Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

I said it wasn't the time to make it up as you go. If you can't figure it out at the very least ask ATC for a heading until you CAN figure it out. As I've said before, number of hours doesn't mean squat. I'm willing to bet you have more time than I do but you can't make your GPS do something it is quite capable of with just a few button pushes and knob twists. That fact that I knew how to do it you didn't just goes to show that number of hours is irrelevant. Its what you did with those hours. I'll say it again: you got lucky today. I'm glad you learned something. Hopefully it will keep you out of trouble in the future. I think what irks me the most is the ignorance or disregard (or both) for the precision that operating in the IFR environment requires.