Passed my multiengine checkride
06-04-2008, 08:06 AM
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Passed my multiengine checkride
As the title implies, I earned my multi-addon for my CPL. It took about 15 hours of flight time, and, overall, the practical was not bad.
The oral contained the following topics: 3 motions a plane goes through when it loses an engine, Vmc, the 12 factors it is influenced by, zero sideslip, single-engine aerodynamics, multi regs (landing currency and instrument currency), explanation of multiengine maneuvers (Vmc demo, drag demo, stalls), fuel system (had to draw a schematic and explain its intricacies), electrical system (ditto), vacuum system (ditto), the combustion heater (ditto), ways of dealing with malfuctions in each of these systems, and a few random questions (why don't we do spins in twins? Answer - with weight distributed on the wings, it could act as a gyro and gain rigidity in the spin, making it hard/impossible to recover). The oral was only 30 minutes.
As for the checkride, it was by the book. I messed up the Vmc demo a little bit because I didn't get full power in once I had reestablished my self at Vyse. Also, if you lose an engine abeam the numbers in the pattern, it is probably a wise idea to feather the prop since you have enough time to do so. I didn't, and my examiner told me I should. The single engine approach was a breeze, and so was the rest of the ride. It was the 2nd easiest checkride I've taken behind my CPL-ASEL.
It was a great experience, and I cannot wait to start building twin time.
The oral contained the following topics: 3 motions a plane goes through when it loses an engine, Vmc, the 12 factors it is influenced by, zero sideslip, single-engine aerodynamics, multi regs (landing currency and instrument currency), explanation of multiengine maneuvers (Vmc demo, drag demo, stalls), fuel system (had to draw a schematic and explain its intricacies), electrical system (ditto), vacuum system (ditto), the combustion heater (ditto), ways of dealing with malfuctions in each of these systems, and a few random questions (why don't we do spins in twins? Answer - with weight distributed on the wings, it could act as a gyro and gain rigidity in the spin, making it hard/impossible to recover). The oral was only 30 minutes.
As for the checkride, it was by the book. I messed up the Vmc demo a little bit because I didn't get full power in once I had reestablished my self at Vyse. Also, if you lose an engine abeam the numbers in the pattern, it is probably a wise idea to feather the prop since you have enough time to do so. I didn't, and my examiner told me I should. The single engine approach was a breeze, and so was the rest of the ride. It was the 2nd easiest checkride I've taken behind my CPL-ASEL.
It was a great experience, and I cannot wait to start building twin time.
06-04-2008, 09:54 AM
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I hope I never try it but it does make sense- the airplane is like a big toy jack, with a lot of mass hanging a good distance from the spin axis.
Last edited by Cubdriver; 06-04-2008 at 10:00 AM.
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