Now - get out of that!!
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From: POH - Section 2
Now - get out of that!!
Was flying my PC flight simulator earlier this evening. Departed runway 09 and climbed to 2,000', when passing 700' turned right onto 240 degrees to vector myself round for an ILS approach back to the same runway.
Went IMC very soon after rotation (set to random w/x).
Then had a total electrics failure (failures also set to random). No R/T, no Nav (VOR, ADF, DME and GPS [spit] all went off) - so did turn co-ordinator.
Piper Arrow - so had manual flaps and gravity fed undercarriage extension.
Five minutes later, the airspeed indicator decayed to zero.
IMC - no cloud base information - don't know where you are (exactly) and cannot "find out".
What would you do?? - other than scream at yourself for flying a single engine aircraft in IMC.
Reaching into your simulated nav bag for your simulated hand held radio is not an option!!
Went IMC very soon after rotation (set to random w/x).
Then had a total electrics failure (failures also set to random). No R/T, no Nav (VOR, ADF, DME and GPS [spit] all went off) - so did turn co-ordinator.
Piper Arrow - so had manual flaps and gravity fed undercarriage extension.
Five minutes later, the airspeed indicator decayed to zero.
IMC - no cloud base information - don't know where you are (exactly) and cannot "find out".
What would you do?? - other than scream at yourself for flying a single engine aircraft in IMC.
Reaching into your simulated nav bag for your simulated hand held radio is not an option!!
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From: Chichester, UK
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Why did your airspeed decay to zero? It's run on air, so to speak.
Assuming that normally it would not 'fail' at the same time as everything else, then with the compass you can fly around the area (using stopwatch if necessary) until the random weather generator decides its CAVOK- problem solved!
Assuming that normally it would not 'fail' at the same time as everything else, then with the compass you can fly around the area (using stopwatch if necessary) until the random weather generator decides its CAVOK- problem solved!
