Can't wait to torture the students with this...

[tlewis95]

Woh, Microsoft Flight Sim here I come.

:yeahthat:

I went and tried it right after Sporty's used it a few times in thier IFR Approaches DVD as an example of a DME arc. :nana2:

 

[Pilotforhire587]

Just looking at some places to shoot APP w/ the students and stumbled across this APP. Tried to get it today but Potomac wouldn't give it to me cause they were landing 33. Check it out.

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0904/05222VDTZ15.PDF

That is a sweet freakin arc!!! I want to shoot that for my birthday today... To bad I'm in TN

 

[meritflyer]

Muhahahaha Muhahahaha Muhahahaha!!!

 

[SIUav8er]

looks like something you would see in Mexico. Seems almost every approach has a DME arc. i wish i could do THIS one though!

 

[Crockrocket94]

I must be missing it here, but I would much rather just get vectors to final then mess around with an arc.

I have just never liked them, they always seem to be more work than necessary to get somewhere.

Someone show me the way of the arc.

* Unless of course I can just put in the FMS and fly it that way

 

[Medpilot]

Looks like fun. Just hit APR on the autopilot and manage your altitude.

 

[OldTownPilot]

Talking with the other instructors about this one. What is the parameters for discontinuing an arc approach like this? None of us knew and couldn't find it published anywhere. I know the instrument PTS is +- 1nm but that seems a bit excessive in an approach environment.

 

[fish314]

I must be missing it here, but I would much rather just get vectors to final then mess around with an arc.

I have just never liked them, they always seem to be more work than necessary to get somewhere.

Someone show me the way of the arc.

* Unless of course I can just put in the FMS and fly it that way

On this one, you can't really "vector to final" because there really isn't a "final" per se. It's an arc all the way to the ground (or the missed approach point actually), and it's the only one of these in the WORLD as far as I know. (Of course "as far as I know" is a HUGE caveate!)

I suppose you could vector to somewhere on the arc, maybe, but this is certainly a unique approach.

 

[SIUav8er]

I must be missing it here, but I would much rather just get vectors to final then mess around with an arc.

I have just never liked them, they always seem to be more work than necessary to get somewhere.

Someone show me the way of the arc.

* Unless of course I can just put in the FMS and fly it that way

Look at the approach, the final approach course IS the DME arc!

 

[AngelFuree]

Just looking at some places to shoot APP w/ the students and stumbled across this APP. Tried to get it today but Potomac wouldn't give it to me cause they were landing 33. Check it out.

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0904/05222VDTZ15.PDF

lol I actually practiced this same exact approach in an FTD a few months back. The missed app is great for teaching SA.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

That's ironic. I just shot that approach two days ago in the sim. It's pretty neat.

That's not ironic - that's a coincidence!

 

[germb747]

Pretty straightforward if you're established on V268 already.

But assume today you're not and hear, "Cessna 123, upon reaching SLOAF, cleared for the VOR/DME RWY 15 approach to Martin State." Anyone want to walk us through that one?