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Ray Andraka wrote:
Personally, I think the instrument scan typically taught relies too heavily on the AI given its relatively low reliability. Unfortunately, the alternative is a scan that works a bit more like a partial panel scan using the AI as supporting, not primary. Such a scan is much harder to master and requires considerable finesse to keep from chasing the needles. It is not one I would expect to be able to teach someone just learning to fly by instruments. You are probably right. When I did my initial IFR training, my instructor was very big on partial panel work. As a result, I learned to not rely on the AI, and I find partial panel approaches (in training, anyway) almost a non-event. The downside, is that I suspect I don't use the information the AI gives me as much as I should. I tend to fly pitch by airspeed, not by the AI. This probably makes me not as smooth and precise as I might otherwise be. But I do have a lot of confidence that I can fly an approach on the TC and ASI alone. |
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