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I was not going to do a section on aerodynamics, but...These topics will be posted as discussion comes up. I am not going to go into scientific example here since this site is intended to be in layman's terms as much as possible. As a rule, for private pilot knowledge, it is not necessary to understand in depth of the entire scope of aerodynamics; these students must however, be able to recognize the terms, explain what they mean, and if necessary or applicable, explain any further effect or compensation factors. Pilots who intend to move on to the commercial level or even more, to become a flight instructor, must learn or gain as much in depth knowledge as they can both for the benefit of their checkrides (oral), and for the students and future pilots whom they will be attempting to pass on knowledge. Although classroom is important, no student should depend on classroom teaching to get them through the ground knowledge they will need for their career in aviation. Endless reading is absolutely necessary, there is no replacement for it! I will be the first to admit that reading is hard, it puts me to sleep just like the rest of you. If you are reading and you get tired, you should take a nap. When you wake, you must go right back to reading. I have no pity for a student who complains that reading puts them to sleep; my question would be how much time are they spending watching television. If you want to be a pilot, you must change your habits; turn the television off, and read every moment you don't have anything else to do. If you don't have time to read, then you need to change something in your life or else choose another career because piloting is not for you. I make many recommendations on reading material all the time, but when I suggest reading something I don't mean read it once and put it aside and move on to the next book. I mean read that book over and over until you can nearly recite everything in it. the same applies to knowledge base web sites. When I was studying, I read the written test study guide not less then 5-times cover-to-cover, the copy I had was a year out-of-date and I still passed with 100%. I read (at that time it was called) the Basic Helicopter Handbook and as many helicopter web sites (at that time there was only one), probably 10-times or more. I knew every aerodynamic term and its effect before I ever took my first flight. This is not necessary, but it is an indication of how much studying you need to be doing. There is sufficient time in the few weeks it will take to gain your private rating to read the material over as many times as needed to gain the knowledge you need for your oral test. When I took my training, I attended a very small school with insufficient part-time instructors. I had no formal classroom instruction period, all the way through my CFI rating I completely self-studied, never failed a checkride, and passed every written test with 95% or greater. That took a lot of study as I am no smarter than the rest of you. I swore at that time that I would never put a student of mine through that. I want them all to have a much easier time, but they also must desire their rating enough to devote sufficient time to self study. The only exception was my instrument airplane rating which I tool long after my CFI, and for which I had a very devoted instructor. Get the picture? Get to studying! |
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