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Tall guy, CAA Maps: you can scan them yourself but it is a pain because you have to join the bits together and then calibrate them. You can buy them ready done in various places (transair for example) but basically they are a Memory Map product:
http://www.memory-map.co.uk/maps_uk_intheair.htm
It is 50 quid for half the country. This includes the 1/2mil and the 1/4mils. Keeping up to date is a question of buying a new one.
http://www.memory-map.co.uk/maps_uk_intheair.htm
It is 50 quid for half the country. This includes the 1/2mil and the 1/4mils. Keeping up to date is a question of buying a new one.
Why do it if it's not fun?
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Why not stick post-it notes on instruments?
My PPL instructor once confessed to me that he lost one of his suction cups which he used to give his IMC students "instrument failures". He was very embarassed at having to use one suction cup and one post-it to cover the instruments. I suggested to him that if he used two post-its, the students wouldn't know of the existence of suction cups, and so there would be no need for him to feel silly.
As far as I know, he took my advice and never replaced his lost suction cup!
FFF
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My PPL instructor once confessed to me that he lost one of his suction cups which he used to give his IMC students "instrument failures". He was very embarassed at having to use one suction cup and one post-it to cover the instruments. I suggested to him that if he used two post-its, the students wouldn't know of the existence of suction cups, and so there would be no need for him to feel silly.
As far as I know, he took my advice and never replaced his lost suction cup!
FFF
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Best gizmo is heavy-duty hydraulically-activated skis, which let your aeroplane go to places others can't reach. (Worst gizmo is light-weight electrically-activated skis, which don't always activate in sync.....
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Another neat toy is the tamper-proof electronic G meter, which records who pulled how many and when.
For a cheap 'n' cheerful gizmo, the Wind Protractor is hard to beat. It makes wind correction angles and ETA's a cinch to calculate for anyone who can use a pencil.
)Another neat toy is the tamper-proof electronic G meter, which records who pulled how many and when.
For a cheap 'n' cheerful gizmo, the Wind Protractor is hard to beat. It makes wind correction angles and ETA's a cinch to calculate for anyone who can use a pencil.
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FFF, Why? Exactly as you said, you cant see the instruments!
On my IR flight test the examiner used the old 'Octupus Suction Cup' type rubber soap pads your mum used to have by the bath. I burst out laughing when he stuck em to the panel - he still passed me though
On my IR flight test the examiner used the old 'Octupus Suction Cup' type rubber soap pads your mum used to have by the bath. I burst out laughing when he stuck em to the panel - he still passed me though
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I assume FFF was talking about covering the instruments for partial panel training. During my IMC test we had no suction cups nor post-it notes, so we used the "even poorer man's version" - if you get a piece of paper and push it against the DI and AI so that the adjustment knob comes through the paper it stays in place and - bingo - partial panel.
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If you want to scan CAA charts yourself (or indeed any other maps) and calibrate them so that they can be used with an IPAQ of other Pocket PC connected to a GPS, you need a copy of OziExplorerCE from www.oziexplorer.com - (shareware demo and then $25 to register).
Of course, not exactly legal from a copyright point of view, and £50 for both the half and quarter mil Southern England charts from MemoryMap is not exactly steep anyway.
Mr W
If you want to scan CAA charts yourself (or indeed any other maps) and calibrate them so that they can be used with an IPAQ of other Pocket PC connected to a GPS, you need a copy of OziExplorerCE from www.oziexplorer.com - (shareware demo and then $25 to register).
Of course, not exactly legal from a copyright point of view, and £50 for both the half and quarter mil Southern England charts from MemoryMap is not exactly steep anyway.
Mr W
