Getting used to the '10'

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The TAFs from Brize Norton and Birmingham suggested the front would be coming through in the early afternoon, but there should be enough time in the morning for some bumbling.</div> <bR> <div> This was also my first solo trip in the TB10, so it was to be a practice and learning exercise. I planned a route that was Enstone to  Westcott disused (WCO NDB), to Grove disused and back through Brize zone to Enstone.</div> <bR> <div> After the palaver last time draining water out of the tanks, most of which I reckon had fallen in when I removed the filler caps to visually inspect the contents, I was given a tip: Give a good blow around the seal-it will drive away the water and so it won't get into the fuel. And by golly it works too!</div> <bR> <div> Calling up Enstone Radio elicited no response,  so with blind calls I taxied round to the hold for the power checks. QNH was set on the main altimeter by winding it to show 550ft, and QFE on the second altimeter by setting it to zero. Again, with blind calls to Enstone Traffic I lined up on runway 26, applied power and climbed into the circuit. </div> <bR> <div> The climb out was a bit bumpy, and the wings rocked in the gusty wind., but I climbed to about 2000ft (which was close to the cloud base) and headed East out of the circuit. Visibility was only moderate. Once clear of Bicester I turned to track the WCO NDB. From Westcott I decided to abandon my original plan, and `divert' North to Silverstone, then West to Bicester, and back home. This seemed a good time also to have an initial play with the autopilot.</div> <bR> <div> Although the basic functionality is similar, the interface to the autopilot is quite different. This has a small square panel mounted by the yoke column, next to the second altimeter (see pic below). When switched on--the switch is at left, under the suction gauge--the wing leveller is activated. Pressing the ALT button activates altitude hold, and the NAV button, I think cycles through heading and NAV modes, although I didn't get as far as trying it.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="77d40f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">           <IMG SRC="77c40f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> JM has a Bendix/King SkyMapIII GPS mounted on the yoke. This is the same as the "Stormscope-come-GPS" mounted on the right-hand panel of the TB200. To be honest, I've not much played with it (and in the air flying P1 is not really the best place to muck about), but I did figure out how to switch it on and adjust the brightness. The map display is set to 'North always up', which must be changable. My first impressions are that I prefer my own GPSMap296. However, with the SkyMap fixed to the yoke, there's really nowhere to put it. I wonder what other pilots do? I shall try to find a manual and/or tutorial on the Skymap, so I can study it on the ground.</div> <bR> <div> Approaching Enstone, again there was nobody on the radio, so I blind-called a downwind join for runway 26, and a perfectly reasonable landing.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>