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Seeking advice- checkride tips
I'm scheduled for the instrument check-ride in a couple of weeks. I
feel like I can perform within the PTS, but I'm a little" rough around the edges" and prone to at least one stupid screw-up per flight, most of the time I catch the screw-ups myself and fix them in a reasonable time. That said, I was wondering whether the experienced contributers here might offer some advice for the day of my check-ride. My main concern is that I might be so nervous that I bungle the easy stuff. Best, Terence |
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Terence Wilson wrote: I'm scheduled for the instrument check-ride in a couple of weeks. I feel like I can perform within the PTS, but I'm a little" rough around the edges" and prone to at least one stupid screw-up per flight, most of the time I catch the screw-ups myself and fix them in a reasonable time. That said, I was wondering whether the experienced contributers here might offer some advice for the day of my check-ride. My main concern is that I might be so nervous that I bungle the easy stuff. Best, Terence The night before my instrument checkride my CFII put me through a simulated checkride. I totally messed it up, I pretty much did everything wrong. The next day I nailed the checkride (that's my story and...). For me, it worked to leave the screwups for practice and then just relax on the checkride and have fun. Good luck (and, fwiw, relax) -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) |
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That said, I was wondering whether the experienced contributers here
might offer some advice for the day of my check-ride. My main concern is that I might be so nervous that I bungle the easy stuff. The night before my instrument checkride my CFII put me through a simulated checkride. I suggest doing a simulated checkride, with a different, a week or so before the real checkride. If you've done all your training with the same instructor, and have not done any stage checks or similar, this is especially valuable, for these reasons: - independent review of your readiness by a third party - time to work on any problem areas before the real checkride - work out some of the nervousness by flying with someone else in a test environment - confidence builder for you. |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:25:27 -0500, Bob Noel
wrote: The night before my instrument checkride my CFII put me through a simulated checkride. I totally messed it up, I pretty much did everything wrong. The next day I nailed the checkride (that's my story and...). I nailed "the ifr simulated checkride" and screwed up the partial panel on "_THE_ IFR CHECKRIDE", but I got it right a week later. All I can say is that I'm REALLY GOOD at flying with only a wet compass now. G As Bob says, relax and fly. If something doesn't work out, you'll work it out it and nail it. I look at my second partial panel trip as a message that I needed to be really good at it based on the equippage of my airplane. |
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Seeking advice- checkride tips
Terence Wilson wrote:
I'm scheduled for the instrument check-ride in a couple of weeks. I feel like I can perform within the PTS, but I'm a little" rough around the edges" and prone to at least one stupid screw-up per flight, most of the time I catch the screw-ups myself and fix them in a reasonable time. That said, I was wondering whether the experienced contributers here might offer some advice for the day of my check-ride. My main concern is that I might be so nervous that I bungle the easy stuff. The best advice is to simply catch and correct the screw-ups in a timely manner. That will cut it with most DEs assuming the screw-ups don't make is such that "the outcome of the maneuver or flight" is in question. Few of us fly perfect flights. The key is to keep the mistakes few and minor and correct them promptly. It doesn't take a perfect flight to pass a check ride. It does take decent flying skill and sound judgment. For example, if you both an approach such that you aren't stabilized sufficiently for landing, go around! Trying to salvage a good landing from a bad approach typically isn't wise and likely will lose points on the judgment front. Matt |
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Seeking advice- checkride tips
Ex-examiner here.....
Talk. Let the examiner know what your thought processes are. If you catch things going awry, tell the examiner what is happening and how you are correcting. The real deal-killer is when the examiner doesn't realize that you are aware of an error because you think that s/he won't notice it. Good luck!! Bob Gardner "Terence Wilson" wrote in message ... I'm scheduled for the instrument check-ride in a couple of weeks. I feel like I can perform within the PTS, but I'm a little" rough around the edges" and prone to at least one stupid screw-up per flight, most of the time I catch the screw-ups myself and fix them in a reasonable time. That said, I was wondering whether the experienced contributers here might offer some advice for the day of my check-ride. My main concern is that I might be so nervous that I bungle the easy stuff. Best, Terence |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:12:58 -0800, "Bob Gardner"
wrote: Ex-examiner here..... Talk. Let the examiner know what your thought processes are. If you catch things going awry, tell the examiner what is happening and how you are correcting. The real deal-killer is when the examiner doesn't realize that you are aware of an error because you think that s/he won't notice it. Good luck!! Bob Gardner Bob, thanks for the tip. Do you recommend talking my way through the check-ride, for example, when I'm executing the 5 T's or 5 A's should I say what I am doing or would that be too chatty? |
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On Dec 26, 2:44*pm, Terence Wilson wrote:
That said, I was wondering whether the experienced contributers here might offer some advice for the day of my check-ride. My main concern is that I might be so nervous that I bungle the easy stuff. Best, Terence Terence, What I posted in the past http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...a56cf54d9ad314 |
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On Dec 26, 2:44=A0pm, Terence Wilson wrote: That said, I was wondering whether the experienced contributers here might offer some advice for the day of my check-ride. My main concern is that I might be so nervous that I bungle the easy stuff. Best, Terence Terence, What I posted in the past http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...thread/a6cfb6= 289fb14c61/6fa56cf54d9ad314?lnk=3Dst&q=3Dcheckride+tips+liebe rman#6fa56cf54d= 9ad314 Consider using tinyurl.com for links like that por favor. Ron Lee |
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:23:39 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: What I posted in the past http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...a56cf54d9ad314 That's really useful. Thanks. |
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