Rules Of Thumb

Question 1

When should you start rolling out of a turn to make your desired heading?

Answer 1

Halve your angle of bank and start rolling out that many degrees before you desired heading.

Example:
Turning from 090° to 180° in a 20° AoB
Start recovering at 170°

Question 2

When should you start leveling off in a climb/descent to hit your desired altitude?

Answer 2

Start leveling off at the number of feet equal to 10% of your FPM

Example:
You are climbing to 4000ft at 500 fpm
10% of 500 is 50
Start leveling off at 3950ft

Question 3

How many RPM equals 5KT speed change?

Answer 3

100RMP

Question 4

If at 2300RPM and 105KTs and you want to descend at 500fpm and 85KTs, how much RPM do you need to reduce?

Answer 4

900RPM

Question 5

When doing a timed turn when should you start the timer?

Answer 5

As the aircraft is rolled

Question 6

When leaning the mixture using an EGT guage, best economy is ____

Answer 6

peak EGT temp

Question 7

If you are flying at 6500 and you know the circuit height is 1500ft AGL, how long will it take you to descend at 500ft/min?

Answer 7

5000 ft difference so it will take you ten minutes to descend to 1500ft from 6500ft.

If you know your GS, you can calculate how far out you need to start your descent

120kts GS = 2NM/min

2x10=20NM out is when you should start your descent