High Speed Passes & the FAA

"Robert Ehrlich" wrote in message
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Andy Blackburn wrote:
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This is correct - the shortest distance to the cylinder
is on a radial from the center.
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Not correct if there is some cross wind.

I can understand a crosswind changing the required heading, and even the
optimum speed to fly, but how does it change the distance?

Tim Ward

In article ,
says...
Sure, it's only 25-50
points over the course of Regionals to just finish
high and not worry about it - but the temptation to
save the points, push for 500' and spend a few seconds
to take a couple of peeks at the computer in the last
mile or so I bet is pretty irresistible to many pilots.
At 130kts, a few seconds is all it takes...

Apparently, I'm giving up a lot more than 25-50 points, because I'd
never dare come in that fast. I set my "finish" altitude to 500', which
puts me about 200' over the edge of the 1 mile radius finish circle.
And, like Marc, I find an occasional glance at the PDA is plenty to keep
me on glide slope. Even though it might require a few more glances than
going to the ground at the finish line, the few times I've used this
kind of finish, there was less traffic because we were spread out more.

I'd like to continue using the 1 or 2 mile finish until I've had more
experience with it, because it seemed to work well.
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Eric Greenwell USA