Commercial checkride question
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Commercial checkride question
Hi all,
I am getting ready to take my commercial ride soon and was wondering what others have used as far as a flight plan for the XC and deviation portion of the ride. For my PPL at a different school we did everything with a paper navlog and when I had to deviate it was all paper and pencil based on triangulating my position from two VORs and then doing time distance fuel etc.
What was everyone else’s experience? This new school I am at I believe allows ForeFlight and I’m flying a g1000 Cessna 172. I plan on doing a paper navlog again as well but would be super easy to deviate with ForeFlight or even the g1000.
Thanks for the insight.
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I am getting ready to take my commercial ride soon and was wondering what others have used as far as a flight plan for the XC and deviation portion of the ride. For my PPL at a different school we did everything with a paper navlog and when I had to deviate it was all paper and pencil based on triangulating my position from two VORs and then doing time distance fuel etc.
What was everyone else’s experience? This new school I am at I believe allows ForeFlight and I’m flying a g1000 Cessna 172. I plan on doing a paper navlog again as well but would be super easy to deviate with ForeFlight or even the g1000.
Thanks for the insight.
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Absolutely, I trained that way but the EFBs is what everyone uses now.
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If you are familiar with the G1000 enough to use NRST, evaluate the different airports and choose best option with a route that doesn't take you through hazards, use it. Don't be surprised if the G1000 gives you a course straight through a mountain, weather or airspace. Be ready to adjust the course to keep safety in mind.
Use paper charts if you only know how to navigate via direct-to-enter-enter. Limit exposing your less proficient skillsets, but make plans to get comfortable with cockpit displays. I would only go to the checkride when familiar with all the equipment in the aircraft, it's all fair game on the practical.
Be ready and able to do either method. Talk to other students or the examiner to get an idea which method is preferred.
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I would say use commercial-level aeronautical decision making and resource management. There's an asvanced cockpit display that will do your diversion calculations in less than a minute, but it has limitations.
If you are familiar with the G1000 enough to use NRST, evaluate the different airports and choose best option with a route that doesn't take you through hazards, use it. Don't be surprised if the G1000 gives you a course straight through a mountain, weather or airspace. Be ready to adjust the course to keep safety in mind.
Use paper charts if you only know how to navigate via direct-to-enter-enter. Limit exposing your less proficient skillsets, but make plans to get comfortable with cockpit displays. I would only go to the checkride when familiar with all the equipment in the aircraft, it's all fair game on the practical.
Be ready and able to do either method. Talk to other students or the examiner to get an idea which method is preferred.
If you are familiar with the G1000 enough to use NRST, evaluate the different airports and choose best option with a route that doesn't take you through hazards, use it. Don't be surprised if the G1000 gives you a course straight through a mountain, weather or airspace. Be ready to adjust the course to keep safety in mind.
Use paper charts if you only know how to navigate via direct-to-enter-enter. Limit exposing your less proficient skillsets, but make plans to get comfortable with cockpit displays. I would only go to the checkride when familiar with all the equipment in the aircraft, it's all fair game on the practical.
Be ready and able to do either method. Talk to other students or the examiner to get an idea which method is preferred.
This is helpful. Thank you. I plan on using paper charts and having the g1000 and firefight as backups.
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