E6BAV8R
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This guide was not written by me but a combination of people at my flight school. It is what I used on my CFI-Initial and it did a very good job in preparing me.
NOTE: You need to be able to apply these items to every situation and exhibit instructional knowledge; not just be able to produce the answer.
FAR Part 61/AC 61-65E
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Gear Warnings; How many? Are they activated independently?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Emergency Gear operation
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Explain sequence of events you would go through if you put the gear down and the green light did not illuminate
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Can you make the gear retract, or extend, if the wire to the squat switch is broken?
§Propeller
[FONT="]o[/FONT]How does the governor control propeller pitch/RPM?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Explain how an over speed, or under speed, happens and what you would do if it did
§Electrical
[FONT="]o[/FONT]What is the voltage of the battery? Of the system? Why are these not the same?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]How do electrical circuits close in our airplane?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]How does an alternator work? How is its output controlled? What powers electrical system under a stabilized load?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]What does the ammeter measure? What would you do if the ammeter showed a large negative, or positive, reading in flight? What instruments/equipment use the most power?
Weather
§Get copies of and explain what is happening / give a briefing
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Surface Analysis Chart
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Weather Depiction Chart
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Prognostic Chart
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Winds & Temps. Aloft
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Radar Summary
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Satellite
[FONT="]o[/FONT]AIRMETs / SIGMETs / Convective SIGMETs
[FONT="]o[/FONT]METARs / TAFs
[FONT="]o[/FONT]PIREPs
§When calling FSS, what order will the briefer give you the information in?
FOI
§Out of CFI Oral Exam Guide
PTS
§Know general procedures for practical tests
§Know airspeed, altitude, heading, bank angle and distance tolerances (as applicable) for each maneuver
§What are the Special Emphasis Areas applicable to all maneuvers on all practical tests?
§What happens in case of unsatisfactory performance?
Sectionals/Airport-Facility Directory/Cross Country Planning
Good luck!
NOTE: You need to be able to apply these items to every situation and exhibit instructional knowledge; not just be able to produce the answer.
FAR Part 61/AC 61-65E
- Categories/Classes on Pilot & CFI certificates
- Pre-requisites for practical tests – 61.39(a)(6)
- Retesting after a knowledge test/practical test – 61.49
- Flight Review; What must it include? – 61.56
- Does a Flight Review renew a pilot for that specific Category & Class, or all Category & Classes?
- Other CFI Privileges – 61.31
- Student Pilots – 61.87 / 61.93
- Age, Eligibility; Where? – 61.83
- Solo requirements & endorsements – 61.87
- What must a pre-solo knowledge test cover? What is the passing grade? What do they get after completion of the exam?
- What is required, on your part, when giving an endorsement?
- Other airports within 25 & 50nm
- Solo cross-country requirements & endorsements - 61.93
- When is a cross-country endorsement required?
- Specific solo cross-country flight endorsements – who can give?
- Is a Student Pilot able to get a Special VFR?
- Private pilot aeronautical experience – 61.109
- New pilot
- Additional rating; when is a knowledge test NOT required? – 61.63
- What is a “cross-country”?
- What is “night”? (3 types)
- Endorsements for private pilot practical test – 61.107; 61.39(a)(6)
- CFI practical test requirements – 61.185
- CFI Renewal/reinstatement; how? - 61.197
- CFI Records; how long? Where? - 61.189
- Do you need a medical to give flight instruction?
- How many hours a day can you instruct? - 61.195
- What training time must you log in your student’s logbook? - 61.51
- ALL aspects of Airspace and VFR requirements; When is Class B/C/D actually VFR? - 91.155 / 91.155(c)(d)
- Right-of-way – 91.113
- Airspeed limitations – 91.117
- Minimum altitudes – 91.119
- Fuel requirements day & night – 91.151
- Acrobatic Flight – 91.303
- Explain light gun signals to an 8-hour pre-solo student in a logical order – 91.125
- Required equipment: ELT, MEL – 91.205; 91.207; 91.213
- Required inspections (Exceptions? Special Flight Permits?) – 91.215; 91.409
- What are the different a/c logbooks?
- In the logbooks, where do we look first for the inspections?
- What books will the 100-hour, Annual, and ELT inspections be found at?
- Explain relationship amongst Lift, Weight, Thrust and Drag in Straight and Level / Climb / Descent / Slow Flight configurations
- What is a Shallow, Medium and Steep turn? What is most stable? Why?
- How does stall speed depend on CG location? On weight? On bank angle? On flap setting?
