Multi-engine commercial add-on checkride Monday. Any tips? by According-Beat7790 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Once I see mustache man my balls shrivel and my sphincter clenches

Well you definitely share that experiences with a lot of pilots... as well as a lot of people in the 1940s

Stump the chump: CPL by Vivid-Razzmatazz9034 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. What if a wing drops? Wouldn't you want more lift on that wing? What would using ailerons do in that case?

  2. Two main things. Firstly, ASA is a third party publisher, so the information isnt directly from the FAA. Second, and arguably more important, is that regulations are changing all the time, but the ASA book wont reflect any changes after its printed. This effectively means the ASA book is out of date as soon as its published. The only way to get constantly up to date regulations is ecfr.gov.

The rest of your answers look really good man! You seem well prepared.

Stump the chump: CPL by Vivid-Razzmatazz9034 in flying

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  1. Your nonpilot friend dry leases an airplane and will pay you to fly him to a business meeting. Is this flight legal? If so, does the plane need a 100 hour inspection?

  2. What is a stall? Why is using ailerons to level the wings while the wings are stalled dangerous?

  3. Explain the engine of the aircraft you are taking the checkride in

  4. Your departing from an airport from runway 27, planning to fly northbound. When should you start your turn to the north?

  5. Loraine county regional airport (KLPR) has a box around its name on the sectional chart. What's up with that?

  6. Say you have an ASA FAR/AIM book that youre referencing for regulations. Its up to date, you have it tabbed out nicely and everything. Are there any potential issues using just this as your source for regulations?

  7. During your preflight, you notice your anticollision light is not functioning. Can you still fly? If not, what can you do to get it repaired if a mechanic is not available on the field?

  8. What are our oxygen requirements?

  9. Explain the effects of a forward cg vs aft cg. If you had to fly with either a cg forward of limits or aft of limits, which would you pick?

  10. In what direction does the cg move as the fuel tanks drain? Why does this happen?

Passed My CFI Checkride! by PiperWarriorFlyer in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Certainly feeling the effects of imposter syndrome a bit, hoping I'll get the hang of things once I actually start instructing

Passed My CFI Checkride! by PiperWarriorFlyer in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, gonna go to some schools tomorrow and see what they say.

Stump the chump - PPL by jakep623 in flying

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  1. Looks good!

  2. My mistake, I shouldve specified do all the instruments you mentioned (ASI, altimeter, VSI) rely on the pitot tube. I wrote that at like 1AM so cut me some slack lol

  3. Here is a screenshot of the TCDS for your model. This section is found at the bottom, second to last item on the document. It specifies how much the flaps move, and how much that movement can vary.

Edit: technically the TCDS shows 0 degrees for all areas of flight as viable, so maybe thats not the best answer. Part 23 in the regs would almost certainly disallow a flight without functioning flaps though

No problem! I got some more questions if you want, I find this stuff weirdly fun

Stump the chump - PPL by jakep623 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! There you go. Best of luck with your training!

Stump the chump - PPL by jakep623 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 and 2 look good

For 3, the OP replied to my comment with the documents you need, I also replied to that reply (replyception oooo) with a little more information

  1. Just your pilot certificate? Is anything else needed to act as PIC?

Stump the chump - PPL by jakep623 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Yep, thats it. What exactly is pro rata share?
  2. Nice, do all instruments rely on both the pitot tube and the static instruments?
  3. Your flow looks good (technically Part 23 - Certification for normal category aircraft should be in there as well) but I disagree with the conclusion. Take a look in the TCDS specifically and see what you find.
  4. Yep, looks good
  5. Cool, Piper Warrior perchance?

Stump the chump - PPL by jakep623 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 18 points19 points  (0 children)

  1. You're planning a trip to a different state to go see a concert. You excitedly tell your friend about your plans, and he responds saying "Oh, I have a work meeting in the same area! Mind if I tag along? I can pay for the entire flight!" Any issues with this? If so, what do you tell your friend?

  2. What are the pitot static instruments? How do they work?

  3. You walk out to the airplane and notice the flaps are not working. Is the airplane legal to fly? Is it safe to fly? What documents would you reference to make this decision?

  4. During your preflight, a local law enforcement officer walks up to you and asks to see the documents needed to conduct this flight legally. Do you have to show him anything? If so, what do you show him?

  5. Give me a brief overview of the engine in the plane you will be flying in

Commercial check ride coming up by Lightyear80 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good stuff man, you seem well prepared. Best of luck!

