My first big IFR mistake...

Michael 182 wrote:
Yeah - yank it out of the plane for the checkride.

Allow me to relate a cautionary tale from my instrument checkride. I actually
planned on doing NDB approaches. I was trained in them and proficient.
Unfortunately, my ADF died the morning of the checkride. No problem, said the
avionics tech, I've got another one of the same model that will just slide in.
OK, the substitute ADF worked fine.

The problem was, the substitute ADF apparently had some very different magnetic
properties from the regular one, which caused the mag compass to be -way- off.

My advice: if you're thinking of "yanking" it, just find a way to disable it in
place instead.

Dave
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Michael


"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
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I made my first big IFR mistake. I fixed my intermittant ADF with only
a few more hours of training to go until my checkride. My glorious plan
to label it INOP (making it an expensive combination multi-channel timer
and partial panel heading memory aid) has been thwarted by a little tuner
cleaner on the card edge connector and the socket on the tray. A small
part of me was hoping that the aluminum swarf that someone rained down
on it while modifying the panel (which I removed a while ago without
fully fixing the problem) had killed it for good.

Anyone have any good NDB approach tips and tricks?

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Ben Jackson

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Dave Butler, software engineer 919-392-4367