- Know all V-Speeds for your make & model. Which ones depend on weight and/or CG location?
- How do Vx, Vy and best glide speed depend on altitude?
- V-G (Velocity and Load Factor) Diagram – Sketch and Explain. How are Vs and Va related?
- Explain P-Factor to a 1-hour student
- Time / Fuel / Distance to Climb
- Cruise
- Takeoff / Landing Distance
- Gear
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Gear Warnings; How many? Are they activated independently?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Emergency Gear operation
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Explain sequence of events you would go through if you put the gear down and the green light did not illuminate
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Can you make the gear retract, or extend, if the wire to the squat switch is broken?
§Propeller
[FONT="]o[/FONT]How does the governor control propeller pitch/RPM?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Explain how an over speed, or under speed, happens and what you would do if it did
§Electrical
[FONT="]o[/FONT]What is the voltage of the battery? Of the system? Why are these not the same?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]How do electrical circuits close in our airplane?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]How does an alternator work? How is its output controlled? What powers electrical system under a stabilized load?
[FONT="]o[/FONT]What does the ammeter measure? What would you do if the ammeter showed a large negative, or positive, reading in flight? What instruments/equipment use the most power?
Weather
§Get copies of and explain what is happening / give a briefing
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Surface Analysis Chart
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Weather Depiction Chart
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Prognostic Chart
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Winds & Temps. Aloft
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Radar Summary
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Satellite
[FONT="]o[/FONT]AIRMETs / SIGMETs / Convective SIGMETs
[FONT="]o[/FONT]METARs / TAFs
[FONT="]o[/FONT]PIREPs
§When calling FSS, what order will the briefer give you the information in?
FOI
§Out of CFI Oral Exam Guide
PTS
§Know general procedures for practical tests
§Know airspeed, altitude, heading, bank angle and distance tolerances (as applicable) for each maneuver
§What are the Special Emphasis Areas applicable to all maneuvers on all practical tests?
§What happens in case of unsatisfactory performance?
Sectionals/Airport-Facility Directory/Cross Country Planning
- Everything: All airspace notations and chart markings. Properties of airports (Does it have a Unicom? Multicom? Can you get major repairs there? Are the runway lights on all the time at night? When is the tower open?) Also reference Chart Users Guide
- Airport markings / lighting (VASI, PAPI, Approach lights)
- Operations in B/C/D/E Airspace
- Entry into & exit from traffic patterns at uncontrolled airports
- UNICOM & MULTICOM – 4-1-11
- Wake turbulence avoidance procedures behind heavy a/c
- Positive Exchange of Flight Controls
- Define an Accident. Define an Incident.
- What has to be reported to the NTSB immediately? How long do you have for everything else?
- Give lesson to a 15-hour student. Why is W&B important? How does the CG change when you extend or retract the landing gear?
- Characteristics of the aircraft with a forward, or rearward, CG
- Calculate TAS given altitude/temp.
- Calculate Density Altitude from temp. and a non-standard altimeter setting
- Show a 15-hour student how to compute Course, Heading and Gas Used for a ~100 mile cross-country – Integrate performance date into the lesson plane in a logical order!)
- Show a 1-hour student how to taxi. What wind corrections do we want to apply? How to use pedals and toe-brakes.
- Teach Level Turns to a 1-hour student. How is flying a plane differently from driving a car? What roles do the ailerons, rudder and elevator play?
- Teach Short Field TO/Landing to a 15-hour student. How do you configure the plane and why? What are the critical speeds? What do you make the practice as realistic as possible?
- Teach Crosswind TO/Landing to a 15-hour student. How far away from the runway do we crab? When do we put in wing-low method? Explain all aspects.
- Teach Eights-on-Pylons to a 150-hour student. Why does pivotal altitude change with wind direction? How do you keep the wing on the pylon during the maneuver?
- How do you know all the placards are there?
- Under the cowling; Magnetos, Vacuum Pump, Carburetor
- What type of oil do you use? What type of hydraulic fluid?
- How do you turn a magneto OFF? How do you know it really is off?
- What causes the clicking noise when you turn the prop through?
- Where is the gear squat switch and how does it work?
- How are the ailerons, flaps, elevator and trim connected to their respective controls and how do they operate?
- How many counterweights on each aileron?
- What are the recommended tire pressures?
- Where is the battery?
- How would you start the airplane if the battery was dead?
- How many static ports are there? Why?
- What are all the antennas for?
Good luck!