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Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
29th Mar 2024, 23:17
Replies: 11
Views: 1,473
Posted By TeeS

Hi Mavisbacon If you are responding to me,...

Hi Mavisbacon

If you are responding to me, I'm not sure I asked any question for which an answer is required.

With respect to your previous statement of " Safety lane as you call it (surveyed...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2024, 06:51
Replies: 40
Views: 5,720
Posted By TeeS

Hi Shy From the licence point view, this is not...

Hi Shy
From the licence point view, this is not required for aeroplanes under 5700kg or helicopters under 3175kg (except scheduled flights) or for aircraft flying under a police air operator’s...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
14th Mar 2024, 21:22
Replies: 11
Views: 1,473
Posted By TeeS

I'm not sure whether the attached image will be...

I'm not sure whether the attached image will be of help or interest for anyone. I've overlaid a construction of the protection areas for the NDB approach to Runway 27 at Gloucester EGBJ.

At the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Sep 2023, 09:13
Replies: 190
Views: 51,385
Posted By TeeS

Thanks whoknows idont: Quite true, I meandered...

Thanks whoknows idont: Quite true, I meandered into my usual description of why I think Eurocopter/Airbus tells us to close the fuel valve and arm the fire extinguisher before shutting down the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Sep 2023, 07:38
Replies: 190
Views: 51,385
Posted By TeeS

Hi Crab As lelebebbel says, the EMER OFF SW /...

Hi Crab
As lelebebbel says, the EMER OFF SW / FIRE Button closes the fuel valve but this is located just above the fuel tanks so there is a reasonable amount of left in the fuel lines between the...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Jun 2023, 13:59
Replies: 25
Views: 5,402
Posted By TeeS

It is worth noting that the obstacle assessment...

It is worth noting that the obstacle assessment surface (OAS) method of calculating DA/DH for an ILS works completely differently to the obstacle clearance altitude (OCA) calculation used in a 2-D...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jun 2023, 21:02
Replies: 45
Views: 6,355
Posted By TeeS

I'm not entirely convinced that the use of either...

I'm not entirely convinced that the use of either radio altimeter or GPS altitude is going to be the total answer to the problem.

If we are talking about an RNP LNAV approach and decide to publish...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2023, 20:43
Replies: 14
Views: 1,367
Posted By TeeS

Hi Boeing The background to the 15% is that the...

Hi Boeing
The background to the 15% is that the designer can ignore obstacles, after the FAF and step down fixes, that lie under a 15% plane starting at the earliest fix tolerance at the level of...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Jan 2023, 21:33
Replies: 14
Views: 1,367
Posted By TeeS

Hi again Boeing I think I may have to eat my...

Hi again Boeing
I think I may have to eat my words, the maximum 15% descent gradient applies to stepdown fixes and after the FAF but I can't find any requirement for that limitation to apply at the...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Jan 2023, 09:43
Replies: 14
Views: 1,367
Posted By TeeS

Hi Vilas It is not an entirely unrestricted...

Hi Vilas
It is not an entirely unrestricted descent to FAF, the flown descent gradient must not be more than 15%.
Cheers
TeeS
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jan 2023, 20:43
Replies: 14
Views: 1,367
Posted By TeeS

It does look as if you need to roll inverted and...

It does look as if you need to roll inverted and pull once passing 9.2NM but I have a feeling they were just trying to get the descent drawn without getting in the way of the text reading 'R-058...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jan 2023, 14:25
Replies: 14
Views: 1,367
Posted By TeeS

Hi Boeing All 2d approaches are designed as...

Hi Boeing
All 2d approaches are designed as dive and drive, that doesn't stop the actual approach being flown at a constant descent angle. Where there is a descent on the intermediate approach it...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2023, 13:46
Replies: 8
Views: 1,723
Posted By TeeS

Hi Hinne, I don't know where you are in Europe...

Hi Hinne, I don't know where you are in Europe but Starspeed at Cotswold Airport, Kemble can do EASA courses. Nice part of the World.

Thinking about it, you had best check with them about the EASA...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Dec 2022, 13:38
Replies: 1
Views: 991
Posted By TeeS

Grand Cayman LNAV/VNAV approach?

Greetings All

As an escapee from Rotorheads, I’m hoping that someone might be able to explain the following from the RNAV (GNSS) RWY 26 and RNAV (GNSS) RWY 08 at Grand Cayman, Owen Roberts...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Dec 2022, 15:35
Replies: 107
Views: 14,464
Posted By TeeS

Hi Helispotter Your question reminds me of one...

Hi Helispotter
Your question reminds me of one of my old navigation instructors who announced that he had always struggled with port and starboard. From an early stage of his childhood, his father...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Aug 2022, 22:35
Replies: 86
Views: 29,128
Posted By TeeS

Hi Gipsy totally agree with how excellent the...

Hi Gipsy
totally agree with how excellent the autopilot is with helionix but I think the Autopilot is still essentially an AP2000. Happy to be corrected.
Cheers
TeeS

Ah, having woken up and...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jun 2022, 13:49
Replies: 20
Views: 3,089
Posted By TeeS

Hi Vendeeglobes I'm not sure the answer to...

