Track correction 'By scientific method only'
Hi All,
I'm flying x-country and I see a lake in the distance and I should be heading towards it but I'm not.
I was told by one instructor just go there. Another told me I can't deviate from my original track (written down on the plan) unless I change it by scientific method only.
Problem is I don't really know how many miles off track I am off yet, might not know until I get a bit closer. If I take a guess at how many miles I will be off, what if I don't know my exact position at present (i.e how many miles since last checkpoint and how many miles to the lake), how can I do the 1 in 60from this present position, guess everything? Seems to me it would make a lot more sense to just fly to the checkpoint if you can see it.
Just wondering what the examiners take might be on it.
Thanks,
HJ