snoboy
Pre-takeoff checklist
Hi folks, Ill be starting my commercial training a week from Monday 3/17. Looking for some pointers or insight from the CFIs or people who are commercial rated.
Hi folks, Ill be starting my commercial training a week from Monday 3/17. Looking for some pointers or insight from the CFIs or people who are commercial rated.
Don't use your instruments. It will be hard if you just finished your instrument training, but commercial maneuvers are seat of the pants and visual, not instrument maneuvers. I will actually cover up the instruments at first.
Also, chair fly the maneuvers. Makes it easier to do if you can set them up and visualize them.
Amen to this. I started Commercial training about a month ago and I still struggle with this. Its kind of like undoing everything I learned but I'm getting there. What I learned so far with the manuevers is SLOW EVERYTHING DOWN! You'll know what I'm talking about when you start doing Chandelles and Lazy 8's.Don't use your instruments. It will be hard if you just finished your instrument training, but commercial maneuvers are seat of the pants and visual, not instrument maneuvers. I will actually cover up the instruments at first.
Also, chair fly the maneuvers. Makes it easier to do if you can set them up and visualize them.
Amen to this. I started Commercial training about a month ago and I still struggle with this. Its kind of like undoing everything I learned but I'm getting there. What I learned so far with the manuevers is SLOW EVERYTHING DOWN! You'll know what I'm talking about when you start doing Chandelles and Lazy 8's.
Are commercial steep turns still 60° or did they go to 45°?
Lazy eights when done properly the plane will basically do the work in a natural arc, the key is trim; just mind the need for top rudder in climbing left turns.
Hi folks, Ill be starting my commercial training a week from Monday 3/17. Looking for some pointers or insight from the CFIs or people who are commercial rated.
Don't know if you're 141 or 61. But remember that a lot of instructors aren't real high time pilots themselves (at least at the instructing gig) so make sure you get someone really experienced to put you through the ringer with a mock check ride before the actual event. Wish I had. (Ironic how we take people with too little time to make it to a 121 or 135 operation but expect them to do something as critical as teach new pilots how to fly but that's another issue) Try to keep your training in the actual aircraft you will use for the check ride too. I ended up training in two different Arrows with different radio setups and it didn't help simplify things.
By the way. I passed the check ride a few days ago...