Partial Panel G1000

crazyjaydawg said:
I can't think of anything that would not prepare the student properly if you follow the guide.
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Except that they shouldn't and won't ever see that set up (MFD only on moving map) after training. That's not meant to disagree with you... I follow the guide too, but I'm waiting for the accident involving an AHRS failure with an ILS to minimums.

There's a definite deficiency, but I'm not quite willing to start pulling fuses yet either.
 
esa17 said:
There just ought to be a menu item that allows the display to show steam gauges.
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The tapes do take a little getting used to. Seriously though... I'm a fan of the G1000.

Or you could have cheat codes from the MFD that allow the instructor to turn off individual LRUs. Hitting the display swap button would de-activate it in case of a problem.
 
At Riddle, since we're no longer allowed to conduct checkrides in the simulators, the only thing we can do is dim the PFD. With the PFD dimmed, the student plugs in the approach on the MFD and "flies the magenta line." Nice eh? Great way to train in my opinion (sarcasm).

Thats the bare minimum. You can also go into the Change Fields option and make on XTRK so you can see how far off course you are....more than .3? There's full scale. You can also go to the Aux page to verify the sensitivity on the GPS is .3nm to verify the approach went active.

Like I said...we used to have this portion of the checkrides conducted in the sim. Most went fine, but the sim isn't very realistic when it comes to control feel. Something about the sim having negative static stability...it sucked but was do-able with a bunch of practice.

P.S. Your scan blows in the Cessna when you have to look at the standby instruments.
 
Crism said:
At Riddle, since we're no longer allowed to conduct checkrides in the simulators, the only thing we can do is dim the PFD. With the PFD dimmed, the student plugs in the approach on the MFD and "flies the magenta line." Nice eh? Great way to train in my opinion (sarcasm).
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That's stupid and not at all a realistic failure scenario.
 
Tell me about it. But since we can't use the sims and Cessna says to not pop the breakers, there isn't much else to do.
 
Crism said:
Tell me about it. But since we can't use the sims and Cessna says to not pop the breakers, there isn't much else to do.
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We did a cutout of thin foam that covered most of the PFD to simulate an AHRS/ADC failure. Basically there were cutouts for the center of the HSI (allowing the student to see the CDI but not the numbers or heading bug) and the glideslope. It hung from the COM and NAV knobs. It wasn't perfect because the CDI still rotated, allowing the student to sort of see which way they were heading. Also since they got crammed into the glovebox, they would get bent and not hang close to the screen. However, it's better than Riddle's way. Since you guys do a lot of sim work, I would imagine the students still get plenty of practice with the realistic partial panel scenarios, so I guess that's still ok.
 
Crism said:
At Riddle, since we're no longer allowed to conduct checkrides in the simulators, the only thing we can do is dim the PFD.
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That was all the rage for a while. Getting used to and training in the sim was justified by having a checkride in it. Now it all seems like kind of a waste. And they don't exactly cost less than the airplanes.
 
Thats for sure. The Seminole sim's about as much as a Cessna 172 airplane to rent...go figure they soak you like always. I haven't seen your name around in a while. What are you up to now?
 
I took the year off, the place was sort of getting to me. It wasn't a very good fit for either the school or myself. For a while I thought I might just hate flying, and the last month or so (Nov-Dec '08) was pretty hairy. I'm re-instating my CFI (hopefully Sunday, WX permitting), and may try to line up a job or two around here (Buffalo). I'll also be going to a state school to finish my degree. Otherwise, just been working at a paint store full time. It's been a good change for me, but I can't wait to get back into instructing.

Thanks for asking.
 
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