CFII Academy Day 1 and 2

T/F: in CFII, you need to give elevator speeches

Mostly false—in flight, focus on flying correctly and teaching as opposed to answering “why”

Can they still ask FOIs on CFII checkride?

Yes

What regs discuss required ground training for CFII?

61.185, 61.187

What reg covers what is needed for IRA students?

61.65b

To be instrument rated, do 15 of your hours need to come from a CFII or a CFI who holds an instrument rating?

CFI who holds an instrument rating.

Update: this has been interpreted to mean CFII

What are the privileges of a CFII rating?

Allows you to sign off on instrument checkrides—not necessarily only teach instrument, since CFIs who hold an instrument rating are also authorized to teach IRA students

50 hours XC PIC,

Can your IRA student file the long XC instrument flight plans?

No-ish. Since they are not yet instrument rated, you’ll need to put your own FTN number or contact info on logs

What do they mean by “3 different types” of approaches? Can they be all RNAV?

Yes they can be all RNAV, so LPV, LNAV/VNAV, and LNAV would count

How much does an ILS cost to install?

Apparently 13 million

Who gets IPCs? Do IRA students get IPCs?

Only pilots who are already instrument rated get IPCs

Endorsement A40 does what?

It lumps A1 and A2 (prerequisites for practical test and review of deficiencies on airman knowledge test) together into one endorsement

What is VFR?

Constant visual reference

When is IFR required

Special VFR at night

Wx below VFR minimums

Class A

91.173 says…

No person may operate an aircraft in controlled airspace under IFR without IFR flight plan and ATC clearance

For a commercial pilot flying greater than 50nm with pax or at night, do they need to be instrument current?

No, but they do need the instrument rating

What tells you if you can use a simulator towards training requirement hours?

there is an LOA next to it

what does PRECEDING 6 calendar months mean for currency purposes?

don’t count the current month you’re in, unless you do some approaches the current month as well, then you can count them (so you always look at 6 full months plus some days)

When flying into IMC with a safety pilot to regain your instrument currency during the 6 month grace period, do they need to be a CFII or an instrument-rated private pilot

instrument rated private pilot — they will have to file to be legal PIC for the operation, and you will be acting/logging PIC for the approaches

Can the safety pilot sit in the back seat of the plane?

No—they have to occupy the other pilot seat

How do you get your CFI cert number?

Take your commercial pilot cert. number plus “CFI” at the end

How do you log in someone’s logbook?

date, signature, what you did, CFI number, and currency expiration date

Can you complete ASEL work in a multi-engine simulator?

No—it has to represent the category and class

Do you need a safety pilot when re-establishing currency in a simulator?

No—you can be alone

What should you do for every rating, BFR, or IPC that you sign off on?

Keep a thorough log of exactly what you went over in your own notes or logbook, because the FAA will be coming for you if your student messes up

Is there a 1 hour ground and 1 hour flight requirement for the IPC?

No—no legal minimum flight time, and no ground requirement but CYA and do 1 hour of each. Be thorough

Where can you see if you can use the sim for the IPC?

Read the LOA posted next to the simulator, and cross-reference with the ACS. Normally you can’t do circle to land or the required landing in the simulator per the ACS

What document can you use when conducting an IPC?

Obviously the ACS, but also the Instrument Proficiency Standards Guidelines released by the FAA (it has a cessna plane pic on the front)

T/F: you can log PIC for all instrument time for flights on which you can act as PIC of that aircraft

True—so no logging helicopter IMC if you are an ASEL pilot

T/F: flight instructors must log a student’s flight AND ground instruction?

True—don’t forget to log ground instruction, especially in part 61 schools

T/F: you must include the area/place of the hold to use it for instrument currency purposes

True

T/F: If your student is doing a XC towards a rating, you should write that in the notes?

true—be very clear about what you are logging and what it is working towards

A sensitive altimeter needs to have what 2 things?

1. Kollsman window (needs to be adjustable)

2. 2 aneroid wafers (giving thousands and hundreds)

What is an HSI?

A directional gyro plus an attitude indicator

Do you need a VSI to fly IFR?

Not legally but probably bad idea to go without one

When do you need DME above FL240 per 91.205d

Only if using VOR as primary means of navigation

How should you keep your training records?

Keep a google sheet docs

91.205d says you need a clock to fly IFR. Can it be a wristwatch?

