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Old 28th Jul 2011, 20:20
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Personally, I don't see anything in particular to be worried about with regards to sector 1 or 2 entry. No matter what kind of corrections (heading/time) you may apply, the examiner wants to see you doing the following at the end:

1) Nominating the type of entry from the direction you are approaching the hold, and obviously doing the entry correctly!

2) Foreseeing the overshoot/undershoot while turning to Gate 2 (60 degrees to go) and making sensible adjustments to end up on the Inbound Track of the hold when you roll out.

3) If it doesn't really look so pretty after the step above (2), TRACK YOUR HEART OUT until you get established on the inbound track (+/-5 degrees) for a sufficient amount of time before you hit the beacon or the the holding fix. Don't give up tracking until you get really close to the fix (about 0.5nm).

In general, try to stick to the sequence (Time, Twist, Turn, Talk) while you are in the hold. A common mistake that people often do is turning while fiddling around with little knobs or buttons at the same time! Try to avoid that if you are already doing it. Ideally, the only thing you are allowed to do in the turn is just talking!!

That's what it's all about really! Anything else you do during the hold, as long as it's a sensible thing to do, the examiner will not be terribly interested or bothered.


All the best.
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