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Old 14th Apr 2014, 03:37
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NRDK
 
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Agree with Crab again I do

True, if you are stupid enough to bend the common sense rules of taking off at night in fog then be clever enough to use the aircraft to its full potential.

4 axis AW139, Pre-set a sensible ALTA figure, TAWS on (for the big picture once airborne and climbing) pop up gently to 30' select hover, then collective beep up to a height that you know will clear your nearest obstacles and begin to cyclic beep your speed. You can continue to beep height as you go. (If worried about the Radalts tracking over uneven terrain use ALT from 30' it will work even below the MUH) Once at 60KIAS use ALTA & HDG/RNAV and Bobs your uncle.....all fully coupled Take off IMC.

Practise the technique in a nice day VMC environment first on a regular basis is you think you will be 'pushing' your ops that way.
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