What to Study for the Private Pilot Checkride
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2020
- Good day and thank you for watching today’s video covering a topic I get asked about all the time, and that is, “Where do I even begin to study for the Checkride?”. As mentioned in the video, I have selected what I think are the top 10 resources to be used to prepare for the Checkride.
To reiterate, #4 should give you all the questions to study, and the other numbers are the places to look for answers to these questions. Once you can answer all the questions in the ACS, you should be prepared for the checkride.
Here are links to each of the resources mentioned in the video. Links preceded by e- are digital.
1. FAR/AIM
ASA Paperback FAR/AIM
amzn.to/39ROv9d
FREE e-FAR
www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...
FREE e-AIM
www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publi...
2. Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK)
ASA Paperback PHAK
amzn.to/36LJ9dq
FREE e-PHAK
www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...
3. Airplane Flying Handbook
ASA Paperback Airplane Flying Handbook
amzn.to/36J2oVe
FREE e-AFH
www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...
4. Airman Certification Standards (ACS)
ASA Paperback ACS
amzn.to/3pUS4Rg
FREE e-ACS
www.faa.gov/training_testing/...
5. ASA Prepware App
apps.apple.com/us/app/prepwar...
If ASA Prepware is NOT available through Android, I would use the Sporty’s Learn to Fly App as a runner up. The reason I like ASA’s better is because the charts and illustrations stay open while you read the question. On the Sporty’s App, you need to view the question and pictures on separate pages making it a little more laborious to study..
6. Your Aircraft’s Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH)
Please ask your instructor for help locating this document. It is aircraft specific.
7. AC 00-45 : Aviation Weather Services
FREE
www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/m...
ASA Paperback Version
amzn.to/2ObS0ij
8. AC 00-6 : Aviation Weather
FREE
www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/m...
ASA Paperback Version
amzn.to/3aAlNst
9. AC 90-66 : Nontowered Airport Flight Operations
FREE
www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/m...
There isn't much reason to purchase a paperback copy of this, as it is only 18 pages long.
10. The Private Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Michael D Hayes (from ASA)
amzn.to/2YP2A0Q
For those who would like to contribute to The ACS Library, I invite you to do so through Venmo. Just search @TheACSLibrary
Thank you for watching!
You do really useful work! Keep going ! Thank you so much !
Just outstanding!… Short, to the point videos that really help with the information you need for check ride, and just becoming a safer pilot. Just passed my PPL after five months of some pretty intense training, and I’m a midlife guy at that. Thank you so much for putting these together.
Very well organized!! I'm currently preparing for my checkride. This helps me tremendously! Thank you!!
Thanks for commenting! I'm really glad you found it helpful. Good luck on the checkride!!
How did It go?
@@slade1908 Maybe not so good. Hopefully passed!
Great video extremely helpful.
Thank you Paco!! I’m glad you found it helpful
I believe I am gonna have a FAA checkride in a few days later.It is very helpful to watch your videos. I have watched every one carefully and definitely benefit a lot from them.Thank you again for keeping helping us！Really great videos！
XH L you got this! Looking forward to hearing from you when you’ve passed😊
The ACS Library Thank you ！I will try my best！
XH L How did it go? Got any tips?
When I started out I was not sure what to use for what you have listed in number 5. I did get sportys, but my trainer is a DA20. But still helpful. I also got Gleims knowledge test prep and got 100%. There were a few points I learned off each one that helped me get that score.
Jason Evans Damn! Solid job on the 100%! I haven’t had a chance to use or read through Gleim products yet. It might be time for me to pick some up.
Such a solid list of texts! Maybe a link to this video should be placed on the first video in the series. This is easily the first thing I would've wanted to know once I decided I was going to be a pilot. I could have been studying these books while I was working and saving money to learn to fly with.
Ry Thanks for the idea man! It’s done😊
Best online ground school I’ve learned from. Made a 90 on my knowledge test using it.
jeff.groundschool.com/
Jeff is my instructor, get a master instructor, cost more but much worth it. I’ve yet to get my PPL, have the flight stuff down, was leaking in the oral part of the practical which is heavily driven by the ACS. Feel very comfortable landing a 172p with 18 knot gusting cross winds. A lot of my training has been on landings. On the very gusty days grab the most senior CFI go work on cross wind landings for an hour.
You crushed ❤❤
AWESOME thank you
Thank you for taking the time to comment, Waqar Syed!
Great video! Did you ever post that pdf that maps ACS items to FAR/AIM, PHAK, Airplane Flying Handbook?
Awesome video, very resourceful links in the description. You mentioned in the video that you were going to eventually upload a version of the ACS with references recoded next to each question. Is that pdf already up somewhere? I wasn't able to find it anywhere, but I'd love to check it out. I'm going to be taking my PPL exam soon as well, thank you for your hard work
Hello U. Rajkumar! Thank you very much for the kind words. Unfortunately, I don’t have it posted yet. For now I’m emailing it to people. If you can, message me on instagram with your email address! @theacslibrary is the instagram to message. Thank you, and good luck as you prepare for the checkride!
would you be able to forward the PDF?
Ctrl+F makes PDF files especially nice to have :)
Is the ACS study Guide out yet that you mention in this video. I was currently working on making myself a study guide but if you already have one out that would be super helpful and time saving.
I wish it were! I need to make some adjustments to it before I get it out. I’m hoping to do it sometime in September. Send me a message on Instagram and I can help you out!
Most valuable 6:45 of my life.
Great list, just passed my ppl 7 hr practical, one very critical book I found that condensed everything you need to know into one 87 page book was Private Pilot Checkride Preparation and Study Guide by Virgil Royer. It’s freaking awesome! One note, in his summary of maneuvers he has the acceptable speed during slow flight as +/-10 kts, the ACS as of May 2020 shows +10/-0 kts, big diff. The earlier is a difference of 20 kts and the latter is only 10 kts. I can see how he missed it, all of the other maneuvers are +/-10 kts.
