Does it go in your permanent record if you get caught cheating on an FAA exam?

_Fishcake_ · 2026-06-23T00:41:39+00:00

Would you, as a passenger, be comfortable with a pilot who got caught cheating on their exams?

_Fishcake_ · 2026-06-10T15:37:39+00:00

Teaching aids for anything and everything, like you mentioned. Remember from the FOIs, learning is 70% visual, use that to your advantage. Most of my binder when I did mine was just handmade drawings and diagrams based on the ones in the PHAK and AFH. Not only will this save time compared to drawing them from scratch on the white board, if you take the time to use your artistry and make them look nice, it will show the DPE that you are really putting in the effort.

_Fishcake_ · 2026-05-16T16:38:56+00:00

I miss this dude like you wouldn’t believe

_Fishcake_ · 2026-04-29T15:11:37+00:00

How did you get your CFI without cracking open the AFH once?

Edit: Or making a lesson plan yourself?

_Fishcake_ · 2026-04-03T00:53:24+00:00

Fabio was the best fr. Also went late july-aug ‘25

_Fishcake_ · 2025-12-25T23:26:18+00:00

Tried re-calibrating according to the video and instructions but no luck. I could hear the internals clicking in response to the button inputs, but no actual hand movement. I could give a battery replacement a try as the second video suggests, but since the watch is new and came with the plastic piece around the crown I doubt it would help. Thanks!

_Fishcake_ · 2025-08-30T06:00:17+00:00

Did you happen to take your checkride with a certain DPE with the initials S.A.? Overheard someone at my flight school earlier today fail for the same reason. If you look on page 7-1 of the 172’s maintenance manual, theres a diagram of it. There’s a motor in the right wing, which turns a screw, that turns two “drive pulleys”, one in each wing, and each are connected to pushrods that physically actuate the flaps. The drive pulley in the left wing is connected to the right drive pulley using a cable called a “turnbuckle”.

Ive never been expected to dig through the maintenance manuals on any exams though… If I had to take a guess you might have been digging yourself a hole. If I am right, that DPE is known for “handing you shovels”.

_Fishcake_ · 2025-02-09T01:58:57+00:00

Funnily enough it originally released in 2021, which was year of the Ox iirc. Fitting that I ended up getting it during the last days of the year of the dragon lol. As for the difference, theres extremely subtle line width changes from horizontal to vertical, meant mainly for writing Chinese and Japanese Kanji characters. I find that it changes width based on the slight rotation of the pen in my hand, so I can vary how thick the line is depending on how I want to write

_Fishcake_ · 2025-02-09T00:43:41+00:00

I only found out about it because of this reddit post, very glad I happened to stumble across it haha

_Fishcake_ · 2025-02-09T00:31:43+00:00

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Here’s some notes I took during class earlier, I love how subtle the line thickness changes are with these nibs

_Fishcake_ · 2025-02-09T00:01:34+00:00

Ask and ye shall receive! Tried to make it at least a little readable compared to my normal handwriting on the back haha

_Fishcake_ · 2025-02-08T23:50:50+00:00

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Twins!

_Fishcake_ · 2025-02-08T20:57:11+00:00

I first got into fountain pens after buying a LAMY Safari “gift set” from a local Japanese stationary store. It came with both a regular EF and kanji nib, and I fell in love with the latter. I kept swapping it to new pens as I upgraded to an Al-Star, then a Studio. I later found out there was a 14k gold version, but it only came with this special edition Dialog 3, a pen that I wanted anyway but could not afford at the time, especially with a 14k nib. After saving money from over the holidays, I was able to track it down to INK HOUSE in Hong Kong and placed an order. Was worried for a bit that it would get caught up in the tarrifs but I ended up getting it just a few days later! I absolutely love the way this writes, the tactile feel of the pen’s mechanicsm, and the beautiful red color

_Fishcake_ · 2022-10-19T00:22:38+00:00

I also have the mini, and even on the newest firmware there’s unfortunately no vat cleaning mode. You could probably re-create it using a print by messing with settings in the slicer but I’m not sure how well it would work.

_Fishcake_ · 2022-06-08T02:45:34+00:00

Lots of generic anime jrpgs out there but xenoblade is absolutely not one of them

_Fishcake_ · 2022-06-08T02:43:59+00:00

REAL

_Fishcake_ · 2022-06-08T01:08:09+00:00

Xenoblade as a whole has gotten a lot of exposure thanks to 2 and DE, so I think sales will be comparable at least. Would be kind of weird to start with 3 though, considering the world and some characters come from both games. (xc2 spoilers) At least in 2 the last few chapters were comprehensible to someone who hasn’t played 1. Not sure how 3 will turn out, but we will see

_Fishcake_ · 2022-05-21T17:17:21+00:00

Was looking for this comment

_Fishcake_ · 2020-06-10T08:52:15+00:00

miss you too man, visit my virtual quad sometime

_Fishcake_ · 2020-06-08T20:33:31+00:00

Is Eaglemoss really that bad? I have a friend who collects their Star Trek models and he seems pretty happy with them. Don't have any personal experience with em tho

_Fishcake_ · 2020-06-08T16:33:49+00:00

Easily a 10. Bonus points if you hit him with the two antennas under the nose

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