Oh, another subject. Given that there is NO dip at 90 degrees to the ADF transmitter why do some schools still insist that timing in the ADF hold when outbound can only be when the wings are level -why not as you pass the abeam wings level or not ?
Because PANSOPS says so. Outbound timing commences when passing abeam the holding fix or when reaching wings level, whichever occurs later. But I don't know
why this rule exists, as fireflybob's seems eminently sensible. Any comments?
How to tell when abeam VOR without an RMI:
- When to/from flag changes, if VOR is set to inbound track, or
- When DME-based groundspeed reads zero.
Regards to all,
O8