Hi all,I am using nav charts for flying. But I do not know how turns shown on approach maps are flown.How do I know how "steep" a turn is so that I can catch the next nav point correctly?How will I instruct my aircraft the correct bank angle and speed?Thank you,Christos

G'DayGenerally the turns on published charts are at rate one turns. Which means it takes 2 mins to do a 360 turn. The angle of bank for a rate one turn is calculated using the airspeed. Rule of thumb is, 10% +7 of your current airspeed. Example would be... airspeed of 150knts 15+7+22* Angle of bank. Up to a maximum of 25* AOB (standard IFR restriction). I dont know about Airbus but on Boeings you can select your desired AOB with a switch on the HDG bug knob. The FMC (if being used) automatically calculates the AOB and the time to start the turn to perform the turn. Hope this helps!

Or you could just be lazy and change your heading with the HDG knob. The AP will initiate a standard turn to the new heading.

Thanks NJ_Flyer and Paul!

Or, if you're not on AP but hand-flying, just select the heading anyway and follow the flight director manually.Markus