells teeth, 8 degrees off, but which way?, new heading, next QDM, check stopwatch, BUMPPH, QFE, stopwatch, next QDM, start descending rate 1 turn to IB heading, next QDM, next QDM, apply drift , check QDM correct inbound heading, continue descent, check minimum safety height, reduce speed, flap, 3 greens, check QDM.....reach for sickbag in seatback, give to girlfriend/future wife in RH seat.......runway in sight.....
I'd hoped to have forgotten all that.....it was bad enough in a C150 on a windy day, horrible in an Aztec at nearly twice the speed.
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