I imagine doing a map crawl is more difficult in a fixed wing due to speed and visibility, doesn anyone else have both licences who can give their 2 cents?
I would say the navigation part of the fixed-wing PPL is much easier.
For FW, my smallest waypoint was a disused airfield. Rotary, I was navigating to waypoints like a 30ft stone obelisk in the middle of a field. You don't have to use the 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey map for FW either.
It is harder to see stuff out ahead FW, but against that helicopter pilots are, IMHO, always far more concerned about what they are currently flying over, and so more likely to be looking.
Oh, and did I mention that if you take your hands off all the controls, the plane typically flies better than when you were messing with it?
Just my 2c, don't take the last bit too literally!
