Originally Posted by
rickair7777
It all depends on what kind of flying you do now, and how much IFR vs. hard IMC you get.
If you fly IFR in VMC a lot, you should be pretty good on the rules and procedures, but might need some gauge time. Get some hood time with a variety of approaches, including single-engine or partial panel if applicable.
If you don't fly IFR at all, then try a XC or two in the system before you do the approaches. You could do the XC VMC with or without a hood.
If you get a CFII to give you some "checkride prep" ground, that should suffice.
That is exactly what I was thinking. Maybe some type of checkride prep ground and maybe some sim(I have access to a sim) time I should be good. I really don't get as much "hard IMC" as I would like but then again, maybe I should be grateful for that. Thanks for the advise