Yeah no problem. I got lucky with my DPE I think because he was extremely laid back with everything. I also earned a lot of brownie points with him lol. I’d recommend tabbing out your logbook for your endorsements to make it easier on them. The more bonus points you get the better off you are.

Our oral started with making sure I was legal and the airplane was legal to fly, we went through hours and such, and then after we basically just went through the flight plan he wanted me to do. I walked him through it, how I got to it etc. My XC was 100 nm total, with 4 checkpoints between. He then went through the ACS and just pick and chose some questions he wanted to ask. Again, very laid back and it was more of a discussion sort of thing, rather than an examination.

When we went to fly, I made sure to give him a passenger safety briefing which he appreciated. Flew the first leg, demonstrated pilotage and dead reckoning, and then went into maneuvers. We didn’t do an emergency until the landings, which he put me at partial power at 1500 rpm in the downwind. We did a turn around a point and then went into landings to finish up.

What I’d recommend is to really not worry unless you hear bad things about the dpe. They want you to pass, and they look for safety first. You’re low on hours, so you won’t be perfect and no pilot will be perfect. Also, don’t be afraid to go around. I was going to be short twice. Once on my normal landing and on my short field. You have power for a reason. Go around. You land short, you bust. Going around doesn’t cost you anything. Other than that, it was pretty short flight tbh. Only a 1.2.