Originally Posted by
PiperPower
I have my commercial checkride coming up. At UND the commercial checkride is combined with the instrument and multi-engine checkrides. At any rate, when I went through instrument training initially I always liked studying really confusing approach charts with the idea that if I could understand that, there would be nothing I could be presented with on the checkride that would confuse me.
Since I have to brush up my instrument skills again for this checkride, are there any approaches you guys know of that can be confusing or complicated for whatever reason? Thanks a lot, it would really help me study something different than the pretty simple approaches that are up in the North Dakota/Minnesota area.
Its not the approaches that get difficult in the real world. It is some of the goofy departure procedures that will catch you.
Most approaches even the complicated ones are just a series of waypoints and step downs.
Departure procedure involve you turning to headings within certain a defined radius before hitting such and such radial while maintaining certain climb gradients all while staying within requirements mandated by your operations (91,121,135..).
I understand this doesnt help you any. When I get a chance I will pull out some approach plates and grab some complicated ones I remember.