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Dr. Bruce has been helping me, and it was from him that I got the 8 weeks estimate, based on my case. I'll be doing the exam soon so I discuss it with him.

Interesting idea, but probably not. I don't think my school has one, and for me finding another school to do that would probably not be any quicker than waiting for the medical.

Yikes, I hadn't considered that it might take that long. How common is that? Maybe I could do other kinds of training that require an instructor anyway, like tail wheel, complex aircraft etc. But still it would suck to be waiting that long!

Spoke to my instructor, and he said the same thing pretty much. He did hint that I'm much closer to being able to solo than I realized, so it looks like I'll definitely be waiting on the cert for that, but he said even if I have to do all my solo flying at the end it's fine.

I am about 6 hours into my PPL training. I've been doing just 1 lesson a week, which has been a frustratingly slow pace, but I realized a few weeks ago that I could not get a medical certificate without help, because of some fainting incidents I've had in the past. Fast forward to now, all my...

Maybe something to do with the engine fire?

Worth a read... That Time I Turned a Routine Traffic Ticket into the Constitutional Trial of the Century

No you must be thinking of someone else. I have some videos but haven't posted any on the internet. I think my instructor is around 40 or so.

I'm using a 172 and occasionally a 150.

6 hours actually :) So far the reason I've been doing this is that I have allowed my altitude to change too much without realizing. It seems to happen for various reasons - mostly related to not getting the trim right or too much/too little back pressure during turns. Sometimes I'll push...

Lol I'm amazed at how much my question has been misunderstood. People are still talking about how to get the plane into level flight, and how to get to the airspeed I want, and how to trim, even though the the starting point for my question was a plane in level flight, properly trimmed, and...

I have tried it, and I couldn't get it to settle in the altitude I wanted! Now I have a better idea of why. A few posts ago I mentioned my theory that it has to do with being precise, but from what you guys are saying (and I think you're both saying essentially the same thing) it sounds like...

OK, but if the power is about adding and subtracting, then why would adding the power that I took away not get me back to the same condition I was in before? Why I should I have to mess with the yoke? That's why I've started to think that it's a question of precision. Restoring the power to...

Having thought about it for a while, I wonder if this is a better way of thinking about it: power is a coarse adjustment for altitude, and pitch is the fine adjustment. You could use pitch as a coarse adjustment, but that would result in big changes to your airspeed as a side affect. Maybe power...

I appreciate all the feedback, but I don't think I've explained what's confusing me. I understand trim. Let's assume I'm in level flight and trimmed correctly, and I'm happy with my airspeed, but I want to change my altitude. The reason for that might be that I have previously mismanaged my...

Thanks for the replies. Everyone mentioned trim funnily enough - I do have trouble getting the plane trimmed correctly, which is part of the reason I end up having to make so many altitude corrections. But I understand the trim, I just haven't gotten used to it yet. But some of the responses...

I just did my 5th flying lesson today, and I've been having a little trouble keeping my altitude under control. Something that hasn't quite sunk in for me yet is exactly when (and why) you need to make pitch changes with the yoke when you reach the altitude you want, instead of just setting the...

Yeah I think that's pretty much how the guy in the video breaks it down - fixed + variable costs. The more you fly, less the total cost per hour gets. I found a deal for a 1/4 share in a 172 for sale in my area. It's $15K and then it's $70/hour wet plus $75/month fixed. But that hourly/monthly...

I understand about random stuff happening. I suppose that would be a gamble. Maybe you really have to estimate how many hours are left in the engine and divide the cost of a rebuild by that number, and add that to the hourly cost. So if you have 500 hours left before you can reasonably expect to...

What is that?