Prepping for IR checkride - questions

"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message
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Make sure you have had plenty to eat about an hour before the start. It is
amazing how much energy you burn just on the oral and you need to make sure
you have plenty of energy left for the flying.

Do not be tempted to skip eating because of nerves etc. The food is really
important.

Assuming your instructor thinks you are ready, then you likely are and all
you need to do is follow strategies that raise your likelihood of success.

I set myself the target of flying within half the deviations than those
required for the PTS. That reduces any corrections necessary and avoids
swinging from one extreme to another with over corrections and a high chance
of blowing the limits.

The other tip is to talk to yourself when you are doing things. I find that
the brain lets me make errors if I just think something whereas when I say
it out aloud there are less errors. Also, it lets the examiner know what you
are thinking about.

I had the situation during my checkride where I had misdialled in the ILS
frequency. When I was getting nothing on the ident, I talked my way through
the issue. The DPE knew I knew something was wrong and knew that I was going
to catch the mistake as I went through the rechecking process aloud.

Mistake spotted and rectified, happy DPE, happy me. In the debrief he said
the commentary was a good habit to have especially in a single pilot
situation as one needed to challenge oneself.

Chris

ps good luck