Originally Posted by Rainboe
I do have issues with those of you insisting on being within 5 degrees of the outbound leg- have you ever tried overflying and establishing on a new outbound radial and staying within 5 degrees? Until you get at least a few miles out, you can't really establish, so 5 degrees is a bit tall.
If you are flying on 'raw data' in whatever aircraft type, if you cannot get yourself within 5 degrees on an outbound leg of a procedure then you will NEVER pass an IR skills test. It is a basic requirement of instrument flying and I don't recall it taking 2nm, even in a Seneca for the needle to start pointing at the beacon again once you have passed the overhead.
Safe flying.
PP