No—per the advisory circular on clocks, it does need to be installed on the airplane

When can you log an approach in simulated conditions?

established on every leg of the approach, down to minimums, solely by reference to instruments

When can you log an actual IMC approach?

If you are soley by reference to instruments after FAF but before missed approach point

What is the goal of vectoring a student?

simulate ATC and get them on the intermediate approach course, just before the FAF

What is the PTAC call?

Position, turn, altitude, clearance.

Always issue it on the “base” leg (when you are perpendicular to intermediate approach course before FAF

You want your PTAC call to be how many degrees from approach course?

No more than 30, ALWAYS! not representing ATC otherwise

how to vector student for PTAK?

start by giving them a downwind and making them fly parallel to course (just fly opposite of needle)

Give an example PTAC call

Thrust 555 you are 5 miles from JERIT, turn left heading 170 to intercept the final approach course, descend and maintain 2500, you are cleared for the ILS 16 into Addison

How do you clear someone for a procedure turn?

Th555 you are 10miles from the JIPUK, go direct JIPUK, at or above 2500 until established, cleared for the full procedure into McKinney

What are the distance rings around the plane called?

Ownship rings

T/F: you can load victor airways via menu options on the PFD

False—you need to do it on the MFD

2 types of flight directors

Single Cue and Dual Cue

Single Cue looks like a forward arrow to follow

Dual Cue looks like an X aiming point, like in a target scope

Benefit to single cue vs dual cue flight directors

single cue (forward arrow) is more dynamic, simpler, but less precise and harder to follow in turbulent conditions or during complex maneuvers

dual cue (target X) is more precise but harder to follow

How are TAFs made?

They are not automated—they are actually meteorologists analyzing and publishing information

What happens if you click on a TAF in foreflight?

You get a forecast discussion. It’s as if they are citing their sources, and explaining the logic behind the TAF

Pulse doppler

What is the name for the effect of sound waves or radio waves stacking up, producing a louder frequency, and then spreading apart

The doppler effect

What does “baro-aiding” mean as far as RAIM goes for fault detection and exclusion?

baro-aiding refers to the GPS

How does GPS satellites work?

a GPS satellite broadcasts a signal using a very accurate clock, timed via nuclear decay, and the radiowaves travel at the speed of light outwards towards the earth. The plane receives the signal and sends it back, which then calculates position via triangulation with 2 satellites in space and one on the earth

What are 3 kinds of precision approaches?

ILS, microwave landing system (MLS), and precision approach radar (PAR—used by military)

How does a precision approach radar work?

Someone with a radar is talking you down to the DA

What do you need to fly a precision approach radar (PAR) approach?

Pretty much only coms. They more or less vector you down to the runway

What 2 things must a precision approach have to be precision?

Must be ground-based AND have a glideslope

What kind of VSI do we have?

An I-VSI, instantaneous due to our AHRS (specifically accelerometers)

Why isn’t there a glideslope frequency listed on plates, but there is always a localizer frequency?

The glideslope is tied to the frequency

What is localizer frequency considered? Why don’t we always tune into 90 and 150Mhz to capture the localizer?

The localizer is a carrier frequency—it acts like a pickup truck carrying the 90 and 150Mhz. This is called amplitude modulation

What is amplitude modulation?

The combining of the 90Mhz and 150Mhz frequencies of a localizer or glideslope into one capturable

Where do you go missed for RNAV approaches 99% of the time?

at the runway threshold, since you have easy access to GPS to measure it

Explain UNOS and calculation

Northerly turning errors—undershoot north, overshoot south. Use half your latitude + 15 (so 30 at KADS) to calculate how much you should overshoot or undershoot by

Rate sensor measures what

tangential acceleration— a turn that leads to a full circle, like a turn in a car. It’s always an arc!

What does an accelerometer measure

linear forward or backward force (as opposed to tangential acceleration)

How do you know if the audio panel is an LRU (line replaceable unit)

Read the G1000 supplement. It is, by the way

T/F: TRACON radar controllers get current weather, whereas typical air traffic controllers get delayed NEXRAD

What is TRACON?

Terminal radar approach control

What is “lowest tilt” radar in foreflight?

radar is tilted downward as opposed to tilted towards higher altitudes

T/F: receivers around the US can hear lightening around the globe

True! When lightning strikes, low frequencies bounce off of earth’s ionosphere. The receivers difference between the time they heard the strike to triangulate where the strike is

T/F: foreflight has a strikefinder

true!!! turn it on in map layers. So long as ipad is connected to wifi or sentry, it is accurate