This was just ground review for the CFI oral exam. During this I pulled out the manual for the 172RG and discovered that the manual explicitly disallows spins. My instructor, my commercial examiner and I all where under the impression that all 172's were rated for spins. This is why it's important to know your aircraft before attempting spins. Things that I need work on include general airspace dimensions, visibility and cloud clearance rules. I know that the pilots out there reading this are thinking that this is basic stuff every pilot should know. Well, I've had my IFR rating for so long and if I don't have 5,1,2,3 and 1,1,1,5 above 10,000ft then I go IFR.
For you non-pilots, the 5,1,2,3 and 1,1,1,5 refer to cloud clearances and visibility. If your flying under 10,000ft above sea level, in general, you need 500ft above, 1000 ft below, and 2000ft horizontal from the clouds and 3 statute miles visibility. If you flying above 10,000 ft MSL you need 1000ft above, 1000ft below, 1SM horizontal and 5SM visibility.
I also need to work on remembering what goes in the AVIATESP, ARROW, ATOMATOEFLAMES, and FLAPS Acronyms.
AVIATESP refers to the required inspections (14 CFR 91.409, 91.411, 91.413, 91.207)
Airworthiness Directives
VOR Check (IFR) - Every 30 days
Inspections (100hr & annual)
Altimeter (IFR) - Every 24 Months
Transponder - Every 24 Months
Emergency Locator Transmitter - 12 Months or 1hr of use or 1/2 battery life
Static & Pitot System - Every 24 Months
Preflight (not required by FARs but a good pilot does a good preflight)
ARROW refers to documents that must be on-board the aircraft (91.203)
Airworthiness Certificate (must be visible)
Registration Certificate
Radio Operators License (International flights)
Operator's Handbook (Specific to N-number)
Weight and balance (usually in the POH, specific to N-number)
ATOMATOEFLAMES refers to day VFR required equipment (91.205)
Altimeter
Tachometer
Oil Pressure
Manifold Pressure (complex)
Airspeed Indicator
Temperature (liquid cooled engines)
Oil Temperature
ELT
Fuel Gauge
Landing Gear Indicator Lights
Anti-collision Lights
Magnetic Compass
Emergency equipment (Life vests, life rafts, flare gun etc. if for hire over water 91.509)
Seat Belts
FLAPS refers to night VFR required equipment
Fuses
Landing Light
Anti-collision Lights
Position Lights (red/green NAV. Lights)
Source of Electrical Power (Alt/Gen)
29 March 2011
28 March 2011
CFI Training Continued
OK, This would make my first time flying from the right seat. My instructor (Bruce) and I worked mostly exclusively (oxymoron, I know) on landings from the right seat. I seem to have a tendency to land crooked. I could almost swear I need more right rudder, but my CFI, and the crooked landings, assure me that I really need more left rudder. Optical illusion noted.
20 March 2011
CFI training
I, Mike, have started CFI training. I have the FOI and CFI-A Knowledge tests done. Now just need to find time to get with an Instructor for the oral and Practical parts. In the mean time I've been working on collecting anything that I might need for those tests. I Thought about buy copies of books like the Airplane Flying Hand Book, Aviation Weather, Aviation Weather Services, etc. but all of those are FAA publications and freely available from the FAA's website as PDF documents.
As most of these publication can be updated at any time, printed books costing $30+ each, that may be outdated when you get them, doesn't make since in this digital age. The AIM is updated every 6 months and FARs are updated so often the FAA doesn't even bother with a PDF they say just use the online database. Now I just need to decide on an E-Reader type device that I can take with me to the oral exam to access the PDFs from the FAA. I'm gonna call my local FSDO and ask if my laptop is acceptable before I decide to drop ~$200 on an E-Reader. All the books I want to get total to around $250.
Well anyway here is a link to all the junk I've collected: http://media.burnclouds.net/cfi/
Update 1: I called the FSDO and the examiner said a laptop (no internet) would be fine. "That is what we use here in the FSDO, laptops, book are too expensive and mostly outdated by the time you get them anyway." So, The laptop goes to the oral too! :-)
As most of these publication can be updated at any time, printed books costing $30+ each, that may be outdated when you get them, doesn't make since in this digital age. The AIM is updated every 6 months and FARs are updated so often the FAA doesn't even bother with a PDF they say just use the online database. Now I just need to decide on an E-Reader type device that I can take with me to the oral exam to access the PDFs from the FAA. I'm gonna call my local FSDO and ask if my laptop is acceptable before I decide to drop ~$200 on an E-Reader. All the books I want to get total to around $250.
Well anyway here is a link to all the junk I've collected: http://media.burnclouds.net/cfi/
Update 1: I called the FSDO and the examiner said a laptop (no internet) would be fine. "That is what we use here in the FSDO, laptops, book are too expensive and mostly outdated by the time you get them anyway." So, The laptop goes to the oral too! :-)
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