The Instrument you can live without

Andrew Sarangan wrote:
Try using the VSI during an approach. It will make life tremendously
easier. I would pick the turn co-ordinator as the redundant instrument
(unless of course you have a vacuum failure).


How? By setting my approach RPM and MP, I can get very close to the
rate of descent I need. I then fine tune from there to accomodate the
difference between airspeed and ground speed. I almost never look at
the VSI during approaches. Simply no need if you have your power
settings available.


Matt

I make it a practice not to go on hypothetical flights. Too many things can
go wrong

"Chris W" wrote in message
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If you were about to go on an IFR flight, and for some unknown,
hypothetical reason you had to pick one instrument in the standard six
pack that you could not use, which one would it be?

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Hypothetically speaking, of course ...

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Jim



"John Smith" wrote in message
...

I make it a practice not to go on hypothetical flights. Too many things can
go wrong

Chris W wrote:

If you were about to go on an IFR flight, and for some unknown,
hypothetical reason you had to pick one instrument in the standard six
pack that you could not use, which one would it be?

I figured the VSI would be the one most people could live with out.
Only one person said the one I was wondering if anyone would mention.
For me, as someone who hasn't started my flight training yet, I am going
off my experience with MS Flight simulator. I haven't done much IFR
type flying in the simulator but I do use the instruments a fair
amount. The one instrument I almost never even notice is the AI. Maybe
it is just the way I think, but I find scanning the other instruments to
be the best way for me to get the feel for what is going on. In a real
IFR flight I wouldn't want to be with out the AI just to maintain
redundancy, however it would be what I use to confirm what the others
are telling me not the other way around . As for the VSI I find I use
it a lot but it may be because it is so hard to trim the plane in the
simulator. I have heard from pilots that have experience with real
simulators, that simulators just seem to more trim sensitive than the
real thing.

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"Chris W" wrote in message
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If you were about to go on an IFR flight, and for some unknown,
hypothetical reason you had to pick one instrument in the standard six
pack that you could not use, which one would it be?

--
Chris W

Easy, VSI

But airspeed is the only one I have actually lost in flight. Speared a bird
with the pitot on climbout, the bang was worse than the instrument loss.

Marty