Transition to Croos Hairs

[your_dreamguy]

Hello,

I've got an interview coming up in 3 weeks. The sim eval is going to be in a sim that uses cross hairs for the F/D. I've only ever used Vbars. Can you give me some good advice on how to use cross hairs or transition from Vbars to cross hairs?

Thx.

 

[md83drvr]

With the dual que just follow the bars and try to keep them centered. The two bars are independent. One for pitch one for roll.

For a bank as you roll in the bank bar will center, do not roll out. The bar will remain centered until you reach a point that it starts a movement in the opposite direction indicating to roll wings level. It works the same for pitch. Pitch to the bar and hold it until it shows movement in the opposite direction for the level off.

Sounds confusing, initially it is, but once you see it work it is much more accurate then Vbars.

 

[SNOWBUM]

is like playing a computer game, keep the point were the bars meet in the little white square. is very easy.don't look at anything else.
on a side note, most sim evals turn off your FD's.

 

[Captain X]

is like playing a computer game, keep the point were the bars meet in the little white square. is very easy.don't look at anything else.
on a side note, most sim evals turn off your FD's.

If it's CAL, the FD will be on and most likely in the -300 sim which is a single cue FD.

I may be the lone hold out, but having heard all the rants and raves about dual cue FDs all these years, I am sadly disappointed in their presentation and accuracy. Having flown both, I still prefer single cue. I think it all comes down to the type you learned to fly first.

The worst I've used was some double ping-pong ball thing in a Bonanza way back in the day.

I just don't get all the hype -- why look at 2 separate presentations when you can look at one?

But I hardly use the damn thing anyways.

I use a three cue FD. It involves:
1. Throttles
2. Pitch
3. Roll & Yaw

 

[J32driver]

Dual cue bugs the heck out of me. You always have to guess at the bank angle. With a single cue... it tells you exactly what the bank angle should be.