Scale, Radio plotting, Mercator chart (30-05-18)

Question 1

What does a scale fraction represent?

Answer 1

Scale = Chart length / Earth distance

Question 2

What is the ICAO standard from 1nm?

Answer 2

1852m

Question 3

What does QDM mean?

Answer 3

Mag track to beacon

Question 4

What is QDR?

Answer 4

Mag track from beacon

Question 5

What is QUJ?

Answer 5

True track to beacon

Question 6

What is QTE?

Answer 6

True track from beacon

Question 7

What is the needle of an RBI driven by?

Answer 7

ADF system

Question 8

Where is variation applied for NDB usage?

Answer 8

At the A/C

Question 9

Where is variation applied for AWR usage?

Answer 9

At the A/C

Question 10

Where is variation applied for VDF usage?

Answer 10

At the station

Question 11

Where is variation applied for VOR usage?

Answer 11

At the station

Question 12

What kind of bearing (G.C or R.L) do NAVAIDs produce?

Answer 12

G.C

Question 13

How do you calculate the (Mercator) plot line from an NDB?

Answer 13

Work out R.L track from A/C then reciprocate

Question 14

How do you calculate the (Mercator) plot line from an VOR?

Answer 14

Reciprocate the QDM from the VOR to get the QDR at the VOR. Then calculate the R.L track from the VOR.