DP then picking up IFR
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:50 am
I joined last year and felt like I was starting to make good progress and then I took some time off. Back now and trying to get back into things and decided I'd try to take a trip around the Western US hitting every towered field. Started at KAMA and worked my way up to KCOS with a stop at KCAO. My trip from KCAO to KCOS was going to turn from dusk to night so I decided I'd depart VFR and pick up an IFR clearance in the air.
The DP out of KCAO for Runway 20 says to "climb heading 201 to 5500 before turning right". Now with the weather being VFR I was able to do that and head towards V81 to Tobe, but once I called ABQ Center to pick up the IFR clearance I was told I'd need to climb above the 11,100 MVA before they could give me one. Makes sense and since it was still VFR weather I was able to do so safely.
My question for the future is more along the lines of - if it was IMC what would be the correct procedure? The DP says to get to 5500 and turn right, but is there a specific course or climb gradient I need to maintain to stay safe until I reach V81? Obviously after I hit V81 I need to be above 8800.
Probably an easier answer to this than I'm thinking of right now and taking the past 8 months or so off away from things I've forgotten info I learned through the I-ratings or the workshops. But I can't think of the obvious answer myself right now.
Thanks. Happy to be back - learning about all these things is fascinating to me.
The DP out of KCAO for Runway 20 says to "climb heading 201 to 5500 before turning right". Now with the weather being VFR I was able to do that and head towards V81 to Tobe, but once I called ABQ Center to pick up the IFR clearance I was told I'd need to climb above the 11,100 MVA before they could give me one. Makes sense and since it was still VFR weather I was able to do so safely.
My question for the future is more along the lines of - if it was IMC what would be the correct procedure? The DP says to get to 5500 and turn right, but is there a specific course or climb gradient I need to maintain to stay safe until I reach V81? Obviously after I hit V81 I need to be above 8800.
Probably an easier answer to this than I'm thinking of right now and taking the past 8 months or so off away from things I've forgotten info I learned through the I-ratings or the workshops. But I can't think of the obvious answer myself right now.
Thanks. Happy to be back - learning about all these things is fascinating to me.