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Ok, what about converting the engine to propane or LNG? They both have a lot of octane, they have more BTU than gasoline and is cheaper than avgas and diesel

Thanks! Can't seem to do much else other than go for an IR as don't have enough hours to rent a complex or to even get checked out in one at the flight schools.

You have the one plane that the DPE said "I've been a DPE for 40 yrs, owned a Cessna dealership, currently own a 182, flown nearly every single engine plane out there and the best flying plane ever made is the Bonanza F33A!" He said you can fly that plane with the most minimal of inputs but "damn the parts and the planes are expensive"

I was asking the DPE, what is a good plane? etc. I mentioned a Mooney vs Bonanza argument that everyone throws at you when you say "I'm getting my PPL" Oh.... You need to get a Bonanza or a Mooney! Well he has his opinion on the Mooney as a cheap, fast plane but not his favorite plane. He said they are always in yaw control and that to make a Mooney turn you are basically turning off the yaw control in order to get the plane to turn? Never heard this before. True? Oh, he's a Cessna fan by the way.

May I ask why is there a 100hr and a 50hr inspection? Is this plane a rental? Is the maintenance in the landing gear or?

I took this onto a Southwest flight last Friday between OAK and ONT.. I received weather towers, didn't see any weather so I didn't really know if this is working as the weather outside the plane was pretty non existent as well. I didn't know to click onto the Stratux until the flight back up today. Unfortunately, I wasn't going to go far enough rear this morning to get a window seat as I got there late for boarding and on the flight down I got some seriously weird looks while I was doing this. No traffic read or at least none saw on the screeen

Can't. The plane must be ready to fly before you can take any portion of the test. I tried this as well. I was told that the plane plays a role in the oral so it must be ready as when the DE ask, "prove to me that this plane is safe and legal to fly" I wouldn't be able to do that.

It would not be flying if there's not a story to go with it. I flew last week and during pre-flight the AROW show'd that the registration was expiring that day of my flight... It's a brand new plane so the FAA has not sent the owner the registration as the owner had purchased it under his name but wanted it registered in name X and the FAA didn't like this but hey issued a temporary registration for 60 days. Well last week was 60 days and no new registration. Owner claims he is waiting on the FAA?? SO.. plane cannot fly without this and the DE was advised prior about this BUT I'm kinda stuck in limbo waiting for the registration. Why am I not just using another plane? Simple.. I've trained and prepp'd for this plane and for me to change would require, as per the flight school's rules a checkout in a different plane which will require 4-6hrs of work and at $235/hr makes me spend another who knows how much more $$ and then I'm liable to know everything that's in the new to me plane on the checkride.. I've spent enough $$ and have prepared for one plane and unless I 100% have to I'm not going to spend and go into the DE checkride unprepared.. Was supposed to have had the ride last Wed... But gives me more time to read the POH or the PTS or learn a new acronym.. Hopefully this is harder than the actual checkride!

Thanks! The more perspective the better!!

That's what I think also, just a horror story throws a wrench into it. I know the other CFI was not impressed with him so? Just want a fair shake at it. Nothing but fair. If someone didn't know what PAVE was and didn't have the common sense to look it up then.... I've made a cheat sheet as according to the FAA it's an open book test.

?? You hear so many horror stories and you don't know what to believe, but when there's so many stories of a DE being an ass it starts to make you believe it if you want to or not. My CFI told me this after speaking with another CFI about him... Seems like a credible source to me.

