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PPL Tester

Running the set-heading routine

Set-heading routine (once established over the set-heading point on the planned compass heading):

  1. Record the time. Basis for all later estimates and ETAs.
  2. Check visual angle of departure. Hold the heading.
  3. Compare heading indicator with compass. Check major map features. Confirms heading.
  4. Calculate estimate for first check-point and ETA for end of leg.

Trap: skipping the set-heading time. Every estimate, ETA, and later ground speed check chains off it; skipped or misrecorded, all are off.

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