Tas
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Around the world.
Hmm….I guess if you want to go old fashioned you can use it on a whiz wheel wind side along with w/v to work out drift, hdg true, ground speed etc.??
Quick question from ATPL theory student type: Flying larger aircraft do you get a TAS reading (from the ADC?) as well as IAS, or do you just fly on IAS through the climb until you use Mach meter at a certain altitude/speed? What factors do you use to determine at which altitude/speed to switch from using airspeed in kts to mach.
Cheers..
Quick question from ATPL theory student type: Flying larger aircraft do you get a TAS reading (from the ADC?) as well as IAS, or do you just fly on IAS through the climb until you use Mach meter at a certain altitude/speed? What factors do you use to determine at which altitude/speed to switch from using airspeed in kts to mach.
Cheers..
Last edited by tom775257; 14th November 2003 at 22:16.
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: UK
Ho hum. An airline pilot has to ask THAT question? Not all aircraft are blessed with computers to give you an instant readout of everything. What are you going to do if you are flying something other than you shiney A310, where you have to work out groundspeed, ETAs, et al, with only a calculator to hand? Or worse still, the old fashioned Dalton computer?
As Crossunder says....
As Crossunder says....
Aviator
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 483
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From: Norveg
OK, I know ;-) But aviatorpk made it sound like he/she suggested that TAS is of no use in flying, hence my answer, which btw lacked a smiley to make it seem more "friendly" (or something to that effect...).
