Originally Posted by
satpak77
learn how to actually FLY with the device, in the sky, in a real airplane, and just memorize the written test answers.
In 20+ years of flying, I have never been on a cross country and used MH+RB = MB in order to get to the destination.
sorry if I ruffled anyones feathers with this response, but some of the written test questions are just that, memorize-the-answer and move on stuff
Agree w/ satpak77... Lots of the stuff on the FAA writtens are designed to harass, not teach.
Q: "If you turn 5 degrees off coarse and it measure the time it takes to center the needle again to the station blah blah blah, how many minutes are you away from the station?"
A: Well if you actually turn off your coarse to do this in an actual airplane (which no one does) you'll be able to calculate that if you hadn't gone off course, you'd be home by now.
Just memorize the formula they give you or memorize the answer to the questions. It's one of the single most useless calculations in all of modern aviation.