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I have had a total electrical failure. It was night, but fortunately
not IMC. That experience got me to rethink my IFR cockpit mgmt techniques. Having a GPS and handheld radio are not enough. The GPS needs to be turned on and tracking sats. The handheld needs to be easily accessible (think map pocket) vs. in a flight bag in the backseat. Jacks to easily plug the headset to the handheld COM are a must. Also handheld COMs have terrible transmission/reception due to their small antenna. Expect no more than a few miles. Many people put an antenna splitter off the main COM antenna to an empty cable specifically to be connected to the handheld in this event. -Nathan On 17 Mar 2005 07:05:22 -0800, "paul kgyy" wrote: I was doing some practice IFR at home last night with my simulator, and set up for random failures. First thing that happened was complete electrical shut down - no radios, no VOR, no Xponder, and it suddenly occurred to me that I'd never thought through what I would do. I do carry backup comm and gps but what if those batteries were also dead, and I'm in IMC? I know where I am, but there's no way that I can continue on course for very long. There seem to be only 2 options, and both involve finding VFR (go down if ceilings permit, or head for nearest VFR laterally), but both involve flying off course/altitude in cloud without a working transponder. I'd appreciate some insight from the group. |
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