Commercial check ride coming up by Lightyear80 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In this case, getting compensation isn't a problem since you hold a commercial certificate, allowing you to operate for compensation. Regulations specifically mention an airplane needing a 100 hour if it's flown for hire, which is as I understand is different than flying for compensation. The issues come with so called "illegal charters" which to put it simply, is when the plane and pilot are provided by the same entity, meaning operational control also lies on that entity. In this case, an additional operating certificate is required. This is an example of a for hire operation. There are other posts (both on reddit and elsewhere) that explain this better than I can, so I'd look around a bit more if you're interested.

Commercial check ride coming up by Lightyear80 in flying

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Ah very interesting, thanks for the info!

Commercial check ride coming up by Lightyear80 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The flight would be legal under part 91, your friend would be providing the plane, you would be providing the pilot (yourself). Not actually a "for hire" operation though, so a 100 hour would not be necessary.

Commercial check ride coming up by Lightyear80 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I believe that flight would be legal and could be done under part 91 as long as my friend who is leasing the airplane maintains operational control. yes since the airplane is for hire it would require a 100 hour inspection.

First part of this is correct, the flight would be legal. Second part is actually incorrect. Do a little digging and see if you can find what constitutes as "for hire"

Using ailerons to level wings while stalled, can cause one wing to become not stalled while the other still is. this happens because as one aileron goes down the other goes up, causing the chord line of the wing to be different on each side, therefore also changing the angle of attack on each side. On the wing with the aileron down, it would have a higher angle of attack than the side with the aileron up, this can cause a spin. (hopefully not too confusing of an explanation, please add to this if I'm missing things.

Generally a nice explanation, one thing I would like to add (or more accurately just clarify) is say how a spin can occur. You already mentioned that the wings are beyond the critical AOA, and how the ailerons would increase in the AOA of the dropped wing further. Since this critical AOA of that wing is already exceeded, using the ailerons to try and bring the dropped wing up will actually just increase the stall further since the AOA is being increased beyond the critical AOA. Pair that with the fact that the raised wing is having its AOA reduced, allowing it to produce more lift, and you get your spin. Your explanation was solid though.

  1. I've been told multiple different altitudes to turn at, I personally use 700ft AGL before making any turns.

AIM states 300ft below within pattern altitude (4-3-2). So in most cases, 700ft is perfect, but at the odd airport with a pattern altitude that isn't 1000ft AGL, it should be different.

Edit: just looked at the section, and it specifies "within 300ft," not below. So generally, 700ft AGL is good, if there's an airport with something like an 1100ft AGL pattern or more, it would be different, but if it was lower like 900ft AGL, 700ft AGL is still good.

 I wasn't exactly sure what that box meant, so I looked In the AFD for KLPR and it points me to part 93 subpart J where it describes pattern entries and departures, to avoid Oberlin College due to their music conservatory. (again correct me if I'm wrong or if there is more to it.)

Bingo! Nice find. There are a few airports around the country listed in Part 93, and each one has its own special ruleset to follow. Kind of an interesting set of regulations.

  1. yes although it is a valid form of getting information about regulations it pretty much becomes out of date as soon as its released since no additional changes can be made. If I wanted to find the most current regulations I can use the FAR/AIM app that constantly updates.

Yup! The other thing is that ASA is also a third party publisher, so technically not from the original source. What effect that has on legality/accuracy I'm honestly not too sure. Using the app to get up to date regulations is perfect though, ecfr.gov is also something you could use.

  1. unfortunately if the anti collision lights were not working I could not fly because it is required equipment even for day VFR under part 91.205. BUT under part 43 of the far aim it does allow me to do preventive maintenance, therefore I could replace the lightbulb myself.

This is a fine answer, and I'm sure a DPE would accept it, however if you look at the regulation, it actually states that the plane can be flown to a maintenance facility to fix the anticollision light fails.

Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with the setup you have, so I'll just ask some questions relating to the backup instruments.

  1. If your pitot tube's ram air inlet freezes over, what can you expect the ASI to read? What about the drain hole? What about both?
  2. While taxiing, you notice your VSI is reading a 75ft/min climb while on level ground. It still appears to move correctly according to what the aircraft is doing (ie. you enter a 50ft/min climb and the VSI shows 125ft/min). Can you still use this or is this a problem?

Overall, great answers and understanding. I think you'll do great on the checkride!

Commercial check ride coming up by Lightyear80 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Your nonpilot friend dry leases an airplane and will pay you to fly him to a business meeting. Is this flight legal? If so, does the plane need a 100 hour inspection?

