Can anyone help me out??
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Can anyone help me out??
hello guys! i'm kinda new here and sorry for breaking the bubble but i need help on NDB tracking using a fixed card ADF. I've done 2 sessions on a frasca 142 and NDB tracking is really the one that gets to me. I always tend to overshoot/undershoot the target radial by 3 to 5 degrees and end up bracketing althrough out the radial. It's a no wind situation!! I was thinkin that sinc most of you are top gun quality guys, maybe i could ask a little help. Any advice is gladly appreciated....thanks guys!
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First point is that provided that you are +/- 5deg of the chosen bearing then you are considered to be established on that bearing. So +/- 3 deg is not bad when using an ADF.
Second point - are you allowing for or trying to eliminate the effects of ADF dip. If not then that could be why you roll out of the turn expecting to be on the bearing but find that you are not exactly.
Third point - We all bracket. That is how it is done. It's when you diverge beyond the +/- 5 deg and struggle to work out how to get back that you end up in trouble.
Get yourself a copy of RANT which is a great PC based training device and well worth the money. I don't have a link but I expect someone else here can provide one.
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Second point - are you allowing for or trying to eliminate the effects of ADF dip. If not then that could be why you roll out of the turn expecting to be on the bearing but find that you are not exactly.
Third point - We all bracket. That is how it is done. It's when you diverge beyond the +/- 5 deg and struggle to work out how to get back that you end up in trouble.
Get yourself a copy of RANT which is a great PC based training device and well worth the money. I don't have a link but I expect someone else here can provide one.
Regards,
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Quick check
Putting rant training navigation into google gave me:
http://shop.pilotwarehouse.co.uk/product547000023.html
and
http://www.flightstore.co.uk/rant_xl...5.item_id.281/
I hope this helps.
http://shop.pilotwarehouse.co.uk/product547000023.html
and
http://www.flightstore.co.uk/rant_xl...5.item_id.281/
I hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by DFC
Third point - We all bracket. That is how it is done. It's when you diverge beyond the +/- 5 deg and struggle to work out how to get back that you end up in trouble
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http://www.cueman.co.uk/aviation/adfvor/
this one really helps....
thanks again you guys....
Just an aside, your post was a perfectly reasonable one (okay, just maybe you could occasionally use a full stop and/or spelling checker) - but you might like to think about refining your thread titles a bit - it's traditional to actually give a clue about your question in the title.
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Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer
Just an aside, your post was a perfectly reasonable one (okay, just maybe you could occasionally use a full stop and/or spelling checker) - but you might like to think about refining your thread titles a bit - it's traditional to actually give a clue about your question in the title.
noted!
