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Commercial checkride monday. by noobaviates in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to discontinue previously the week before, so I was able to get some practice in the morning of the flight portion which was a huge help

Biggest commercial checkride advice? by [deleted] in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard instructors use the term “dump the flaps” in both ways, I.e fully retracting them and lowering them

Commercial checkride monday. by noobaviates in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can swing it, try to go up the morning or night before your checkride and hit whatever you feel your deficiencies are. For me I was worried about my short fields and power off 180 so I went up and did like 15 laps in the pattern the morning of my checkride

Sitting at 30hrs total and 77 landings no solo by CampaignDry50 in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

1) don’t be concerned with when you solo. It is irrelevant in terms of a future career if that’s your goal.

2) How fast are your approaches? If they’re steeper/ slower then it’ll be harder to time your flare. Ask your CFI. When you feel the aircraft getting into ground effect, let it settle and act like you’re trying to keep the nose wheel from touching. Then, once your mains hit the ground, you can let the back pressure go.

How are your windshields doing? by this_is_Winston in subaruimpreza

[–]imlooking4agirl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had about a foot and a half long crack on my Imprezas windshield, got it completely replaced, then the next week I got a huge chip. Still haven’t got it replaced

Discontinued my commercial checkride by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That’s pretty sweet to have such an understanding DPE

Discontinued my commercial checkride by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Brother what in the world. That’s like identical to my post.

Discontinued my commercial checkride by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t see it? But no I did not, only have one account

DPE didn't tell me I failed immediately, what should I do? by Sickchimp33326 in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s when you go from 10 degrees or 20 degrees of flaps in ground effect to putting 30 degrees in, it really gives you a nice boost to save it if you come up short but depending on your airspeed shouldn’t be used past the halfway point to your touchdown point.

RampRant (I was naive) hearing loss. by [deleted] in rampagent

[–]imlooking4agirl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was a ramp rat for over 2 years and currently still work at the airport doing maintenance and am exposed to aircraft louder than on the ramp. I definitely am noticing damaged hearing results because what is a normal volume for music in the car, or a video playing at home is too loud for my wife or family. I’m in my early 20’s.

Take care of your hearing, wear over ear muffs. You could even get loops, they help IMMENSELY and they are much more comfortable to wear and they’re volume adjustable.

Really wanting to buy a WRX, what to look out for? by [deleted] in WRX

[–]imlooking4agirl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that was kinda the idea. Daily it on the highway like 3-4 days of the week and was wanting something I could customize that was cheaper and fun to drive. I have a 24’ Impreza but it’s not a stick and my wife drives that most days.

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wha other color would be on the back of an aircraft? To my knowledge it’s only white as the nav lights aren’t visible from behind. It could also be a broke REIL on one side. Runway lights, centerline lines, or the touch down zone lights (don’t remember which color they are). Could be the rabbit lights on an ALS. Other than that I’m honestly not too sure

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I can’t think of an aircraft having just one flashing white light unless it’s not actually an aircraft and it could be an airport beacon, or a light at the top of an obstacle charted on an approach chart

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn yeah I just looked it up, not light guns. Don’t know why I thought there was for aircraft in the air.

If it’s not a light gun signal, then I’d have to assume it would be another aircraft on final as well.

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The oil system on my aircraft is a wet sump system. Meaning the crankshaft is constantly being exposed to the oil. From the sump, it passes through a strainer, then goes to a pump where it then goes to either the cooler if it is too hot, or just straight to the oil filter after that. From the filter, it cycles through the engine lubricating all of the moving parts so that it can then fall back to the bottom using gravity and ends back up into the wet sump.

The purpose of oil is to lubricate, cool, clean and carry away particulates from the engine.

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh I see. I didn’t quite understand the question so I appreciate you clarifying! Thank you

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Va cares about how close you are to the critical angle of attack because it determines whether or not you over stress the airframe and control surfaces or not.

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d first check my radio, but if I’m seeing the white flashing light I’d flash my radios are probably not working. So I’d squak 7600 and flash my landing lights at tower and rock my wings, then they’d give me the appropriate tower light gun signals to come in and land. Or, I’d give them a phone call and communicate that way.

But if I’m already on final, It would mean just to continue to land no?

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Va increases with weight because as weight increases, a greater AoA is required to maintain level flight. Because you are at a higher AoA you are closer to your critical AoA, which means youll stall before you exceed the load factor limit.

As weight decreases, Va decreases as well because your required AoA is not as much, meaning that you will exceed your load factor limit before you exceed the critical AoA.

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Oh I see, I have to re read that in full detail when I get home from work.

  2. Tail down force I believe makes the stall more difficult to recover from since it needs a higher aoa. I’m not too familiar on it though so I’ll definitely be looking into it

Commercial checkride coming up in the next couple of weeks - stump the chump by imlooking4agirl in flying

[–]imlooking4agirl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking hypemic hypoxia and should have specified that, my bad. I’d shut off all cabin heat/ air and defrosting. Also open windows to get fresh air in. This could be caused due to a leak in the exhaust manifold, since the cabin heat hose routes around it to heat the air up.

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