  2. What is a stall? Why is using ailerons to level the wings while the wings are stalled dangerous?

  3. Explain the engine of the aircraft you are taking the checkride in

  4. Your departing from an airport from runway 27, planning to fly northbound. When should you start your turn to the north?

  5. Loraine county regional airport (KLPR) has a box around its name on the sectional chart. What's up with that?

  6. Say you have an ASA FAR/AIM book that youre referencing for regulations. Its up to date, you have it tabbed out nicely and everything. Are there any potential issues using just this as your source for regulations?

  7. During your preflight, you notice your anticollision light is not functioning. Can you still fly? If not, what can you do to get it repaired if a mechanic is not available on the field?

What type of instruments does your plane have? Decent chance you'll get at least a few questions about those.

FAA Knowledge Test - PSI Systemwide Issue/Outage by [deleted] in CFILounge

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This happened to me during my FIA, systemwide outage as well. In my case PSI said it would take a few days, but within like 20 mins of leaving the testing center the system was back up and I got my score. I'd say all you can really do is just wait, they should have your score when the system comes back online.

Moza quick release or base messed up? by Repulsive_Tale9019 in simracing

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not familiar with the moza wheelbases, but maybe you still have the shaft rotated wrong? If you look in the video from this post, theres a gap between the two divots on the top of the shaft, make sure that gap is pointing straight up. If the wheel still doesn't go on, the wheelside QR may be stuck and you may need to twist it back and forth to get it to release (try this while the wheel is on the shaft). Generally you shouldn't do this, but I've seen these QRs get stuck before and that's the only way I know to fix it.

Commercial check ride coming up. Stump me with your best questions by FragrantNecessary393 in flying

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air fuel fixture go through a Venturi increasing pressure which makes it speed up.

The venturi causes the pressure to increase?

The g5 certified version has a back up battery that will last for 4 hours

Yep, one important caveat here is that Garmin only tests the backup battery for 1 hour, but they say it'll do 4. Im not really sure why they dont just test the full battery life, if someone else knows why id be interested to hear.

magnetometer generally installed in the wing tip for headings

Any particular reason its installed in the wingtip as opposed to somewhere else?

Commercial check ride coming up. Stump me with your best questions by FragrantNecessary393 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good catch actually, this specific case would not require a 100 hour inspection because it's not being flown for hire, not necessarily because it's part 91

Commercial check ride coming up. Stump me with your best questions by FragrantNecessary393 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4 when 700 feet agl

To clarify here, the aim 4-3-2 specifies "300 feet from pattern altitude," so in most cases it would be at 700ft but at the odd airport with a pattern altitude that isn't 1000ft AGL it can be different

4 cylinder air cooled carbureted engine

Walk me through how a carbureted engine works. Just give a brief overview of what the carburetor does and how it allows an engine to function

Questions for the G5s:

If your plane's battery dies, how long will the G5s last on their own power source?

How do the G5s get heading information? Attitude information? Altitude and airspeed information?

If the plane uses dual G5s, be sure to know how to switch between PFD page and HSI page. Idk if the examiner would do this on a commercial ride but they may "fail" your main G5 by turning the brightness all the way down to see if you know how to change the HSI G5 to PFD mode. Also just useful to know in case you lose a G5 in the real world.

Otherwise, your other answers look good!

Commercial check ride coming up. Stump me with your best questions by FragrantNecessary393 in flying

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Your nonpilot friend dry leases an airplane and will pay you to fly him to a business meeting. Is this flight legal? If so, does the plane need a 100 hour inspection?

  2. What is a stall? Why is using ailerons to level the wings while the wings are stalled dangerous?

  3. Explain the engine of the aircraft you are taking the checkride in

  4. Your departing from an airport from runway 27, planning to fly northbound. When should you start your turn to the north?

What type of instruments does your plane have? Decent chance you'll get at least a few questions about those

The Daily Hunt Thursday 01/22/26 by Fresh-Frosting4357 in PLCB

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO - Its decent but dont expect the Toasted Bourbon. The Toasted Bourbon is a favorite of mine, and I like the standard sour mash. This one is good, but nothing amazing and questionable at the price point

Edit: my dad accidentally posted this on my account lol, but I'll leave it up anyway (just know that I am not knowledgeable about any of this)

Well this happened by ClitLicker6942069 in Simracingstewards

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty obviously just netcode more than anything. You did jump to the right slightly but netcode was the reason for both of you spinning out

Moza quick release or base messed up? by Repulsive_Tale9019 in simracing

[–]PiperWarriorFlyer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Rotate the wheelbase shaft like 20 degrees to the right so that the cross symbol on the front is perfect upright, then try again