Nav lights on for the taxi
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Nav lights on for the taxi
It's come to my attention of late that anyone who labels themselves as 'under the IFR' are taxiing and flying from start to shutdown with nav lights on. I'm just curious to know the reason why. (If it's SOP related then your bound by the company to do it). Is there a well hidden CAAP somewhere on this or are people deliberately just wanting to burn globes or copy those glorious flight sim games. In particular PA44/BE95/76s training flights...
Without ref to any particular rules, if they are LEDs, I'll use them at all times. You can actually see them during daylight hours.
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What p
sses me off are inconsiderate wnkers who insist on taxiing around at night with their strobes fcking up everyone else's night vision.
AIRMANSHIP, KIDDIES!
Entering the runway, strobes, & landing lights ON, transponder to ALT.
(TCAD alerts from taxiing aircraft also fall under the inconsiderate/ignorant category.)
TIME DRIFT
What p
sses me off are inconsiderate wnkers who insist on taxiing around at night with their strobes fcking up everyone else's night vision.AIRMANSHIP, KIDDIES!
Entering the runway, strobes, & landing lights ON, transponder to ALT.
(TCAD alerts from taxiing aircraft also fall under the inconsiderate/ignorant category.)
If you read the one CAR in isolation, then it's easy to see why. Read the one prior as well.
And from memory, daylight ops in a PA44 with NAV lights on isn't the smartest thing to do, particularly on base.....
And from memory, daylight ops in a PA44 with NAV lights on isn't the smartest thing to do, particularly on base.....
And Senecas.
....must be a Piper thing.......
Found the ref for taxiing with strobes on...
Yes, one particular Archerfield school, I'm looking at you....
CAR 195(3)
The operator and the pilot in command must ensure that the lights displayed are not dazzling.
....must be a Piper thing.......Found the ref for taxiing with strobes on...
Yes, one particular Archerfield school, I'm looking at you....
CAR 195(3)
The operator and the pilot in command must ensure that the lights displayed are not dazzling.
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Dazzling eh... so which of the following dictionary definitions is the most applicable I wonder:
1. to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light.
2. to impress deeply; astonish with delight.
3. to shine or reflect brilliantly. (umm, isn't that the purpose of a strobe??)
4. to be overpowered by light.
5. to excite admiration by brilliance.
My money is on 2 or 5.
1. to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light.
2. to impress deeply; astonish with delight.
3. to shine or reflect brilliantly. (umm, isn't that the purpose of a strobe??)
4. to be overpowered by light.
5. to excite admiration by brilliance.
My money is on 2 or 5.
And Senecas.....must be a Piper thing.......
I think the GA twr guys have a standard drill now that whenever a Piper pilot reports undercarriage problems they ask "are your nav lights on". To which the reply often is "oh yeah, my gear is down now"
When you live....
I think the GA twr guys have a standard drill now that whenever a Piper pilot reports undercarriage problems
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Taxiing at night with strobes
I believe that some newer aircraft do not have a rotating beacon and have been certified on the basis that strobes act in lieu of same. I wonder, then, what the legality of taxiing with the strobes/rotating beacon off would be.
To which the reply often is "oh yeah, my gear is down now"
Some go even further and teach the student to say "Pitch Fine" on final in a fixed pitch propeller aircraft. The common rationale offered to unsuspecting students in both cases is the check is done to give you the practice just in case one day the student MIGHT fly a retractable gear variable pitch propeller aircraft. This despite the requirement to have completed and had certified in the log book an Aircraft Special Design Feature Course for retractable landing gear aircraft where the check of gear down and locked is part of the course.
Significantly these spurious checks are not included in manufacturer's POH for fixed gear, fixed prop types. Don't you just love the myths taught in general aviation?
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More time drift - My favourite is when people preach that MAP should always be kept below RPM to avoid over boosting or something similar in a normally aspirated engine...
or "If you did that on a turbocharged engine you'd kill it" "I wouldnt do that on a turbocharged engine" is always a great response.
so ridiculous
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I believe that some newer aircraft do not have a rotating beacon and have been certified on the basis that strobes act in lieu of same. I wonder, then, what the legality of taxiing with the strobes/rotating beacon off would be.
Where I have flown aircraft without a rotating beacon (C404, C402) I have used the navigation lights in lieu of to show that the aircraft is active (for want of a better word). Strobe lights are turned on when entering the runway and turned off when exiting same. Annoys the beejeesus out of me to see strobe lights flashing away on an aircraft as it taxies past.
I think the GA twr guys have a standard drill now that whenever a Piper pilot reports undercarriage problems they ask "are your nav lights on". To which the reply often is "oh yeah, my gear is down now"
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Entering the runway, strobes, & landing lights ON, transponder to ALT.
When you venture back into the bush, Jarse, you'll remember that most of us haven't got your fancy-pants "auto" wank-wank TXPRs
While we're having a good bitch, what is it with the (supposedly experienced) CHTR pilots doing run-ups at the only holding point for a country runway?
...one engine at a time?
...blocking the only taxiway?
...on a 38 degree day?
...with a screaming 25 kt wind... at right-angles to the engine nacelles?
While we're having a good bitch, what is it with the (supposedly experienced) CHTR pilots doing run-ups at the only holding point for a country runway?
...one engine at a time?
...blocking the only taxiway?
...on a 38 degree day?
...with a screaming 25 kt wind... at right-angles to the engine nacelles?
Actually, Hugh, I've flown everywhere from Naples and Graz to Dubai, Kolkatta and KL, so I'll clarify.
The context in which I am referring to is GA operations, say, short finals into Lombadina when you start getting traffic alerts because the gumby taxiing (who you couldn't see for the trees at the other end of the runway and who doesn't respond to your straight in broadcast) hasn't touched the standby switch since it was installed at the factory.
Making the broad assumption that you've had your bad habits, such as the aforementioned example, kicked out of you by the time you got to airlines, I was not having a go at RPT ops.
Been to bigger smokes than Australia has.
Ps, I'll be checking out Taipei on Friday.
Seem to recall that may have been mentioned as a factor in weakening Nomad empennages to the point where one fell off?
I've actually seen a 414 drag it's nosewheel sideways on a full power one engine runup.
The context in which I am referring to is GA operations, say, short finals into Lombadina when you start getting traffic alerts because the gumby taxiing (who you couldn't see for the trees at the other end of the runway and who doesn't respond to your straight in broadcast) hasn't touched the standby switch since it was installed at the factory.
Making the broad assumption that you've had your bad habits, such as the aforementioned example, kicked out of you by the time you got to airlines, I was not having a go at RPT ops.
Been to bigger smokes than Australia has.
Ps, I'll be checking out Taipei on Friday.
one engine at a time?
I've actually seen a 414 drag it's nosewheel sideways on a full power one engine runup.
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...one engine at a time?
Why have high power on both engines at same time when it is not necessary. High power on the ground with not much cooling airflow is not a good way to treat an engine? I have seen a pilot running both donks at high RPM on the ground and then having experienced a dodgy magneto RPM drop proceeds to bore it up the suspect engine to clear the plugs with the "good" engine still thrashing away at high RPM... They live among us.
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Charter, RPT or simply Airwork. It's a bit cowboy running up two engines together isn't it.
No.