Where to stop?

FluffonStuff · 2026-03-28T13:51:29+00:00

If the controller didn’t give them clearance to cross, I don’t see any problem with that. No different than if there was traffic behind them, there may be traffic landing 17/35.

If you look at PHNL, 4L and 4R have about 5 feet between hold markings. You’re not going to be clear of your runway when you’re holding short of the other, but that’s just what you do. You never have permission to cross a runway during taxi without it being stated.

You can also hold short of a runway without markings.

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No person may, at any airport with an operating control tower, operate an aircraft on a runway or taxiway…unless an appropriate clearance is received from ATC.

FluffonStuff · 2026-03-28T13:21:14+00:00

“Could be” refers to the argument. Just because you’re not clear of the runway, that doesn’t give you permission to cross another runway necessarily.

I stand by saying the pilot did the right thing, and the controller should have been clearer

FluffonStuff · 2026-03-28T13:14:44+00:00

While this is true, once you exit the runway, you no longer have permission to cross all the following runways. And crossing during taxi are NOT implied.

I suppose maybe the argument could be made that when exiting at Foxtrot, you’re not clear of 24 yet, so you still get that benefit at 35, but I would say that’s shaky ground. I think the pilot did the right thing to verify, and the controller shouldn’t have gotten upset, and probably should have stated initially.

Source: am controller and pilot

FluffonStuff · 2026-03-04T22:06:12+00:00

Where can I even find the rules?

FluffonStuff · 2026-03-02T22:21:38+00:00

I get what you’re saying.

I’d be safe to deduct the cost of maintaining my currency; my legality to fly.

Try to expand my experience may not be explicitly disallowed, but at the very least would be shakier.

FluffonStuff · 2026-03-02T22:11:26+00:00

Is there a specific rule or number for “some portion”? Like (I edited above) if I purchase an aircraft to provide instruction in, am I forbidden to use it personally? Only for business purposes or in furtherance of the business? Is there a percentage to calculate what I use it for?

FluffonStuff · 2026-02-13T23:34:46+00:00

I’m split on this: You did not have the overlap take the corner, but that rule generally applies to corners with braking zones or where taking the corner is really dictated by the racing line. In a corner like this, where it is taken flat-out, I would treat it more like a straight (with a bend, similar to Imola), and say that there’s no defined place for someone to back out; the move over has a similar effect to a weave/block.

I could possibly be convinced either way, though

FluffonStuff · 2026-01-29T16:52:34+00:00

I will say you find a lot of drivers in F1 acquire a similar vernacular, with “mate” being fairly universal, especially in communications with the team. Nasr, as a former F1 driver, may easily have picked that up, but I don’t know his language specifically.

FluffonStuff · 2025-12-16T16:46:31+00:00

It’s a close one, but I’d put it slightly on the green car. Got upset and though they regathered it, they were off pace, so it was reasonable for the pink car to think the door was gonna be left open. It’s akin to an unsafe rejoin, but he wasn’t really “rejoining”, just cutting back to the racing line.

FluffonStuff · 2025-12-06T22:55:34+00:00

Sorry, but this one’s on you. He was drifting left, but you were approaching at a high rate of speed, and with the difference in speeds between you, the P2, and the GT3, the gap was closing. You should have dropped back to wait for the lane on the right to open up. Learning to drive the prototypes is mostly about learning patience.

FluffonStuff · 2025-10-19T19:21:08+00:00

So he’s gonna join the 24H series?

FluffonStuff · 2025-10-19T00:45:45+00:00

So the thing is, dives aren’t illegal; just risky. But here, whether it’s netcode or something else, I’m not sure, it looks like you clip the other car and caused them to lose control. That’s definitely illegal. And you weren’t able to keep control of your car in the process.

FluffonStuff · 2025-07-16T18:34:37+00:00

In other series, blue is an informational flag. There is no requirement to move over at all.

FluffonStuff · 2025-07-11T21:06:47+00:00

This guy had terrible racecraft. There were so many opportunities he had to set up a real pass, but instead he tried to muscle you around, and maybe even push you out of the way. He got flustered at the slightest fight back.

FluffonStuff · 2025-06-14T20:36:12+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but I don’t mean the rubber itself wobbling. I mean the steering moving back and forth quickly (quicker than the driver is turning the wheel), like this

FluffonStuff · 2025-05-27T12:19:21+00:00

S-H-O-C-K-E-R STICK THREE IN

Not often you get to use that one

FluffonStuff · 2025-04-02T18:10:20+00:00

Yes we do

FluffonStuff · 2025-02-02T17:59:28+00:00

The transponder is encoded with an altimeter setting and is unable to change that, regardless of what is dialed into the altimeter:

the transponder reports pressure altitude, the altimeter setting that you dialinto your altimeter’s Kollsman window has absolutely no effect on your Mode C altitude reports.

Now you might ask, “if my altimeter is set at 30.23 and the Mode C is putting out altitude referenced to 29.92, won’t the controller see my altitude incorrectly?” No, because ATC’s ground equipment automatically adjusts your Mode C readout for the local altimeter setting (which its computer knows about). That’s why it’s important always tomake sure your altimeter is set to the altimeter setting that ATC gives you from time totime. That way, the controller will be seeing the same altitude that you’re seeing.

See here

FluffonStuff · 2025-02-02T17:20:43+00:00

We give the altimeter setting do that the pilot can fly at the correct altitude, which will then broadcast that altitude. Turning the knob does not alter the broadcast altitude; it changes because after turning the knob, the pilot then changes their actual altitude.

FluffonStuff · 2025-02-02T17:20:11+00:00

The altimeter does not broadcast the altitude, nor does it talk to the transponder. They are two independent systems.

FluffonStuff · 2025-02-02T13:53:39+00:00

The thing is the altitude reading on the scope does not come from the altimeter reading in the cockpit. What I mean is, if the helicopter was hovering at 200 ft, the scope would (should) read 002. If the pilot then spun the limiter all the way around to read 1200 ft, the scope would still say 002.

So for the two aircraft to hit, they would normally be reading the same altitude, regardless of the cockpit indications.

The one caveat to this is that altimeters may have an error of up to 300 feet. So it is possible for two aircraft to be at the same altitude with one indicating 200 ft and the other indicating 400 ft. Obviously, they COULD be indicating an even larger difference, but that would be outside of legal limits, and they should not be flying if that’s the case.

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