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The one minute turn that can save your life
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As part of the Private Pilot training there is a minimum of 3 hours of hood/instrument training required. One of the things which seems to be always taught (it was the way I was taught and the way I am instructing) is the one minute standard rate turn which is to be used by a Private Pilot if he/she gets theirselves into some IMC, inadvertently. No matter who I ask, I get the same technique (which is the way I was trained during my PPL training); standard rate turn, one minute (3 degrees per second times 60 equals 180 degrees). Aside from the scenario where there is a vacuum system failure (where you lose the DG, for example), what is so wrong with teaching them to look at the bottom of the heading indicator and standard rate turn to that value? The answers I get when I ask this question, vary from, 'I was just taught to use time', 'the pilot is likely to forget the 180 degree heading they were supposed to roll out on', etc... I teach, by timing, just as I was taught, but still haven't got a compelling answer as to why not have them look at the 'bottom' of the DG and turn to that heading (standard rate)? For those I've spoken to that have said, "they are more likely to forget the heading than mess up the time", I can see that they could just as easily lose track of the time as they could the clock. Anyone have any 'whys' on this one? -- =----- Good Flights! Cecil E. Chapman CFI-A, CP-ASEL-IA Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond! Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery - "We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis - |
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