knowledge test results coming back to haunt you

Judah wrote in message . ..

If you want to fare well during a no-gyro approach in IMC in a plane that
has no GPS, yeah probably.


Actually, in my 172 the only rule about the compass that's any use is,
"if the plane is in anything other than straight-and-level, the
compass is lying."

Let's be fair. The OP is a bratty, whiny kid who needs to improve his
attitude towards book-larnin' in general, but the written test isn't
all that great a device either. Glad I learned how to read a 2-needle
RMI, I see those all the time. Of course, no suggestion at all how to
use a handheld GPS to your benefit in the event of a vacuum failure
(possible) or electrical failure (likely) in the soup. Here we have a
incredibly useful tool that every pilot can afford, and yet there's a
wall of silence about its use because it's not approved.

On the Garmin 195 I've seen, it will show you the key parts of the
instrument approach, but it won't automatically slew the view to
heading-up because they want to discourage you from using it to fly
the approach. And the new nice Lowrance units I read won't show a
simulated glideslope on an instrument approach, even though they're
WAAS-equipped and so ought to be moderately accurate. OK, it's not
approved and the database may not be current, but when my electrical
system s&@!s the bed in actual, I'll be glad to know that the system
is set up to protect Garmin's ass instead of mine.

Anyway!

Best,
-cwk.