Test passed..what to look for.

[Sagebrush]

without looking, what's the reverse heading of 310 degrees?

310 - 180 = 130º

Take a simple calculator (you have lots of time).

Two bits says you won't have a heading question. But gambler, I'm not. Study airspace, charts, TARs weight and balance and everything else. ; )

And yep, I had some CG questions.

SB

 

[Falcon900]

...won't need the plotter for determining time and distance. I need the compass to determine intermediate heading...particularly reverse headings.

i.e. without looking, what's the reverse heading of 310 degrees?

Trying to do this from memory is a little more difficult than just looking at a compass.

130 degrees

If this heading question can't be answered from your experience, I would take the time to draw a compass rose with 10 degree points on the blank paper furnished at the test and use that. At my test site, nothing but glasses were permitted in the test room.

 

[trevsdad]

310 - 180 = 130º

Take a simple calculator (you have lots of time).

Two bits says you won't have a heading question. But gambler, I'm not. Study airspace, charts, TARs weight and balance and everything else. ; )

And yep, I had some CG questions.

SB

Thanks for the formula, but here's what I've been looking for. Problem solved!

 

[Sagebrush]

...won't need the plotter for determining time and distance. I need the compass to determine intermediate heading...particularly reverse headings.

i.e. without looking, what's the reverse heading of 310 degrees?

Trying to do this from memory is a little more difficult than just looking at a compass.

There's a compass in the Airman's Testing Supplement they give you...Figure 6.

Download a copy (or buy one like I did off of Amazon).

SB

 

[trevsdad]

(...duh!!) yeah, I've got the supplement...been using it for study and sample questions. Strange...the sample question I referenced earlier, which appears in different sample tests, with slightly different parameters, never suggests referring to "...figure 6 in the FAA Airmen Supplement" blah, blah, so I never saw it in there...thanks.

 

[Sagebrush]

If you have any chart questions you're not quite sure of... make sure you look at the chart legend in the book before you choose your answer. I found that a big help.

SB

 

[trevsdad]

Copy that.

 

[GMack]

Thanks for the formula, but here's what I've been looking for. Problem solved!

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Ack! An old E6B.

Have that clear plastic sectional scale too?

 

[Sagebrush]

As pointed out above, the handout book charts aren't to scale.

SB

 

[trevsdad]

Ack! An old E6B.

Have that clear plastic sectional scale too?

Yup...haven't used it for awhile.