Stoked to hear it Steve! Also man, congratulations on the baby boy on the way! I saw the video on your page. That's awesome. Thanks for posting this resource. I haven't ever heard of this one! Another one I will have to check out!
And good call on pointing out the stall speed tolerances. Would be a shame to find that out during a checkride!
Hey Kyle, did you post the acs pdf with references yet? The link in the description is the faa version. Maybe share a link?
Hello, I am also looking for the ACS pdf with references. Planning on having my checkride in the next month!
Hi Glenn and Parker! I have not yet posted it. I don't have time to learn HTML and have had to abandon my own website for the moment. I will post it on Teachable or something this week and come back to this comment when I do.
@@parkervandevoort4589 I think you will be a better and safer pilot if you just go thru the ACS and look up the references and or write down the answers / references your self in the book without having someone hand it to you on a silver platter.
Kyle, did you compile a down loadable PDF referencing resources for each task in the ACS ?
Hi Brian! I did compile a little reference guide. It’s available online at ACSLibrary.com
I hope it helps! Best or luck studying😊
any chance I could get a copy of that handy pdf you mentioned emailed to me? thanks for your work, this and your other videos have been very helpful to me
Hey E B! Shoot me your email address on Instagram and I can help you out!
Are you planning an IFR and CPL ACS series in the future?
Hi Rio! I do plan to finish, but time is hard to come by lately. I'm hoping to pick up releasing these videos slowly. Thank you for following along!😊
@@theacslibrary4404 ppl alone is so extensive! I didn't expect to see irl or cpl but was curious if you planned to do that content once you are finished with the current series.
@@riod43 I do hope to continue! For now, PilotsCafe has an incredible IFR study guide. It’s the best of the best. I’m not sure of a good CPL study guide unfortunately!
@@theacslibrary4404 do you fly 121 and do this in your free time?
@@riod43 I took a break from flying the past year. I’m instructing for a couple hundred more hours and hoping to get my ATP.
Hi Excellent channel, thanks!! Question: Do I need to bring all the books? What I mean is can I bring only a iPad to reference the Chart Supplement and FARs (like www.ecfr.gov)? Or, should I also bring the actual books? I'll bring a physical chart, even though I'll have my XC flight plan on my iPad.
You can bring electronic versions. Make sure your iPad is at 100% battery! The only things I would absolutely have a physical copy of are the Sectional, TAC Chart if necessary, and have an airport diagram printed out on your kneeboard so you can easily flip your scratchpad up to look at it. My examiner "failed" my iPad on the ground after our last landing, and luckily I had a paper chart to allow taxi back to parking.
I've messaged DPE's I haven't met yet prior to checkrides to ask if I or my student may use electronic products.
When or how do you access the pdf ACS book with the page numbers by it?
Message me on Instagram @theacslibrary and I’ll send it to you. It’s not floating around on the internet just yet.
@@theacslibrary4404 can I have it too please 🙏
@@theacslibrary4404 could you send it to me as well?
@@eb5908 Hey! Message me on instagram or drop your email address here if you're feeling brave and I can get it sent over to you!
What I don't get is, how is it that this channel only has about 4k subscribers.
It's the monotone!
any update on the ACS PDF?
I have to finish the mobile version for the website I'm building, and I would put the ACS PDF on there. Unfortunately I do not have a date in mind for this. Lately I'm taking a break from being on computers so much once the workday is over!
Do you mind have a link to where in the 2020 far/aim or what page where you mentioned it describes for PPL what to study? I went through 20 or so pages and could not find it.
You can embed links in notes so 5 years later when you’re looking over your notes you can go to the like and have the most up to date info. What’s the use of learning all this if we can’t easily find it a few years from now when we’ve forgotten most of it.
www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=2ae1bb811c42bfdb458c45fc335a8096&mc=true&node=se14.2.91_1409&rgn=div8
Good morning! That's frustrating! So I've got the ASA 2020 FAR/AIM, and the section titled "Suggested Study List" is about 17 pages from the front cover beginning on page xvii. If you have a FAR/AIM from another company and don't mind including the printer's name, I can look to see if I can find what page it's on specifically.
Oh man you're speaking Chinese to me haha. I'm lucky I know how to turn this computer on. Embedding is something I know nothing about, but if it'll improve the videos, I'm in! Do you have a good article I could read about what you're mentioning? I can try and incorporate it into the series. Thanks Steve!
@@theacslibrary4404 Thanks I see it now. I have the ASA hardcopy but I do most of my studying on an iPad FAR/AIM app (that did not have that section) because it gets updated regularly so I can see if any changes happened to the regulations in the sections that I highlighted or bookmarked every year.
AsH Nice! Is it by any chance the FAR/AIM App from ASA? If so, I use the same! It’s awesome for checkrides
LINK to get the most up to date FAR/AIM info
www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=2ae1bb811c42bfdb458c45fc335a8096&mc=true&node=se14.2.91_1213&rgn=div8
Thank you!
Where is the wesbite ?
I bit off a little more than I could chew trying to build my own website. Unfortunately I’ve abandoned the idea for a bit. Is there something in particular you were hoping to find on the website? I might be able to help out!
Thanks for a really helpful study guide. But please...
Take a breath! Please stop editing all of the breaths out of your speech. It’s very hard to listen to with that unnatural cadence.
*Heavy breathing into the microphone* Thank you for your feedback! I was worried nobody would want to hear my breathing going on. It may take me some time to implement this as I already have a LOT of the following videos completed, but in the distant future (around when we hit aircraft systems) I hope that you will find my speaking pattern a little easier to follow. Thank you again!