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Acadia · August 18th, 2004, 23:18

Nothing was said about needing to use a manual E6B. An examiner might fail an electronic flight computer to distract the individual. The student at the very least should be able to do some quick basic math in place of a computer or by using rules of thumb. The PTS certainly allows room all kinds of failures and distractions and nobody is suggesting that a student might fail the ride for lack of knowing how to use an manual E6B. However they might fail if they cant deal with not having an electronic flight computer and blow some other PTS in the process.

I think failing a flight computer would fit very nicely under the "Use of Distractions during practical test". If from there the student is all over the place flying and they have no other basic means to even produce a rough estimate of whatever they were trying to compute then they are not fit to pass the ride.

August 18th, 2004, 23:18	#15
Acadia Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: BHB - Maine Posts: 2,755	Re: Private Checkride question Nothing was said about needing to use a manual E6B. An examiner might fail an electronic flight computer to distract the individual. The student at the very least should be able to do some quick basic math in place of a computer or by using rules of thumb. The PTS certainly allows room all kinds of failures and distractions and nobody is suggesting that a student might fail the ride for lack of knowing how to use an manual E6B. However they might fail if they cant deal with not having an electronic flight computer and blow some other PTS in the process. I think failing a flight computer would fit very nicely under the "Use of Distractions during practical test". If from there the student is all over the place flying and they have no other basic means to even produce a rough estimate of whatever they were trying to compute then they are not fit to pass the ride.