TrevorW

Hi. I've been reading here for a few months. I figured I should get a feel for the board before I posted anything. I appreciate any input you have for me in advance. Thanks
I earned my single engine commercial ticket two weeks ago and I'm scheduled to do a three day course to add multiengine commercial instrument privelages in St. Charles, MO. in two weeks. I have a study guide from the school with systems info and other aircraft specific figures. (BE-76) I am going to have everything I need to know memorized by the time I get there but I'm not 100% certain how in depth the Oral exam will be. Will it cover mostly the ASA oral guide for Multiengine, or will it also cover everything on the ASEL commercial oral as well as the instrument oral? In addition, do you have any tips on flying the BE-76 Duchess, interesting facts, etc? I appreciate your help and input, I'm excited to get this done.

Squawk_5543

If your just doing a multi add-on your oral (should) cover only that stuff related to multi-engine flight. Vmc and factors affecting Vmc, critical engine and what makes an engine critical, single engine ops...shutdowns & air starts, crossfeed procedures, multi-engine performance, weight and balance......etc. The add-on is really fairly easy once you understand multi-engine flight. As far as instrument goes, you will shoot a single engine ILS under the hood and be good to go.

FlyingPoke

I was asked to do weight & balance, accelerate go/stop distances, and single-engine climb for the conditions of that day. Then went over what effects Vmc and how its found... other than that, thats about it for the verbal test.

Shot one single-engine ILS, as stated above, around to a circling landing... really not a bad check ride at all, some of the funnest training thus far and easiest verbal exam (and you get to fly an airplane that actually goes in the direction you point it, very nice).

Did my training in a Duchess also, fun airplane compared to the 152/172/RG's I've been flying around, nothing really flashy about it... kinda would have liked to get actual critical engine experience, but oh well. If you're going to buy a POH dont buy it from Beechcraft, theres a place out of arizona that sells copies much cheaper online, google it.

Good Luck!

cfii2007

I agree with the above....my add-on was mostly factors effecting VMC, Part 23 factors used to determine VMC, propeller systems, gear, emergency extension, engine out procedures.....

Pretty easy ride....and fun too!!

TrevorW

Thanks for all the input. The school has a pretty in depth study guide and I found another guide for the aircraft online. I'm going to look for that POH out of Arizona. I have a binder I fly with that I have a couple weight and balances and TO and Landing distances computed as well as systems diagrams with a section for each plane I fly. Its a little anal but it works for me. Thanks again, Trevor

cfii2007

Yes, make sure to review accelerate go and accelerate stop, along with single engine climb performance charts.

Clutch Cargo

I instructed there several years ago, good group of folks. You'll enjoy the runway!

TrevorW

Haha, yeah, thats pretty much what I heard. Great people, facilities (runway) aren't the greatest. Looking forward to it none the less.