intercepting a radial

[jumper52]

got a friend that needs an answer to this question.

Intercept a radial outbound using a HSI. head at the top or bottom? maybe a better technique or advise. thanks in advance.

 

[satpak77]

where is the station? in front of you? are you going to track it outbound, or pick it up and track it inbound? etc etc

do whatever is easiest for you, period.

generally speaking, the "head" will be at the top and you will do it that way.

 

[JetBlast2000]

The head of the needle should ALWAYS point in the direction your going (or will end up going). I can't think of any reason (good reason that is...) why you would want it the other way around. It makes things very easy to tell a To/From indication.
JB2k

 

[A Squared]

got a friend that needs an answer to this question.

Intercept a radial outbound using a HSI. head at the top or bottom? maybe a better technique or advise. thanks in advance.

That's the beauty of an HSI, it doesn't matter. If I were intercepting an airway to follow it. I'd probably have the arrow pointing up. If I were intercepting an outbound course for an approach, I'd have it pointing to the inbound course, that way the head is pointing to the inbound course when I re-intercept after the PT. Again, just a preference. Of course; this is all assuming that you're navigating by VOR. If you're on a LOC approach, you want the head pointing to the inbound course on the LOC front course. That way, it always gives you an accurate representation of where you are relative to the LOC centerline without having to "fly away from the needle" even outbound on the PT or on the Back Course approach.

 

[A Squared]

The head of the needle should ALWAYS point in the direction your going (or will end up going). ........ It makes things very easy to tell a To/From indication.
JB2k

Again, that's the beauty of an HSI It just doesn't matter, the to/from arrow will point toward the station regardless of whether you have it pointing to the radial or the reciprocal (head up or head down 180 degrees)

 

[falcon20driver]

got a friend that needs an answer to this question.

Intercept a radial outbound using a HSI. head at the top or bottom? maybe a better technique or advise. thanks in advance.

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[JetBlast2000]

Again, that's the beauty of an HSI It just doesn't matter, the to/from arrow will point toward the station regardless of whether you have it pointing to the radial or the reciprocal (head up or head down 180 degrees)

Your right, however its easy to confuse a new student. If your in the habbit of putting th needle head up then when the to/from needle points up, its always a TO indication. If your do it both ways, as a NEW student, it gets confusing.

Check out this linky. You can practice the HSI situations for free.

 

[satpak77]

some useful learning tools

http://roye.home.netcom.com/flighttraining/index.htm

 

[vetteracer]

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I can't think of any reason (good reason that is...) why you would want it the other way around.


The only one I can think of is on a Localizer B/C. You will get reverse sensing if you don't

 

[JetBlast2000]

Yeah, Inbound on the back course. Forgot about that one. My bad.