Dynasty22
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Had the same thing on mine, beautiful day outside, tried to converse with me wave his hand in front of the PFD to pretend we are going through the clouds.
It's Checkride time, checkride time, checkride time!!
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Had the same thing on mine, beautiful day outside, tried to converse with me wave his hand in front of the PFD to pretend we are going through the clouds.
MikeOH58
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Just show up prepared...READ the instructions on your 8710. It still amazes me that people show up with errors on their form, because they failed to read the directions, and I can tell you now, that doesn't set a good tone for the checkride...
I've always found that the more prepared you are, and having everything ready to go will impress the examiner...I find it hard to believe, but on everyone of my checkrides (and my students) the examiner has always commented how I (they) are so much more prepared than most people, and it just blows my mind, because it takes minimal effort to go to a WSI and print out weather, complete a couple of performance charts and have a neat and orderly presentation waiting for the DE.
It' a checkride...Don't stress over it. You are going to make mistakes...Everyone does. Bring every book you have used with you, and if there is something that is just totally stumping you tell the examiner you don't know the answer, but you know where you can find this....Something like that is okay once or twice, but don't count on going to the FAR/AIM and jeppessen private pilot handbook every single question...Also don't try and BS your way through any answer...The examiner is going to know immediately, and you are better off doing the above mentioned and looking it up....
Don't be afraid to stop a maneuver if you don't look how it's going...If you roll into a steep turn and you immediately lose or gain 75 feet, tell the examiner you would like to re-do the maneuver while it's not to late, rather than try and salvage something that your most likely going to bust....
As an instructor, the only failure to me was someone quitting or giving up on a checkride...I never had a student fail, but I always briefed them that busting a maneuver isn't a failure to me...even if you do in fact fail the checkride, the only real failure in my eyes is if you give up and discontinue after busting...
If you screw something up, (which you wont) and the examiner explains the checkride is a failure, and than asks you if you want to continue or return, i'd highly recommend continuing the checkride and completeing as much as possible....
thats my .02 cents....
goodluck
I've always found that the more prepared you are, and having everything ready to go will impress the examiner...I find it hard to believe, but on everyone of my checkrides (and my students) the examiner has always commented how I (they) are so much more prepared than most people, and it just blows my mind, because it takes minimal effort to go to a WSI and print out weather, complete a couple of performance charts and have a neat and orderly presentation waiting for the DE.
It' a checkride...Don't stress over it. You are going to make mistakes...Everyone does. Bring every book you have used with you, and if there is something that is just totally stumping you tell the examiner you don't know the answer, but you know where you can find this....Something like that is okay once or twice, but don't count on going to the FAR/AIM and jeppessen private pilot handbook every single question...Also don't try and BS your way through any answer...The examiner is going to know immediately, and you are better off doing the above mentioned and looking it up....
Don't be afraid to stop a maneuver if you don't look how it's going...If you roll into a steep turn and you immediately lose or gain 75 feet, tell the examiner you would like to re-do the maneuver while it's not to late, rather than try and salvage something that your most likely going to bust....
As an instructor, the only failure to me was someone quitting or giving up on a checkride...I never had a student fail, but I always briefed them that busting a maneuver isn't a failure to me...even if you do in fact fail the checkride, the only real failure in my eyes is if you give up and discontinue after busting...
If you screw something up, (which you wont) and the examiner explains the checkride is a failure, and than asks you if you want to continue or return, i'd highly recommend continuing the checkride and completeing as much as possible....
thats my .02 cents....
goodluck
texas_pilot
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:rotfl::yup:
Good luck on your ride!
stesta5074
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How did it go?!?! 
OhioStatePilot
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Congrats man!
