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[pois0n]

Yep, totally agree. Have done this also.

Now memorise this:
Take My Pretty Fanny Firmly In Hand, Cough Twice

Remember this and you will never forget your pre take off checks.

Happy Flying

Haha that's a good one

I use: To Truly Make Crap Planes Fly Fast I Initiate Heaps of Checks and Reviews

Doesn't make the pieces of cr@p any faster though

[ZK-Brock]

I use: The Mad Pilot Fought Furiously In Heavy Combat

[HercFeend]

I use: Check lists - so I don't miss anything!

[HardCorePawn]

The Man Called Fred From I.H.C...

Trims
Mixture
Carb Heat
Fuel
Flaps
Instruments
Hatches/Harnesses
Controls

[WasFlightOps]

Pre Take-off DVA's:

Take
Me
Flying
Please
I
Hate
Cars

If you're on a long cross-country and have an ADF in the instrument panel you can find an AM broadcast station if you dial up numbers that add up to 9.

i.e
1017 Radio Hauraki CHCH 10 + 1 + 7 = 18, 1 + 8 = 9
891 The Breeze WN 8 + 9 + 1 = 18, 1 + 8 = 9

etc, etc

[towerguy]

with ref to the question above HCP

prob NOT A as when you are identified by ATC your altitude passing would have been used to verify your mode C and so no further reports of altitude passing/ reaching etc are required - big brother can see it all!

Prob not C as you should be monitoring the engines and performance during the climb anyway

prob not D as it is part of the CLEAR checks anyway every 10 mins or so ( compass, log, altimeter,engines,radios )

I would probably go for B, depending on the type, it can be normal ops to takeoff and climb on main or fullest tanks and then at top of climb and established in the cruise to start alternating tanks etc - as I say - depends on type.

thats my guesstimate and reasons anyway
cheers
TG

[A185F]

with ref to the question above HCP

prob NOT A as when you are identified by ATC your altitude passing would have been used to verify your mode C and so no further reports of altitude passing/ reaching etc are required - big brother can see it all!

Prob not C as you should be monitoring the engines and performance during the climb anyway

prob not D as it is part of the CLEAR checks anyway every 10 mins or so ( compass, log, altimeter,engines,radios )

I would probably go for B, depending on the type, it can be normal ops to takeoff and climb on main or fullest tanks and then at top of climb and established in the cruise to start alternating tanks etc - as I say - depends on type.

thats my guesstimate and reasons anyway
cheers
TG

B is also not a very good answer. Who has the right to define "CORRECT initial action" ?? correct to who ? of course unless it is a law....
It is up to the pilot /operator whether or not they want to change tanks at that stage. There can be lots of reasons to or not to change tanks (that is to say if you are unfortunate enought to be flying a piper or some other aircraft of some sorts which require altenating between tanks), but a very large chunk of aircraft would not require it... So with TG's other "prob nots" this has to be one of the crappiest exam questions. Perhaps not the crappiest cos there are plenty of em, but up there...

[HardCorePawn]

I figured B was unlikely, as plenty of aircraft (like Cessna 152's and 172's), you don't need to change tanks and C was the 'silly' answer they usually put in.

So, I was trying to choose between A & D...

The Wally Wagtendonk book said TOC actions are Report Position, SADIE check...

I decided against A because the question said selected/cleared... so read that as not necessarily in controlled airspace. If not in controlled airspace, why would I be talking to ATC?

So I figured D...

Talking to one of the instructors at the club on Sunday, he suggested C... as it was important to know whether or not you had achieved your climb as planned and if you needed to recalculate ETA's/Position etc...

Congrats to ASL... you've managed to elicit 4 different answers from 4 different people...

I'm sure this is one of the 3 questions I got wrong... I know I got the following one wrong (I managed to overthink it):

Approaching Napier (Chart says aerodrome elevation 6'), Aerodrome QNH is 1013, you set 1021 on subscale, temperature is 17C. What is the approximate reading on the altimeter when you land:

A. 6 ft
B. 120 ft
C. 240 ft
D. 480 ft

[ZK-Brock]

A wee while since I did the exam but..

1021-1013= 8 hpa

30ft per hectopascal so 30*8=240 so I would say C.

Edit: Is the temperature being 17 a red herring in this question?

[-pilotgallagher01-]

I got one, Very random. Blow into the Stall Vent on the wing while doing your pre flight check to see if it works lol
If it does , You should hear a "beeeeep"

LOL

[chopper_nut]

Edit: Is the temperature being 17 a red herring in this question?

Temperature is only useful if working out Density Altitude. Not sure about fixed wing but most heli 'p' charts use pressure altitude and then temperature as a seperate variable.

[HardCorePawn]

Yep the temp is a red herring... Unfortunately for me... I still had P of F and all the Density Altitude stuff still in my head... so just blindly worked through my process and adjusted for temp...