Hi Vendeeglobes

I'm not sure the answer to your question is entirely obvious. The altitudes essentially come in two forms, the obstacle clearance altitude (OCA) and the procedure altitude that is...
Forum: Tech Log
16th May 2022, 11:03
Replies: 4
VDP
Views: 2,218
Posted By TeeS

Thanks Dadanawa I can see where the logic...

Thanks Dadanawa

I can see where the logic behind the thought process would have started but in real use it seems to add lots of complication at a stage of flight where I like things to be as...
Forum: Tech Log
15th May 2022, 17:27
Replies: 4
VDP
Views: 2,218
Posted By TeeS

Hi Dadanawa I'm not quite sure whether you are...

Hi Dadanawa
I'm not quite sure whether you are asking a question or making a statement but whatever, it seems to be some unnecessary arithmetic done to calculate a number that is not really needed....
Forum: Tech Log
15th May 2022, 10:55
Replies: 5
Views: 2,390
Posted By TeeS

Hi Busav8r As Nick suggests, it is all down to...

Hi Busav8r
As Nick suggests, it is all down to the different way the minima are calculated between an LNAV only and an LNAV/VNAV.

The LNAV just has the basic primary and secondary areas with...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Apr 2022, 23:49
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Please can you explain the geometry Flight...

Please can you explain the geometry Flight Detent, I'm genuinely trying to get my head around that one.
Thanks
TeeS
Forum: Tech Log
12th Apr 2022, 11:08
Replies: 68
Views: 79,701
Posted By TeeS

Hi Nick The higher limit is based on an...

Hi Nick
The higher limit is based on an obstacle in the missed approach procedure and because at the standard assumed climb gradient that obstacle will not be cleared by the required minima the...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Apr 2022, 21:02
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Hi KingAir That was one of my early thoughts...

Hi KingAir
That was one of my early thoughts about it but I think there are three problems with looking at it that way:
1. It produces one of the most complex approach briefs ever.
2. Can you...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Apr 2022, 09:55
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

I agree the circles 172; however, the Mumbai...

I agree the circles 172; however, the Mumbai plate is absolutely correct to call the approach VOR RWY 32, the UK insist on doing it not in accordance with PANS-OPS but that is their prerogative! I...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Apr 2022, 09:37
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Hi FullWings If you use the published MDA as a...

Hi FullWings
If you use the published MDA as a DA then you will have exceeded your minima. PANS-OPS again:

1.8.2.3 If the visual references required to land have not been acquired when the...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Apr 2022, 06:02
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Sorry Oggers, I don't believe that is quite...

Sorry Oggers, I don't believe that is quite correct:

3. STATUS
Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS) do not have the same status as Standards and Recommended Practices.
While the latter...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Apr 2022, 21:32
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Sorry Capt. and 172 The aim wasn't to make a...

Sorry Capt. and 172
The aim wasn't to make a simple VOR/DME approach complicated; however, I looked at the approach plate and was confused, it sounds like Boyington was confused, that is why he...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Apr 2022, 10:16
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

I'll go back to my original comments: ...

I'll go back to my original comments:

Firstly, I think the original AIP plate has been poorly/incorrectly drawn because all of the approach fixes are designated by DME, so if you can identify the...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Apr 2022, 07:50
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Sorry Capn but I think FD is technically correct...

Sorry Capn but I think FD is technically correct in that PANS-OPS does define a CDFA as a method for flying the final approach segment, that does not mean of course that you couldn't intercept that...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Apr 2022, 15:01
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Hi FD, I absolutely agee that those are step down...

Hi FD, I absolutely agee that those are step down fixes. If you note the mast elevation 1074ft just prior to the D3.8 fix, add 247ft gives 1321ft, round that up to the next 10ft gives 1330ft which is...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Apr 2022, 11:26
Replies: 65
Views: 13,147
Posted By TeeS

Hi Boyington It just looks wrong to me, if you...

Hi Boyington
It just looks wrong to me, if you can receive the DME at 9.5NM and 3.8NM then I can't see why you wouldn't receive it at 2.8NM and 1NM. As FlightDetent hints, I think they are just...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2022, 19:56
Replies: 50
Views: 15,411
Posted By TeeS

Hi Wrench, there is no warning/caption in the...

Hi Wrench, there is no warning/caption in the event of a hydraulic actuator jam on the 135.
Cheers
TeeS
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2022, 20:03
Replies: 50
Views: 15,411
Posted By TeeS

It appears there were more incidents than I...

It appears there were more incidents than I remembered then, Wrench's AAIB report was the first one I was thinking of but I don't think I ever really noticed the second occurrence mentioned in it. I...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2022, 13:37
Replies: 50
Views: 15,411
Posted By TeeS

There were two occasions in the UK where an...

There were two occasions in the UK where an accidental EC135 SAS/Autopilot disengage occured with not entirely different results. As the SAS EHA is de-powered the SAS control piston returns to its...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Dec 2021, 14:49
Replies: 32
Views: 5,806
Posted By TeeS

Hi Non-PC Thanks for the additional RFM...

Hi Non-PC
Thanks for the additional RFM extract, that would have made offering an appropriate comment rather easier for us, which is why some of us were asking where the RFM tells you to switch off...
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