On 10/27/06 14:35, Alan Burke wrote:
Hi,

I'm studying for my IR and having some trouble in calculating the outbound
times. Has anyone got any easy way of calculating the times.



Alan,

See Jose's answer for the timing. All I wanted to add was that you
should guestimate the crosswind correction before entering the hold,
and apply this on the first leg. Otherwise, the crosswind may really
mess with the timings.

Remember to adjust for the crosswind on the inbound leg as well ;-)

I would have guessed your question would have been more like "how do
you tell when to *begin* timing on the outbound leg".

.... perhaps that's still coming ;-)

I hope that you'll post more about your IR adventures. I sure would like
to read about them and participate in answering questions, etc.

Best Regards,

--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA