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Duh, yes... 10/31/2012. That was just bad math. OK, thanks. Ok, so then (when possible) getting a medical on the day before your 40th birthday makes good sense. (Good sense as defined as getting the longest period of time out of your medical)

Need a bit of clarification and could use some help from you all. Two questions, with a bit of history too, so please bear with me. We all know the medical certificate durations have changed... and that the valid durations are shortened (in most cases) if you are over 40. As I understand it...

Ok, you win the... well, you win a.... lightning bolt: :lightning: All I have to offer... thanks. Yup, that is exactly it. Blue Waterfall arc... that would have told me 1200-Echo. PUNKS! That's really sleazy of them... but, it is there... ok. Thanks, I will sleep better tonight.

It can? Ok, that confused me. Can you point me to a reference? As far as "best" answers... I hate those. :no:

Just took my Private Pilot:Rotorcraft:Helicopter FAA Knowledge Exam (via Lasergrade). Passed! BUT, there was one question that plagued me... ASA Question #3622, Page 9-44 of the ASA Private Pilot Test Prep 08 book. For the curious, If I look at my supplemental material book, Figure...

96%! No flying tomorrow... time for a celebratory beer. :goofy:

I think it is a purely personal thing. Some people are good at memorizing lists... I need to picture it in my head. Airspaces, for example... I memorized the data by imaging the "wedding cakes" picture in my head. So, whenever I think about airspace vis/clouds, I imagine that picture first...

You know, it probably will. HA!

HA! Love it!

I'm taking my VFR 141:Rotorcraft:Helicopter:Stage 2/Final written tests tomorrow... and my brain is mush from repetitive study. So, while I would technically consider this post as procrastinating it is related to a real question. And besides, if have to look at another Wt/Bal or Fixed Card ADF...

For calculating wind angle, I know the formula is: [Wind Angle] = [Wind Direction] - [Relative Heading] Does anyone use a catchy mnemonic to remember this? It always helps me to have a little catchy phrase in the back of my mind. Any?

Not to answer Bob's question, but... I'm going to see if I know the answer here. I'm all about practice these days. The governor takes full control at 80% and does a pretty good job maintaining RPM. I've been warned that it is so good that carb ice is very hard to detect. As the engine loses...

From my basic / early understanding the R22 is the Volkswagen of the helicopter world. (Relatively) inexpensive, light and reasonably easy to maintain. With that, obviously, comes some negatives... one of which is the low mass main rotor. The low mass lets you do some interesting things with...

Just an update, with all the studying over the past few weeks, and the great answer from this crew... looks like I'm on target for my "Autorotation Lesson 1" next week.

Wow, perfect. That makes a lot of sense now. Appreciate everyone's feedback this helped quite a bit.

Thanks for the input... this is interesting. Hmm my understanding, and believe me - I may be totally off here, of the "full throttle line" was that it meant the throttle had been twisted all the way till it hit the stop. While the engine could take more... the "pedal was all the way to the floor."

No worries... I plenty of stuff to study. :)

Hey all... My buddy, RotaryWingBob, suggested that I sign up here at PoA - I'm in the starting phases of my VFR141 R/W Private Pilot Cert. Really enjoying it so far. Now it's time for me to take advantage of the collective brain power out there... and I have a question that I'm hoping the R/W...

Yea... I saw what you did too. Interestingly, when I posted this it was not listed on their SMS help page. It is today... so here is what I think... I got to it in the secret beta stage. There was a posting on google groups about it, and I tried it... it didn't work. I looked again, about...

:) Thanks. Yea, I'm loving every minute of it. So far I'm about 16flight hours into my VFR141. So, I'm sure this will be a great place to talk/ask/chat about things along the way. Seems like a very friendly and helpful place to hang out. Thanks for the warm welcome!