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No it was a DPE and he was really cool in the fact that he wanted to meet up with my CFI and I prior to the checkride to carefully go over everything that would/could be on it. He's friends with my CFI so we met about a week prior for dinner. Nice guy. He didn't give me the answers but rather what I was expected to know. He says he likes to meet with some of his candidates ahead of time so they are well prepared. It seems a lot of certificate applicants from private to commercial are really unprepared nowadays and don't seem to know a lot of the material very well or aren't good at problem solving. Thanks everyone!

Hello all, I just wanted to add some thoughts on the recent addition of my CFI airplane add-on certificate. I got my CFI rating for helicopters back in 2012 as well as my CFII RW last year. This was my 9th checkride since I started flying and by far the hardest. I’ll admit I don’t know airplane stuff as well as I know helicopter stuff. The DPE was very thorough during the oral portion. Many issues were covered including aerodynamics, stability, CG, weight and balance (by hand), performance charts, aircraft loading, stalls, and probably a few other topics. Several subjects were not covered such as flight planning, weather, FOI, etc because this was an add-on CFI rating. Aside from reviewing the text books I spent most of my time watching YouTube videos on the various subjects prior to the checkride. This benefited me on two levels. First, I’m a guy who would rather watch the movie than read the book. Second it gave me a good idea on how to explain certain subjects in a way that was easy to understand. There is a ton of good material online that explains things better than most CFIs can being that they feature graphics and videos on how things work. The flight portion was a little easier. I did the checkride in my Mooney so I’m very familiar with the aircraft. This is definitely an advantage over some 250 hour pilot taking a CFI checkride. I was able to explain all the systems, the engine, etc. Also with about 550 hours in my plane I feel very comfortable flying the plane. I was able to nail the power off 180, and did fairly well on the other maneuvers like the chandelle, eights on pylons, S turns over a road (even though the first time I ever did one was on the checkride, thanks YouTube), the accelerated stall, along with the stalls and unusual attitude recovery, which was done under the hood from the right seat. In the end I passed. Although he said I wasn’t the best he’s seen I was much much better than most so I felt good about that. I’m glad to have that out of the way. Now onto CFII next month. Do you know what they call the person who comes in last in med school?

I don’t use ForeFlight but I’ll see if I can download a trial version and see if it works for me. Thanks.

Does anyone know how it’s done? I’ve only figured out how to send it from the IFD100 app into my IFD440. For that matter what about FlyQ EFB?

I deleted the thread saying the business was closed. My best recollection was that the website was down for a while but I also seem to remember some other corroborating information indicating the business was closed but I have a horrible memory and it was 3 years ago. At any rate I apologize for any confusion.

Or the Boeing website was designed by a complete idiot. I suspect the latter.

These are both great sources and pretty close to what I was looking for. I will make some modifications and make this work. Thank you both.

Does anyone have a checklist or sheet of systems and maneuvers for checking out a pilot in a Mooney? Thanks in advance.

You replied after I realized the difference and deleted the post.

So USA is only $299 for Nava Data? Wasn’t that $395 before?

You rang?

Yeah but does the second one say “Garmin” on the box? I rest my case. :))

Maybe there will be a side by side comparison at Airventure that someone can check out. Thanks for the explanation.

The SunSpot says 150k candela vs the 157,557 candela listed on the link above for the Parmetheus PRO. The SunSpot also claims 7,700 lumens but I don't know how all that translates or relates to each other beyond the higher the number the brighter the light.

That's ashame. The D10A looks so dated. It hasn't changed since it came out circa 2004. If I'm spending $40k on a sophisticated and advanced EFIS system like the Skyview I would want an equally sophisticated looking back up AI.

I just saw this on the Spruce website just now. Does anything know the specs on this new Parmetheus light? I can't find any mention of it on the Whelen website. For $599 if better be f***ing bright. But is it brighter than the AeroLEDS Sunspot? https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/lopresti-11-16621.php

$40 to $50k??? What happened to the advertised $25k all-in installed price we all heard 2 years ago?

I brought this up on Beechtalk recently but back circa March or April, Jeppesen updated their website only to make it worse than before! You would think a data information company would have a better website than they offer. Now I can’t even see what Garmin GNS or GTN subscriptions run. Come on Jepp! Get it together!

This is a lot of good info. I think I have a pretty good understanding of it. At least enough to talk my way through the oral. Thanks everyone.

I’m planning on doing my commercial add-on this Monday but my DPE wanted to meet with me and my instructor on Wednesday to go over my logbooks, aircraft logs, etc. He even went over some of the questions he was going to ask me about on the oral. One question kind of stumped me. He asked how is the landing gear held in the UP position on the Mooney. The manual doesn’t give much info and the Mooney Pilot Proficiency Program manual has good info but doesn’t answer the question. A google search also did not yield the answer. Does anyone here know where I might find the answer to this? Thanks.

So far the starter is working out well. I’m really liking the 149 NL. I highly recommend it. It’s got great cranking power.

I just got mine today Lance, thanks. Man, that is a bright light! I’d say it’s about twice as bright as the Parmetheus I have on my plane now.

Thanks but I only need the tach cable.

I appreciate that. I’ll give it a try. Thanks!

I really appreciate the offer. I have a bit of a bouncy needle at low RPM which my mechanic says is probably due to my old tach cable. I’m hoping to find a new one in the hopes I don’t have to worry about it for a few years. If I can’t find one I will take you up on your offer. Thanks!