Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
I have far more respect for hold techniques now than I ever did as an instrument student. They are challenging to do well and I have seen very advanced pilots get their panties in a wad in practice holds.
I was never a fan of holding either. thank goodness that holding in my prior community was basically thought of as an emergency procedure
The USN (and USMC boat) guys get real good at figuring out timing though. That hit those push points (holding fix) at +/- 10 seconds at darn near 250 kts (or the ability to quickly get there) through some pretty interesting and entertaining methods. The whole push timing was the wore part of the simulator training for me during carrier qualification!
I've enjoyed hearing all of the different techniques discussed here by you Cub and others. Thanks for sharing. PP - - hopefully you're not getting overloaded with all of the different techniques. Maybe you'll find yourself in a position (during some of that X/C practice) to practice many different holds with varying entries, weather conditions, and timing problems.
USMCFLYR