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Old 29th July 2011 | 21:22
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From: Just 5NM behind you!
With this in mind, it makes sense to fly the approximate gate for teardrop entry...
I hope you were not doing the offset entry in any other method!!

Hit the beacon, start the timer, twist the course selector (heading bug) to Gate 1 with wind correction, turn to the nominated heading, fly it for 1 minute with wind correction again (+/-1 second per 1 knot of head/tail wind for a light twin or single engine A/C, or +/-1 second per 2 knots for heavy jet or large turboprop.), then turn to intercept the inbound track, and anticipate the overshoot/undershoot while approaching Gate 2.

As a rule of thumb, G1 for a right hand hold is equal to the outbound heading -30 degrees. For a left hand hold, G1 is the outbound +30 degrees.

Keep in mind that G1 is a TRACK, not a heading! so you have to correct it for winds. The exact rule that we should be using for figuring out G1 is as follows:
G1 moves into the wind by half of the applied max drift but not more than 10 degrees.

Cheers.
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