There's apparently a big PUSH now for the ADM which incorporated all these fancy little acronyms that we have to learn, memorize and apply to a given situation. These range from "SAFETY" to cover the pre-flight orientation, Seat-belts, Air Vents, Fire Extinguisher, ELT, Traffic, Your Questions, and then goes on to the 3P's Perceive,(broken down with subcategory PAVE -Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, External Factors) Process (broken down to CARE, Consequences, Alternatives, Reality, External Pressures) Perform to form a situational tool model which will determine if you should take a flight today based upon using each of these tools incorporated into any circumstances that might exist. Followed by the IMSAFE, Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotion/Eating.. From what I hear they can ask any and all of this and have you apply each and every one of them in a systematic step by step evaluation of ...{EXAMPLE} So your friend wants you to fly him, his 98 lb g'friend to the Adult Video Awards in Vegas where she has her best friend, she is showing you some real nice photos of right now, is waiting to meet you in person. The plane is a 152, the distance is 375 miles over mountainous terrain, the ceiling at takeoff is 3,000' scattered class G and the weather at LAS is projected to be 1,800' mist. It's 5pm on a Friday What do you do? Use PAVE, 3P, DECIDE and CARE to explain the situation. First.. IMSAFE.. Your not sick, you haven't taken any medications but your head hurts after a day at work. Your not stressed you are tired and you haven't eaten yet as your leaving work now. 3P.... Perceive, the ceiling and weight limitations of the 152, PAVE. Pilot is good to go. The Plane is going to take forever but it's slow and going to be heavy. Possibly needs a fuel stop. enVirnment, very tall mountains from NorCal to Vegas, going to have to find a route around most of these someway, External Pressure, meeting a nice Stripper/***** in Vegas is real pressure! Process, CARE Consequences of taking this flight, fuel starvation, exhaustion, CFIT, Night Currency, Alternatives, SouthWest Airlines, Reality it's not that smart to do this mission in this plane, External Pressure, your friend wants to impress his new G'friend as she's promising to do a lot fun things tonight Perform, Execute a plan, fuel, plan, eat (QUICKLY) and fly or DECIDE Detect the problem. I'm going to arrive so late that this hot chick is going to be drunk and already hooked up with someone else. The plane is to small, to slow, the weather is marginal at arrival, the plane is not IFR, I'm not IFR Estimate: To little speed, to little fuel, to little time Choose. Different plane, have I been check'd out in this Cessna 182 or the Cardinal? Leave at a different time? Identify, The plane is not up to the task and the weather would require a MVFR landing and I'm not rated for that Do Something: Buy tickets on SouthWest Evaluate: Arrive on time to meet Tiffany Lee before she's to drunk or taken This is what only one part of the Oral has come down to it appears...

Any photos of her?

Thanks!

Thanks. Studying PAVE, CARE, TEAM, 3P, 5P, DECIDE, IMSAFE. fu***

Just learned the DE failed a student because the student did not know PAVE. WOW..

It works!! Well for as much as it can work I guess. I flew today and I was just practicing stalls, slow flight and steep turns around 3500' of the SF Bay and I could see on my IPad that I had a tower showing up on the screen. About 2,000' and there was no signal.. No weather as its clear but at least the system is picking up the weather signals.

When you say you didn't compensate for altitude do you mean that the diversion required you to climb to an airport at a higher field elevation or that there were clouds in the area and you had to clear them? I like the idea of the FAA asking the student questions. Takes a bit out of the DE to be a jerk.

Driving down the freeway.. Was going to fly tomorrow and see if it worked in the air.. Anyone know what altitudes Startus 2s works at?

Recieved my new Pi kit yesterday and installed the image file. FF reads the signal but nothing is being received??

Thanks! Received my ASA Private Oral Exam book a few minutes ago. Have to read it ASAP! One could only wish that they could use FF on the exam. Even though it's a EFB its not allowed for the test nor the flying part.

Sorry.. PPL

Thanks. I spoke with an Airline Type Rating guy and he said "call up someone who has used him for a check ride!, your supposed to use all available information you can and that's doing exactly that" I googled his name and it didn't provide much other than one school that has his name listed as an approve examiner in the SF Bay Area. Thought about following advice and asking if they knew him. Jeff Heitzberg is the DE.. Watching over and over again the YouTube video "Private Pilot Oral" and I have ordered the ASA book should be here tomorrow I believe and that will give me a week to read it.

My school found a new DE (took a few weeks) and I am the lucky one that gets him first! Scheduled for next week and possibly reading horror stories as no one ever seems to talk about happiness on the Internet, what are the key things I need to prep for on the oral? Fog Instruments Density Altitude Air Space Weight & Balance Stalls/Spins Cockpit Management Pilotage Cross Country Planning Got any questions I should bounce off of for this part of the exam? Thanks!

Thanks!