Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Puppyz you should be. Had I not been so nervous I wouldn't have studied like i did. I spent 8hrs a day at the flight school like it was my job. All I did was read the FAR's, the CFI Oral guide, and ask any CFI that walked by to hammer me. The ride for the CFI wasn't hard by any means. They have their standards and all you have to do is stay in them. If you can't then just tell them. I did mine in a M20s money without any speedbreaks and I told him about that and that poweroff 180's are a real pain in this aircraft. So he changed the mins for me.
The big part is the oral. Know a Vg diagram. Know the hr requirements for all things you can give. Know aeromedical factors, signoffs(back of oral guide), and make acronyms for everything regarding FOI and you'll be just fine. Go through your FAR/AIM and tab everything up. Also only take in FAA publications. Jeppessen books don't cut it and neither do ASA oral guides. Get the airplane flying handbook and the Pilot's handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. If you don't know something you can open those then look them up. Just tell the guy you don't know. It's ok not to know but not ok to be wrong in their eyes. There is an 80%fail rate at the FSDO I went to but my oral was only 1.5hrs including paperwork and the flight was 1h15min and we had to fly a bit to get out of DFW's area. Also have all your lesson plans made up and two copies of each so you can give one to him and teach from another. Also ask for breaks if you get stressed or tired. When he told me what I was going to teach I said "sure. We'll take a 5min break and when you come back I'll have it ready".
What FSDO are you going to?
Puppyz,
This is good stuff, it wouldnt hurt to keep it in mind. I got questioned about how long the AFD and Sectional charts are valid for as well as all of the "normal" stuff. The oral part of my ride was about 2 hours total, not including breaks and lunch. The flying was about 1.5 hours. My examiner made a big deal about clearing behind the plane prior to starting a maneuver, in addtion to left and right. You can remind your examiner that most collisions happen when one aircraft overtakes another. You can really make an positive impression if all of your landings are beautiful. I had spent quite a bit of time in the pattern just prior to my check ride and my examiner complimented my landings several times while filling out the temporary certificate.
