davo888

Absolutely Turbo, definately use more fuel but better than getting lost I say ???

Thats exactly right Octave. Again even with my lack of navigation experience I would think it to be safest least confusing option to make way back to FPT in a reasonable time/distance so can go back to using pre planned checkpoints on flight plan so to not be spending to much time looking at maps & chasing landmarks confirming new track (how many times have we all heard the words Aviate, Navigate, Communicate) All to easy to find yourself navigating before aviating if not carefull & who wants to fly around continuously crunching numbers in head and dwelling over maps in the cockpit ??? not me thats for sure. I see that with more experience using the 1 in 60 rule would be adiquately acurate to track directly towards chosen destination, however I believe for not so experienced pilot to find track again rather than trying to calculate heading from an of track location poses some risks of missing destination as turboplanner says a small degrees now make big degrees (Nm) later.

Hi Guys Would it not be easier in flight (again using KISS theory & in easiness of holding heading) to to make a heading adjustment of 4 degrees to the left of original heading of 010 onto 006, fly on that heading of 006 for 30 miles at that stage should by rights be intersecting or very close to FPT. Once planned track intersected fly heading of 008 which by rights should keep all on FPT for remaining 60nm ??? Ha Ha tell me to pull my head in if not good response, am just about to have RA Aus cert signed hopefully tomoz arvo. Have done one Nav excercise from Moruya to Temora for Natfly couple of weeks ago (AWSOME !!!, has taken a bit of study and lots of simple calculations in head after trip to get head around a little). I very much have the bit between my teeth to get into as much navigation as can do over next period of time, looking very much forward to beginning to explore our beautifull country some more. Cheers Dave