I have my MEI checkride scheduled for this coming wednesday. Any advice?

 

know your multiengine aerodynamics like the back of your hand !

 

Be prepared to have the examiner attempt to kill you. Chances are he's flown your plane enough to know how far he can push it. So anytime he flies, be prepared to take the controls back and right the plane.

 

On my MEI ride the examiner did the majority of the flying, and yeah he tried to kill us. He stepped on the wrong rudder on the upwind engine cut, and when he tried it again on the next pattern he pitched the nose up like he was trying to stall it. There are a few other things that I can't really remember, but overall it was one of the simplest checkrides I've taken.

 

"control-power-drag-identify-verify-fix or feather"

P props feathered
U unfavorable CG, usually aft
T Trim for takeoff
F flaps/cowl flaps
L landing gear down
A airborn out of ground effect
P power, max sea level
S sea level max gross weight

L Lycoming
H Horizontally opposed
A Air cooled
N Normally aspirated
D Direct drive

engines rated at 180 horsepower at 2700 RPMs with the right engine being an LO-360 as a designator for the left or counter clockwise rotating propeller.

"VMC is the calibrated airspeed at which, when the critical engine is suddenly made inoperative, it is possible to maintain control of the airplane with that engine still inoperative, and thereafter maintain straight flight at the same speed with an angle of bank of not more than 5 degrees. The method used to simulate critical engine failure must represent the most critical mode of powerplant failure expected in service with respect to controllability."

And oh yea...dont feather the wrong engine

I studied and taught the MEI stuff for so long I think it is stuck in my memory forever

 

I'm sorry.... rated at 360hp? I thought that was displacement... and I thought the carb L0-360 were rated for 180hp?

 

My mistake, that was with the multiplication factor of 2. (considering both engines)

 

"Dead foot= dead engine" keeps you from feathering the wrong one.

 

gotcha... thought I missed something for a second during the training

 

Important---When the examiner tries to kill you, take the controls immediately, and announce that you're taking the controls loudly! Don't leave any question about who is flying the airplane. That was the biggest peeve of the examiner I went up with.