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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
... An instrument take-off can be done under the hood, but the FAA practice has been to put the hood on at 100-200 feet. And then fail an engine on a twin. "Don Poitras" wrote in message ... | Dan wrote: | So what does everyone think about the proposed new IFR currency | requirements? The major changes seem to be that 1 hour of cross- | country time will be required, along with six approaches, consisting | of BOTH precision and non-precision, and two types of holds. | | Some of this can be completed in a PCATD, but an instructor must be | present. (I wonder if a remote MSFS console via the Internet counts..) | | Most of it sounds OK to me, however I think the 1 hour of cross- | country time is pointless. What would be considered cross-country? It | is a little vague... | | Here is the link: | | http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...df/E7-1467.pdf | | The interesting bit starts on page 31 of the PDF. | | I've never done a takeoff under the hood. I wonder if it would be ok if | I did that just before rotating or if it needs to be done for the | entire roll. I'm glad my home airport runway is 100 feet wide... | | Yes, I know we can legally take off zero zero. It's just not something | I think I need to practice every six months. | | With a /G plane, the hold over the radio station and intersection are | no different. I wonder where these requirements are coming from? Has | someone been complaining that pilots aren't doing holds very well and | should practice more? An hour cross country? My last currency ride actually | did last more than an hour. We didn't cross much country though. We | did a GPS at Chapel Hill and from the hold at the missed went to the | nearby IAP for the GPS at my home airport at Sanford. They're 21 miles | apart. | | | --Dan | | | -- | Don Poitras That's nice with an instructor. I'm not sure that I would trust that flight scenario with the typical safety pilots I recruit. Most are non-instrument rated and maybe even unfamiliar with my plane. Transitioning to the hood just after rotation (which I find more difficult than transition to IMC), close to the ground, in a climb, following a departure procedure, in a busy airspace sounds like a tough scenario to require every six months. ------------------------------- Travis Lake N3094P PWK |
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