Originally Posted by
fosters
Here, this would get you going in the right direction, enough time to setup the GPS. (see attachment)
Somebody hit me with another one, I can draw it out too if you want. Preferably something with a larger difference in course.
I agree with the others though, don't accept a clearance you can't do. I would've at least asked for a vector from ATC to get me going in the right direction if I were in your shoes.
Fosters you are one sicky puppy. I was thinking along the same lines. But more along the lines of a triangle. I'm gonna pour over what you did a little more. I might have a couple questions. If you constantly update your position using the DME on the GPS you can constantly stay on course and you'll know the exact heading. You can do it like a DME arc. Like I said I don't know the legalities of it. As long as you update it every few degrees it shouldn't be a real problem however if you do manage to get off your course too much it would be one hell of a pain then calculating how far you have left to go then calculate the new correction to get on the radial of your old correction from the point you left in space initially BAM there's a headache.