MNEMONICS, Very Interesting!
 

Hi All! Happy New Year.

Currently studying for Mod 2 BGS. Is it just me, or do lots of people have trouble remembering things?

I used to forget the instrument errors of the MACH meter, until someone in class mentioned Micky Mouse's Infected Penis! (MMIP). Just wondered if anyone else had any interesting Mnemonics?

Still use the "Very Lovely Maiden" ones for Mod 2 but anything would be helpful and maybe funny?

Cheers

DJ

One my Mrs thought of for me.



GNM = NAM X GS / TAS

or GNM = Naughty Girls Tied up And Spanked.

Worked for me:D :D :D

An interesting part mnemonic, part diagram that I learned in order to understand the changing relationships between LSS, RAS, TAS and Mach Number in the climb and descent under normal conditions and in temperature inversions. (One for the Bristol Mod 1 guys (Instruments)).

Start by drawing the X and Y axis of a graph, just 2 straight lines one vertical and another horizontal.

On this graph diagrammatically represent the path of a climbing aircraft by drawing a line from the origin moving upwards and to the right.

Think to yourself – that looks right to me – in the sense that the line looks like the path that an aircraft follows whilst climbing – the key is in the order

LSS = Looks
RAS = Right
TAS = To
MN = Me

Draw 4 lines at equal intervals across the graph from top to bottom so that the climb line cuts through them all (Wish I could show you with a diagram) label the lines L,R,T and M.

You now have a diagram illustrating the relationships between the different values. If your climb line cuts across the L,R,T or M lines at points higher up than others this implies that the value increases in the climb and vice versa, so for example it can be seen quickly that in a climb at a fixed Mach Number the TAS will increase, whilst the RAS and the Local Speed of Sound will fall.

If the question asks about inversions then instead of thinking about the climb “looking right to me” think about what an inversion is – A Right Mess of Temperature. L remains in the same position as the vertical line to the far left of the graph, whilst the other lines change their relative positions R – M – T.

The graph can then be used in the same way.

This may sound complicated but in fact the diagrams could not be simpler and take only perhaps 2 seconds to draw in an exam – 1 or 2 marks virtually guaranteed in Instruments.

Another mnemonic which may help you to learn the different speeds and the various errors that are corrected between them all is – Instrument Rating Examiners are Truly Picked.

Write out I R E T (Instrument Rating Examiners are Truly)
Then write just underneath picked – spelt PICD, with the P and the I sitting between the I and the R above, the C sitting between the R and the E above and the D sitting between the E and the T above

You are probably one step ahead of me by now but if not the I R E T gives you IAS, RAS, EAS and TAS and the letters on the lower lines give the errors that are corrected to give rise to the speeds – Pressure, Instrument, Compressibility and Density. Hence RAS is IAS corrected for pressure and instrument errors, whilst TAS is EAS corrected for density errors.

Hope these are of use to some of you.

Oopps

No sooner posted than spotted the deliberate mistake – In an Inversion as you climb of course local temp increases and hence the LSS will increase. Best put the L line on the other end !

differeniating between what ATM and CTM for a porp does i.e. coarse or fine.

On a friday night after pulling you want to go C which is fine. If you go too far you'll go A which is rather coarse :o

never forget PUDSOD

Pitot blocked, the ASI underreads in descent,

static (blocked, ASI)overread descent

This will really date me.
 

On the Curtiss Electric Propeller there were four electrical leads in the connection block. They were Decrese, Increase, Ground and Feather.

To remember the correct order I was taught Did I Get F@@@@d?

:D

Keep them coming,

Every little helps!

Cheers.

D.J.

Derivation on the above:

For airspeeds I use Ice Tea - i.e Indicated, Calibrated, Equivalent and True....it is the right sequence too.

One of my personal favourites for remembering the difference between anabatic and katabatic winds

"Up Anna, not the cat!";)

Anyone for downwind checks?

Chipmunk - 'My Fat Friend Has Hairy Balls'

Mixture, Fuel, Flaps, Harness, Brakes.

Jet Provost - 'Sarah and Lesley F**k For Hours Willingly'

Speed, Airbrake, Landing Gear, Flaps, Fuel, Harness, Wheelbrakes!

