Peter wrote:
: It took me a while to work out what the FAA was looking for in the IR
: written, on "primary" and "supporting". It's easy enough in straight
: and level flight, but on stuff like a transition from a stabilised
: level turn to a climbing constant-speed turn, it's very hard to get
: one's head around it. Luckily, I passed, and one has to learn these
: word tricks only once
:

Yeah, me too... that's why I came up with what I did (in my own mind, anyway).
Basically, it was something like:
attitude = rate = result

So, during the phases of flight while you are transitioning, the attitude is
generally the most important. Holding rates (CR climb, SR turn, etc) it's
rate-based
like VSI or TC. Result is the integral thing.

Anyway, I agree... I passed and now you just need to know how to do it, not
some cryptic wordplay to pass an exam.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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