Todays GNAV exam
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The three pointer on true bearing from the station of an NDB referenced to the aircraft RMI, where you had to find the constant of the cone (n) between the standard parallels. Nasty IMHO, not helped by the fact that they stuck it in near the end (in the 40's?) Got it wrong at 258 deg true! God damn it....grrrrrrrrrrr!
Oh and Q3 - the earth's minor and major axis??!?! Come again guvnor?
Oh and Q3 - the earth's minor and major axis??!?! Come again guvnor?
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todays gnav exam - was it me having a dumb moment or question 29. Find the drift angle ... I've done lots of these for practice but for some reason got stumped in the exam. it stated GS not TAS. Before I go and investigate anyone have any comments
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I was one of he many unfortantes who did GNAV twice 74% that hurts , but both exams i did both had time cinsuming plog questions in them , my strategy was do all 3 pointers first then 2 pointers the the 1's just in case i an out of time , then the biggies at least are done , works for m and b too
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Has anyone got any helpful advice for someone due to do the Gen Nav exam in April? e.g exam stategy etc...
How many Wizzy wheel questions were there?
Good luck to everyone who took the nav exam this time around i'm sure you ll be alright
How many Wizzy wheel questions were there?
Good luck to everyone who took the nav exam this time around i'm sure you ll be alright
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Yeh as I said above do the 3 mqarks questions first then the 2 markers , then if you do run out of time you havent got 3 mark questions outstanding , made sense to me at the time. DONT RELY ON BRISTOL the questions are similar but numerical values change. That said if you can work out the answers on the questions that will stand you in good stead for the exam but dont learn answers to numerical questions .
On my first gnav paper there were 9 crp/5 questions and 6 chart related questions , the following month on the retake there were two of each so there really is no way of saying . On first paper there were no PSR/PET questions on the second there were 4 ,these are a give away and worth 3 and two marks so get them get of the way if they appear .
Just keep your eye on the time as that is your biggest enemy on gnav many many people end the eam with outstanding questions .
Good Luck
On my first gnav paper there were 9 crp/5 questions and 6 chart related questions , the following month on the retake there were two of each so there really is no way of saying . On first paper there were no PSR/PET questions on the second there were 4 ,these are a give away and worth 3 and two marks so get them get of the way if they appear .
Just keep your eye on the time as that is your biggest enemy on gnav many many people end the eam with outstanding questions .
Good Luck
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Oh, so PET/PSR questions are worth 3 marks? that was confusing me, especially with the QB only giving 1 mark answers but i was hearing about these 3 marks questions and wondering what the hell they were going to be like.
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Yeh they can be . If they give you the gs then they might be worth one mark each if they ask you to calculate the gs they will be worth two but sometimes they give you mach numbers and wind so you have more work to do meaning more marks , the general rule is the more work you have to do the more marks avail. The above mentioned plog question is a 3 marker and is a drain on time . Other two markers are scale questions and most crp/5 as i recall are two markers but stnd to be corrected . The BGS QB does not reflect the marks avail on the exam you will have to wait till the day and read the marks carefully.
In short if there is maths , chart , or crp/5 work in the question they will generally be worth more There might actually only be two CRP/5 questions ie hdg and gs types but there may be more integrated elewhere in the paper ie the pet/psr questions where you have to work out winds and convert mach numbers etc etc .
Know you crp/5 you dont wanna be dropping two marks cos youve forgotten how to work out basic wind calculations
Good Luck
In short if there is maths , chart , or crp/5 work in the question they will generally be worth more There might actually only be two CRP/5 questions ie hdg and gs types but there may be more integrated elewhere in the paper ie the pet/psr questions where you have to work out winds and convert mach numbers etc etc .
Know you crp/5 you dont wanna be dropping two marks cos youve forgotten how to work out basic wind calculations
Good Luck
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I would summise that if you arent sure what a plog is then you are a long way off worrying about gnav 
A plog , not exactly sure what it stands for exactly probably planning log its the log of your flight from planned headings tracks and times to eta's including clearances and observations ie Wx etc etc its a legal requirment on commercial flights .
A plog , not exactly sure what it stands for exactly probably planning log its the log of your flight from planned headings tracks and times to eta's including clearances and observations ie Wx etc etc its a legal requirment on commercial flights .
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Many thanks EK.
I'm a few weeks away from taking my GNAV exam. However, nomenclature for a pilot's log doesn't bother me maxdrypower, as I will know exactly what it is when I get to it on the exam paper.
Another quick question about the GNAV paper if I may. How many questions are there likely to be on the exam paper?
I'm a few weeks away from taking my GNAV exam. However, nomenclature for a pilot's log doesn't bother me maxdrypower, as I will know exactly what it is when I get to it on the exam paper.
Another quick question about the GNAV paper if I may. How many questions are there likely to be on the exam paper?
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Hi Foghorn Leghorn,
I believe if you are doing the ATPL (A) you are looking at about 54 questions & if you are doing CPL (A) about 45 for Gen Nav.
No one can give an exact figure as the questions are taken from the question bank randomly and as previously mentioned could be worth 1, 2 or 3%. So the number varies to make up 100%.
Good luck with your exams.
I believe if you are doing the ATPL (A) you are looking at about 54 questions & if you are doing CPL (A) about 45 for Gen Nav.
No one can give an exact figure as the questions are taken from the question bank randomly and as previously mentioned could be worth 1, 2 or 3%. So the number varies to make up 100%.
Good luck with your exams.
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I found the plog question pretty straight forward, but only because i have practiced that on Bristol so many times.
They were asking for Line one which was something like hdg 236 and 11.14UTC. If you check the Bristol database, its definately on there with the other 6 lines aswell.
I found the exam not too tough but certainly not straight forward. Already i know ive made at least 8marks worth of sloppy mistakes.
The paper was 54 questions with total marks worth 79. That obviously allows you to lose 20 marks & pass with 75%.
I have no question in my mind that i am around the 75% mark, whether i have just scraped it or just missed out.
I took the POF examination on Monday morning, i certainly know i made two mistakes, but all in all i found that a very basic exam & predict my results will sit in the low 90's. The IFR & VFR paper was ridiculously simple. I can almost guarantee i obtained 100% in both of those.
But im here worrying about G Nav & Met, so lets see
Best of luck
x
They were asking for Line one which was something like hdg 236 and 11.14UTC. If you check the Bristol database, its definately on there with the other 6 lines aswell.
I found the exam not too tough but certainly not straight forward. Already i know ive made at least 8marks worth of sloppy mistakes.
The paper was 54 questions with total marks worth 79. That obviously allows you to lose 20 marks & pass with 75%.
I have no question in my mind that i am around the 75% mark, whether i have just scraped it or just missed out.
I took the POF examination on Monday morning, i certainly know i made two mistakes, but all in all i found that a very basic exam & predict my results will sit in the low 90's. The IFR & VFR paper was ridiculously simple. I can almost guarantee i obtained 100% in both of those.
But im here worrying about G Nav & Met, so lets see
Best of luck
x