Originally Posted by
TeamSasquatch
Being able to fly an airplane is important, but it’s more about your instrument ability. You’ll want to have a strong knowledge of instrument rules and procedures. Be able to handle a garmin (not sure what Ameriflight has in there airplanes). You’ll want to practice flying under the hood or in a sim with a 6 pack/HSI. You won’t have time to learn instrument and the 99 at the same time. The 99 is a very easy airplane to fly and the emergency items are straight forward. You will need to become standardized and somewhat robotic/automatic when doing things. The airplane is flown with a very light touch, and always trim off the control pressure. You’ll want to know the power setting and appropriate air speeds for various stages of flying.
Thank you very much. My plane (which I have done all my training in) has a Garmin 650 and an old six pack. I pretty much spend all my time flying under the hood and doing cross countries, still trying to build night time.
Not sure if it still applies, but back a few years in this thread there was a lot of discussion about training failures; one number thrown out was 50%. That’s a little sobering, don’t know if that was fact or fiction though.