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• RULES OF THUMB
• EASY AVIATION MATH
• HANDY FORMULAS
• QUICK TIPS
PILOT'S RULES OF THUMB

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PUBLISHED BY
FLIGHT TIME PUBLISHING
www.flight-time.com
1-Sn-926-6570
BY ART PARMA CFI, ATP, A&P/IA

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PILOT'S RULES OF THUMB

PILOTS RULES OF THUMB


Copyright © 2007 by Flight Time Publishing
First Edition, Revised 2007
By Art Parma CFII, ATP, A&P/IA
With Emile Le Corre CFII, ATP
ISBN 0-9631973-4-7
FTP-ROT-1
All rights reserved.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior
written permission from the publisher.
This book is for informational purposes only and is not
intended to substitute any approved aircraft flight
manual or official government publication.

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I; PILOT'S RULES OF THUMB

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TEMPERATURE/ ALTITUDE/AIRSPEED . . . . . . . 1
Pressure Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Density Altitude, High to Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Standard Temperature, ISA_,, Celsius-Fahrenheit . . . . . 3
Indicated Altitude Correct ror Temp, Mach/TAS . . . . 4
VA, Maximum Range/Endurance, VX, VY . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Standard Atmospf\ere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TIME/DISTANCE/FUEL Distance Formulas . . . . . . . 7
Time/Speed/Distance, NM/Minute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NM/Minute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Minute/NM, Finger Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
GPH, Fuel ConSUIJ'IJJtion, Endurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Time remaining, NM/Gallon, Fuel Required . . . . . . . . . 11
Equal Time Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Point of No Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Point of Safe Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
TAKEOFF AND CLIMB VR,.Takeoff Distance . . . . . 15
Climb Performance, VywVc, Headwind/Tailwind . . . . . 16
Horsepower/Altitude/ eight/Soft Field . . . . . . . . . 17
FLIGHT MANEUVERS, Timed/Compass Turns . . . . . 18
ReciP,rocal, Standard Turn Radius/Bank Angle . . . . . . 19
Heaaing Change, Level Off, Pitch Vs Rate, . . . . . . . . . 20
ADF, eedle to Bottom, Double Intercept Angle, . . . 21
ADF, Teardrop" VOR Cross-fix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
VOR "Cone of <.-onfusion", VOR Reception Range . . . . 23
FLIGHT PLANNING/NAVIGATION, Max WCA . . . 24
Enroute WCA, Headwind/Tailwind Component . . . . . . 25
Groundspeed/Crabbing, Headwind/Tailwind Fuel/AS . . 26
One in Sixty Rule, NM/Degrees Off Course . . . . . . . . 27
Degrees To Intercept, Vertical Navigation . . . . . . . . . 28
VOR 200'/Dot, Distance/Time to VOR/NDB . . . . . . . . 29
3° Enroute Descent, 3° NM/Thousand Rule . . . . . . . . . 30
NM to Start Descent, 3° Rate of Descent . . . . . . . . . 31
°
2 Rate of Descent, ROD/Mach, Descent Angle . . . . . 32
}'o Gradient/Descent Angle, 500 fpm Descent Chart . . 33
ROC Required, Climb Gradienth% Gradient . . . . . . . . . 34
% Gradient /Feet per NM, Flig t Plan Time to Climb . . 35
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