My instructors are far more intense.. they expect Freda every 5 mins, look out, instrument scans etc , ive done 7 yrs solo , and 1 solo nav as im typing this.. If you're doing vor, you must be almost at the end of your training, Have you done your x country qualifier before this vor excercise, I'm just curious about the different types of instructor styles..?.
Where did you take/are you taking your flying lessons? Just clarifying so I understand, you've been flying for 7 years and done one solo navigation in that time? Forgive me if I'm not understanding, but from what you've written it seems like you should have done more than one solo nav! I can understand doing some of the items in a FREDA more frequently, but I think that might be a bit exessive for something such as changing the fuel tank or aligning the DI. The DI will most likely not be far off from your compas after 5 minutes and your fuel tank definitely doesn't need switching every 5 minutes. Doing these checks more frequently will also add to your work load which is already rather high! I have not done my qualifying cross country at this point. The idea of doing this was to get me familiar with the navigation aids that we have available and in the case that I got lost when I was flying on my own, I would have another tool to use to help me get back on track. The way we were taught was to learn how to use everything that was available to us (navigation wise) before we did any solo navs.
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How many hours in are you at this point, if you don't
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I had 20 hours at the time that we started this flight
My instructors are far more intense.. they expect Freda every 5 mins, look out, instrument scans etc , ive done 7 yrs solo , and 1 solo nav as im typing this.. If you're doing vor, you must be almost at the end of your training,
Have you done your x country qualifier before this vor excercise, I'm just curious about the different types of instructor styles..?.
Where did you take/are you taking your flying lessons?
Just clarifying so I understand, you've been flying for 7 years and done one solo navigation in that time? Forgive me if I'm not understanding, but from what you've written it seems like you should have done more than one solo nav!
I can understand doing some of the items in a FREDA more frequently, but I think that might be a bit exessive for something such as changing the fuel tank or aligning the DI.
The DI will most likely not be far off from your compas after 5 minutes and your fuel tank definitely doesn't need switching every 5 minutes. Doing these checks more frequently will also add to your work load which is already rather high!
I have not done my qualifying cross country at this point. The idea of doing this was to get me familiar with the navigation aids that we have available and in the case that I got lost when I was flying on my own, I would have another tool to use to help me get back on track.
The way we were taught was to learn how to use everything that was available to us (navigation wise) before we did any solo navs.