Great question - so the short answer is that although SkyDemon was on, there wasn't a route programmed into it, it was just a moving map. Long answer: The requirement for this exercise (18A and 18B) means I had to plan the route (at 6am!) using the trusty velocity triangles, handwritten on the VFR log (right knee!) and plotted on the map (which was I was referring to on the right-hand seat). I was flying off the calculated mag. heading and leg-time, but cross-checking location to ensure I wasn't straying into Farnborough CTR... which is fine as the syllabus states that GPS devices are OK to use in training (so long as we're taught to use them properly!) just not as the sole navigation tool. Hope that helps!
@@timstravels4542 Or as my CFI said the other day after I aced my navigation theory, use SD, but you need to be able to plot exactly where you are on a map. IPAD's has a nasty habit of overheating and without being able to pinpoint your position on a map, you are in trouble. Especially when flying in or near controlled airspace. I absolutely enjoy "manual" navigation. But as you said, SD or a GPS device is very useful for cross-referencing. Not having grown up in my adopted country, I often have problems with orientation and I find it helps me a lot, just to make sure I am where I think I am.
Hi Tim,
Surely in training, you should be using a map (pilot navigation) not a tablet with SkyDemon?
Looking forward to more vids.
Great question - so the short answer is that although SkyDemon was on, there wasn't a route programmed into it, it was just a moving map. Long answer: The requirement for this exercise (18A and 18B) means I had to plan the route (at 6am!) using the trusty velocity triangles, handwritten on the VFR log (right knee!) and plotted on the map (which was I was referring to on the right-hand seat). I was flying off the calculated mag. heading and leg-time, but cross-checking location to ensure I wasn't straying into Farnborough CTR... which is fine as the syllabus states that GPS devices are OK to use in training (so long as we're taught to use them properly!) just not as the sole navigation tool. Hope that helps!
@@timstravels4542 Or as my CFI said the other day after I aced my navigation theory, use SD, but you need to be able to plot exactly where you are on a map.
IPAD's has a nasty habit of overheating and without being able to pinpoint your position on a map, you are in trouble. Especially when flying in or near controlled airspace.
I absolutely enjoy "manual" navigation. But as you said, SD or a GPS device is very useful for cross-referencing. Not having grown up in my adopted country, I often have problems with orientation and I find it helps me a lot, just to make sure I am where I think I am.