On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:14:50 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:

On the inbound turn, don't be a slave to making standard-rate turns. If
the CDI is coming in way faster than you expected, speed up the turn.
The alternative is blowing through the FAC and if you do that in a
strong crosswind, you may never manage to claw your way back in time.


Yeah. Steep turns in the clouds is just what an inexperienced IFR
pilot needs.

I'll take going across the course anytime. There's no way a wind is
going to blow an aircraft so far across course that it will be a
serious problem.