When was the last time you used your timer on your wrist trinket
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When was the last time you used your timer on your wrist trinket
For me it today, using my moon watch to time the required engine burn duration on...
The bottom oven cooking pizza!
It came out just right!
The bottom oven cooking pizza!
It came out just right!
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Flying VFR legs, it gets used all the time, particularly as a backup to the main flight timer.
Sailing, I use the regatta timer.
I also use the bezels on a diver to time meter times for car parking.
Other than that......
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Sailing, I use the regatta timer.
I also use the bezels on a diver to time meter times for car parking.
Other than that......
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Excuse my ignorance, I guess this is a technical term in flight plans or something?
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There are two sets of rules for flying any aircraft: VFR and IFR.
- VFR stands for Visual Flight Rules
- IFR means Instrument Flight Rules
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This afternoon, to time how long the tea was brewing.
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Thanks for that.StrapMeister wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:38 pm There are two sets of rules for flying any aircraft: VFR and IFR.Depending on the weather conditions a pilot may opt for one set of rules or the other.
- VFR stands for Visual Flight Rules
- IFR means Instrument Flight Rules
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Thanks for this. Was too busy watching last night's recorded UFC to see the question!!!StrapMeister wrote:There are two sets of rules for flying any aircraft: VFR and IFR.Depending on the weather conditions a pilot may opt for one set of rules or the other.
- VFR stands for Visual Flight Rules
- IFR means Instrument Flight Rules
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StrapMeister was spot on.Ian Mc wrote:Thanks for that.StrapMeister wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:38 pm There are two sets of rules for flying any aircraft: VFR and IFR.Depending on the weather conditions a pilot may opt for one set of rules or the other.
- VFR stands for Visual Flight Rules
- IFR means Instrument Flight Rules
Every day is a school day!
Very simply, when navigating in Visual Flight Rules you fly a series of legs at a known heading and speed (taking wind speed and direction onto account as you can't fly in a "straight" line) that you have plotted. At the end of each leg, you check using visual reference points that you are in the correct place. You then fly the next leg and so on and so forth!
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So, what watch do you use, and, given all the variables involved, how accurate can you get in terms of location, timing etc?smegwina wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:22 pmStrapMeister was spot on.Ian Mc wrote:Thanks for that.StrapMeister wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:38 pm There are two sets of rules for flying any aircraft: VFR and IFR.Depending on the weather conditions a pilot may opt for one set of rules or the other.
- VFR stands for Visual Flight Rules
- IFR means Instrument Flight Rules
Every day is a school day!
Very simply, when navigating in Visual Flight Rules you fly a series of legs at a known heading and speed (taking wind speed and direction onto account as you can't fly in a "straight" line) that you have plotted. At the end of each leg, you check using visual reference points that you are in the correct place. You then fly the next leg and so on and so forth!
And now back to the watches!
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I use timers almost daily, and quite often the type of timing needed dictates the watch.
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You can use any watch that is clear and easy to read. I normally use a flight timer for "stopwatch" duty. (One in the panel, and one on the kneeboard) but you also have an ETA for the end of each leg (updated on the fly). When communicating with ATC you check time remaining in the leg, check the watch and give them the ETA based on the two.Ian Mc wrote:So, what watch do you use, and, given all the variables involved, how accurate can you get in terms of location, timing etc?smegwina wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:22 pmStrapMeister was spot on.Ian Mc wrote: Thanks for that.
Every day is a school day!
Very simply, when navigating in Visual Flight Rules you fly a series of legs at a known heading and speed (taking wind speed and direction onto account as you can't fly in a "straight" line) that you have plotted. At the end of each leg, you check using visual reference points that you are in the correct place. You then fly the next leg and so on and so forth!
And now back to the watches!
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Every watch I fly with has a chrono on it just in case, and I do use it every now and then as it is a different set of skills and always good to have just in case the others fail.
VFR nav is pretty accurate, providing the legs are not too long and certainly gets you to where you can see the VRP to start the next leg.
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This evening, to time the porridge in the microwave. Exploded after 3.5 minutes. (The porridge, not the watch.)
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Porridge is a dangerous game to play in the microwave. As is trying to microwave an egg in one of those plastic poacher things.atnits wrote:This evening, to time the porridge in the microwave. Exploded after 3.5 minutes. (The porridge, not the watch.)
Lethal.
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Noooooo! Disaster!
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Last week to know when to change the laundry to the dryer.
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