I find when studying for tests, you need to learn what type of person you are.
For me, for the most part I have difficulty sitting down and reading blank text and absorbing the details. I am a fairly hands-on and visual learner. I take notes based on what I read from textbooks, and the actions of physically writing the text helps me to remember details. I drew my own diagrams for load factors, left turning tendencies, and watched several internet videos.
On my drives to work, I talk to myself as I make my radio calls. In the early part of my training I taped a poster of the instrument panel of a 172 to my office wall and sat in front of it with a chair and visualized spin recovery, spiral dives, downwind checks, etc. I also sat down in front of this poster and went through my checklists and understood the importance and reason behind each step rather than take each step at face value like a monkey. At any time of day I look at the clouds and try to classify them, and make my own weather predictions and cross-reference them with metars and weather forecasts to see if I'm right.
I think you really need to immerse yourself in the topic rather than simply sit in front of a book and read. I think I'm going to make my first attempt at the written in the next couple months. I am walking into this test with an aeronautical engineering diploma under my belt and real world experience in aircraft certification and I'm still treating this exam like a holy grail. I'm not sure if I am over studying and I should just get this thing over with but I'm really not worried about a timeframe. I started my training at the end of 2007 and have approx. 60 hours on my logbook (had to take a break during a career change into automotives but now I'm financially stable to power through it all and maybe get a plane too). I just want to destroy the marks for my own personal benefit and future safety. I don't plan on flying commercially (just for fun) so I'm going to be mostly self-taught after my PPL. Anybody can cram some major study sessions in and pass any test but whether you'll remember it all in a couple years is another story......which really could put you in a coffin.
I don't see what the race is in getting everything done as quickly as possible. If you are not ready for the test, then take a big step back and re-evaluate your study habits. Tweak them and work on full absorption of the material rather than treat it like a cram session. The CADORs is full of reports from what seems like inexperienced people in a hurry. I read one the other day about an aircraft that took off with the towbar still attached to the plane, and 2 reports within a few days of each other about the same guy running off the runway twice. I certainly don't want to be either of those guys!
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Re: Flight Test and TC written this week. Any Last minute he
Seeing as how I'm the only one in this thread who just did a flight test and said I hadn't yet booked a written, perhaps you can understand my confusion about at whom you were swearing, yelling, and threatening ridicule. I wasn't taking offense; I was concerned that you really ought to take a deep breath, count to ten or something, and again try to have a nice day. I realize it's your job and all but relax a bit.Shiny Side Up wrote:Who says its all about you? The forum by its nature is a general broadcast. If you weren't going to do that, then disregard. If you were, then feel free to take offense.New_PIC wrote:It sounds like you've had trouble with this in the past and it's something of a hot button for you. It may be a frequent problem but you don't know me or anything about me. Have a nice day.
Shiny Side Up wrote: ... Get your frikken written done! ...
... YOU HAVE TIME TO WRITE THE WRITTEN OR GET SOME STUDYING DONE TOWARDS IT...
... you are deserving of ridicule of the most scathing kind.
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Re: Flight Test and TC written this week. Any Last minute he
Yes, yes, but did this part describe you?New_PIC wrote: Seeing as how I'm the only one in this thread who just did a flight test and said I hadn't yet booked a written,
If so, then yes I was typing in all caps in an attempt to hurt your feelings and shame you into action. If it does not describe you, then disregard. It was primarily then for every other person reading this forum who is maybe currently contemplating trying to rent a plane, or take their own plane out after their flight test, and especially if they feel it would just be cool to take their mother/father/sister/brother/wife up for a flight, or feel the need to start on their CPL/IFR/Night rating right away.A frequent problem is students who do the flight test, then immediately want to keep flying.
Re: Flight Test and TC written this week. Any Last minute he
Yes, which is why I am starting my CPL in September. My FTU said I have to finish my flight test before September to start, so its not a big deal if I take 2-3 days after my flight test to study up and do the PPAER.Shiny Side Up wrote:I hate to point this out to you, but September and October are usually the two nicest months of the year for weather in Canada. Flying wise that is.Just really wanted to get my flight test in before the weather starts going away,