Ground
School
Study tools I build for my students. Use them before a lesson, after one, or any time something didn't click in the airplane.
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Aircraft
The Piper Pilot 100i, Cessna 172R, and Cessna 172K: specs, V-speeds, systems, avionics, and weight and balance for each.
See the aircraft -
VOR trainer
Put the airplane anywhere, turn the OBS, and watch the needle on a CDI or an HSI. Work through reverse sensing, station passage, and intercepting a radial in a crosswind, then try the "Where am I?" quiz.
Open the VOR trainer -
Weight and balance
What datum, arm, moment, and CG actually mean, and a step-by-step walkthrough of a loading problem: total the moments, find the CG, check it against the envelope, and see where it ends up after the fuel burns off.
Read the walkthrough