Passed Instrument Checkride!

Jose wrote:
Congratulations on your checkride! Now when you have your head in the
clouds, you can bring the airplane too!

He asked what was the major problem with ice?
I said the accumulation of the added weight.


He was happy with this? Weight is an issue, but the bigger one is the
change in shape of the airfoil, leading to loss of lift and/or tail
effectiveness. Ice also tends to stay with you even after you exit
icing conditions (unless it gets warm enough for long enough).

Jose


He obviously didn;t really care about doing a real test - no partial
panel? WTF? I think I read that in the original post.

No wonder people plow into mountains all the time - anyone can pass the
practical. Instructors send their students to the "easiest" DE and the
rest is history (or statistics)

No offense to the OP - I am sure you were prepared and can fly well, but
the local examiner(s) here scare the **** out of me.

The examiner here does all the radio work and the flight is probably
about 40 minutes max. No way you can do three approaches, holds,
partial panel, attitude recovery, takeoff and landing in that amount of
time.

Then there are the DEs who won't do the test in actual. That is just
nuts.