Hi all and happy new year!
Just after some advice on holds using the G1000 (Twinstar).
I'm starting my IR next week and just practicing my NDB procedures on flight sim.
I have splashed out on a mindstar aviation G1000 panel which appears to work just as the real thing, well the instruction manual I downloaded from Garmin seems to get me operating everything correctly anyway!
My question is this.... When I'm doing an NDB hold I'm working out roughly what my heading should be using max drift technique but I find my self just using the GPS track bearing displayed at the top. I.e once established outbound I'm steering accordingly to maintain my required outbound track on the GPS track display. Is this a lazy method which I should knock on the head straight away or is this method excepted in the real world of IFR flying?? To me it feels like I'm cheating for some sad reason
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Also I know I'll get taught all this when I start but is it set in concrete which entry type you use if you close to the 70 deg deciding line??
Any pointers appreciated.