Hence, "average". I got mine in under 45, as did many of my flight students. Other students took 80-90 because of work schedules, ability, etc.

 

No I just did it all in a stretch. I took my checkride with 41 hours after 19 days of flying (23 days total...non-flying days due to wx).

 

Good friend of mine did it with around 90hrs (he got a bad deal. His school pretty much rob his money, knowingly they couldn't stay in business)


I know what you mean, some times I wish I had it done with more time to enjoy it a bit more! (Not much choice $$$)

As far as you question goes...
May not be practical for your fbo or situation( unknown to me)
But you could find someone to fly with for free, I wasn't counting on it. but i got lucky and now have some 40 to 60 hrs of c210 = which was high performance and complex, not only help me to get my ifr ticket but became a double whammy when the commercial reqs arrived.

Just a thought.

 

Free time is always a plus...now where do I apply for that? LOL!

 

DALFA,

Congratulations! I wonder how many people have always wanted to fly, but kept putting it off, and then never did it. Best wishes!

 

If you are doing your instrument part 61 you will need to have 50 hours of PIC cross country, so time-building may be a good idea if you can knock out requirements like that.

Also, if you are looking to save $$, investing in a copy of microsoft flight sim and a yoke for your computer can help you save lots on instructor and rentals if you can practice instrument procedures on the computer. I have had some students that did a lot of instrument practice at home and they have saved easily $500-1000 on plane rental + instructor fees compared to other students who did not.

 

For $6,000 you could buy a share in a 152.

 

At some point in your instrument training, the proverbial light bulb will go off and everything will come together. I would also recommend MS fright simulator for working on the scan, a hand held radio to learn the radio procedures - half the battle is knowing what to expect. Use the tools at hand to make your life easier: i.e. use the ADF knob for assigned heading, etc. Make sure you have good situational awareness (SA) and "be ahead" of the airplane - while being vectored, ask yourself "where am I"? organize your charts/plates in such a manner that you only have what you need (keep full sets in reach!). Ask to "ride along" in the back during another student's training. You can observe a lot by just watching

I probably could have saved my self 5-10 hours of instrument training with those two simple items. I still use MS flight simulator for scan practice, as well as for getting ready for a trip to an unknown airport.

 

I could be interested in this. Got any links?

 

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