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[rausda27]

Originally Posted by surreal1221

Had a chance to fly the RJ up at FlightSafety today (thanks Rausda27!). Very pitch sensitive, but maintain altitude fine, flew a good approach. But right at about the OM going into Tampa I realized I still had the FD on and recalled hearing that on the initial sim eval it's raw data only.

Ah - no biggy.

You are welcome. A couple more sim sessions and we can give you a Lear 45 type....

It was fun getting back into the RJ..I was surprised how much I remembered about that thing...

[mastermags]

Originally Posted by TheOneMarine

Not reassuring bro! I only have 560TT. Granted no suspect time, its all instructing, but it I guess all I can do is go and do my best.

Look man, it's all about your scan... just keep the thing going. I had no jet time and no glass time when I interviewed. I learned the glass scan on Microsoft Flight Sim 2004 on the lear 55. It's not even the same airplane, but it doesn't matter... it's all about having the scan on glass. Pay attention to the brief you get before hand. I took a couple of notecards where wrote down all of the things that the instructor said and I put them to memory. Here is my list of a few things to remember in the sim.

1) Utilize your sim partner. The guy (or girl) can do anything you tell them to do, save fly the plane for you or tell you how to enter the hold. you can even ask them to set the power if you have a specific power setting you want set.

2) Lower your decent rate 1000 feet prior to reaching altitude. Just like the AIM says, right? 1500 feet works well. And you have that big annoying chime that tells you when you are 1000 feet away.

3) Know your hold entries like the back of your hand. If you are iffy on them now, you will shoot a blank when you are under the pressure.

4) Use the airspeed trend vector to set the power and pitch to maintain altitude.

5) KEEP YOUR SCAN GOING. Even if you are blowing something, drifting off-course, getting off your altitude, etc., keeep your scan up and make corrections. The minute you start fixating on one thing, you will start losing situational awareness and screwing up. Keep scanning.


That's all I have, but you should be fine. Looking back on it, most of the advice I just gave is advice you would give a brand new instrument student. It's just an airplane.

[TheOneMarine]

Originally Posted by mastermags

Look man, it's all about your scan... just keep the thing going. I had no jet time and no glass time when I interviewed. I learned the glass scan on Microsoft Flight Sim 2004 on the lear 55. It's not even the same airplane, but it doesn't matter... it's all about having the scan on glass. Pay attention to the brief you get before hand. I took a couple of notecards where wrote down all of the things that the instructor said and I put them to memory. Here is my list of a few things to remember in the sim.

1) Utilize your sim partner. The guy (or girl) can do anything you tell them to do, save fly the plane for you or tell you how to enter the hold. you can even ask them to set the power if you have a specific power setting you want set.

2) Lower your decent rate 1000 feet prior to reaching altitude. Just like the AIM says, right? 1500 feet works well. And you have that big annoying chime that tells you when you are 1000 feet away.

3) Know your hold entries like the back of your hand. If you are iffy on them now, you will shoot a blank when you are under the pressure.

4) Use the airspeed trend vector to set the power and pitch to maintain altitude.

5) KEEP YOUR SCAN GOING. Even if you are blowing something, drifting off-course, getting off your altitude, etc., keeep your scan up and make corrections. The minute you start fixating on one thing, you will start losing situational awareness and screwing up. Keep scanning.


That's all I have, but you should be fine. Looking back on it, most of the advice I just gave is advice you would give a brand new instrument student. It's just an airplane.

We'll see what happens, I have the glass time on my side at least. I seriously appreciate the help BTW

[surreal1221]

You'll be surprised.

I was really stressing the sim eval, even with my glass experience. After tonight I've realized it's a significantly different set up than a G1000, but it's glass. . .it's the same instrument. Added with a speed tape (no digit readout. . .ONLY the tape. . .) and an altitude tape. Don't even think about it being a jet - just step in, strap up, and fly. The end.

Don't stress it. Go in, it's a plane, so it flys like any plane. Fly it like you would anything you're use to. Power + Pitch = Performance. No reason to stress 12 or even 18 minutes of your life.

The end. Sim eval over with, you leave, you get phone call, and you're invited to a class date.

Don't stress. . .

[Screaming_Emu]

Originally Posted by mastermags

It's just an airplane.

Best advice given yet. Brush up on your instrument stuff and just relax. Being stressed out isn't going to help you at all. I have had nothing but a great experience so far with the interview and the training department. All the people I've dealt with want you to get through.