Why go to pneumonics when you can have much more fun with the full expressions? Those are the only vaguely clean ones that I can remember.

Ghost

P.S. Anyone want to take a stab at: 'Tiny Tim Makes Fish Fingers Go Green, Pete Though Has His Evenly Turned';)

Hufty

You can enhance your Ice Tea one by thinking to yourself Ice Tea is a Pretty Cool Drink - The P-C-D then gives you the errors between the speeds as well.
Ice tea of course is not a pretty cool drink but there we are.

Here's a couple that help me (more for the flying side).....

CAMFIGHT (2 items per letter) for preflight checks - Controls, Carb Heat, Avionics, Airbrakes, Mixture, Mags, Feul, Flaps, Instruments, Indications, Gauges, Gyros, Hatches, Harnesses, Throttle & Trim ("Eventualities"....on the end....)

CARPACER for initial radio calls - Callsign, Aricraft, Route, Position, Altitude, Course (Heading), ETA and Request. n.b. You don't need them all in every situation!

KEEP 'em coming.....especially the ones for instruments.....

BF

Thanks to everyone so far, but keep them coming.

Im now writing these down in a little book. They do work.

Thanks again.

D.J.

Willie, Willie, Harry, Ste,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three.
One, two three Neds, Richard Two,
Harry four, five, six, then who?
Edward four, five, Dick the bad,
Harrys twain and Ned the lad.
Mary, Bessie, James the vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again.
William and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Four Georges, William and Victoria.

It isn't strictly a mnemonic and has nothing whatever to do with flying, but hey,

Dick W

Rote 8 - you're right!

I heard a good one for Radio Nav - far too rude to mention here though!!!!

Thanks to everyone so far, but keep them coming.

Im now writing these down in a little book. They do work.

Thanks again.

D.J.

One of the first I was taught was for use when using a navaid.

TITS FM

Tune
Identify
Track Set

Flags (clear)
Markers

Most of the METARs are obvious but this helped me for BR...

BR=British Rail=MIST the train

There's a useful one for helping to remember all the GPWS warnings, and I think it went something like this:-

Some - Sink Rate, Sink Rate
Terrier - Terrain, Terrain
Dogs - Don't Sink, Don't sink
Go - Glideslope
For - Too low, Flaps
Gay (not pc I know) - Too low, Gear
Men - Can I remember ? Can I b*ggery, give us a break, it's been ages since learning this malarky !

Think that's the general gist though, and a Stella to the one who knows what the hell M stands for !! ;)

Edit: Sorry Dick, but only students qualify for the Stella competition, employers and their relations etc etc...editors decision final an' all that ! ;)

Further edit : Is it Minimums ??? Hope so, I could murder a Stella !

A few I made up, but they were for UK ATPL's so don't know if they apply. I have a card index of hundreds of them, but the ones below are ones I still use for instructing:

1. Factor's affecting induced drag:

*Smelly girls wash their arses lightly*

Speed, ground effect, aspect ratio, washout, aspect ratio, lightness (well weight really!)

2. Errors of NDB (when you do your assymetric NDB approach you'll see how well the nmemonic applies):

* Can't spell it out but read down the first line *

Coastal refraction
Undulating terrain
Night effect
Thunderstorms
Static

3. Order of priority in flight:

* BiG TAF *

Balloons, Gliders, Towing aircraft, Airships, Flying machines

4. Documents to be carried on international flights

* CRAP JAR *

Cargo manifest, registration cert, airworthiness cert, pax names, journey log books, aircrew licences, radio licence

5. Equipment to have on an aircraft

* FISH & CHIPs *

Fuses, 1st aid kit, seat (for every pax), harness (for every pax), chart, hand-held fire extinguisher, interception procedures, POH

6. Relationship between density, pressure, water vapour and temperature

* Dense pilots won't turn back *

See-saw with density and pressure on one side and water vapour and temperature on other, eg if pressure goes down, density goes down; if temperature goes up, pressure goes down

7. Factors affecting lift

* CAA's VD Willy *

Camber, Angle of Attack, Velocity, Density, Wing size

8. Factors affecting stall

* WALT FLIC *

Weight, angle of bank, load factor, thrust, flap, ice, C of G