(Martin Kosina) wrote
IFR
departure procedures often prescribe identical orbiting procedures
(even if they are not called "holds")

And sometimes they are. I've seen DP's with instructions to 'climb in
the hold' and should have mentioned that one as well.

that really do keep you out of
the weeds, sometimes with not very big margins. If you get messed up
there, I'd say head straight back to the navaid while climbing and try
to sort it out.

At normal climb speeds for certified singles, if you just head for the
holding fix and fly standard rate turns around it with some effort
made to keep the navaid in the center, you're not going to leave the
protected airspace.

I only became really aware of published IDP's and the various TERPS
issues after reading Wally Robert's site, my own instrument training
did not emphasise this too much, which is a bit scary in retrospect...

Unfortunately, your situation is far from rare.

Michael