Multi IFR and Groundschool
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shamrock104
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Multi IFR and Groundschool
Any recommendations for this course along with a good groundschool in the Calgary area?
I work at Mount Royal... so perhaps I should not comment... But, Multi-IFR is what Mount Royal specialises in. We do some training outside of the college students, and during the summer, have extra time and capacity for outsiders... Given we have 2 twins, 1 will always, not matter what, be functional... Cheers
You need 40 hours of hood time for issuance of an instrument rating.
Suggestion: choose a school that has an approved sim. Use it for up to 20 hours of your hood time. This is not a waste, because you can learn the procedures to fly a hold and 2 approaches MUCH BETTER on the ground, than you can in the air, and you will save $$$.
Once you can fly a hold and 2 approaches, then you learn to fly them with an engine out, if you want a group 1.
If you do not have an approved sim, you must blow the extra $$$ and log all 40 hours in an aircraft. If you choose this route, I still strongly recommend spending the time with a PC and an unapproved sim, to learn the procedures of intercepting and tracking NDB/VOR/LOC, with and without wind (shear). Once you have learned how to do this, approaches will follow quite naturally.
The above is of course predicated upon your fundamental ability to hold a heading and altitude, using the dials only, and to be able to alter your heading and altitude to any given values.
You try hard to experience some actual IFR during THE LATTER PART of your training (eg reqd x/c). Obviously you can't blunder into a cloud the first time out, and have a hope of complying with a clearance.
If your prospective school has a hard and fast policy of "no actual", head for the door.
Suggestion: choose a school that has an approved sim. Use it for up to 20 hours of your hood time. This is not a waste, because you can learn the procedures to fly a hold and 2 approaches MUCH BETTER on the ground, than you can in the air, and you will save $$$.
Once you can fly a hold and 2 approaches, then you learn to fly them with an engine out, if you want a group 1.
If you do not have an approved sim, you must blow the extra $$$ and log all 40 hours in an aircraft. If you choose this route, I still strongly recommend spending the time with a PC and an unapproved sim, to learn the procedures of intercepting and tracking NDB/VOR/LOC, with and without wind (shear). Once you have learned how to do this, approaches will follow quite naturally.
The above is of course predicated upon your fundamental ability to hold a heading and altitude, using the dials only, and to be able to alter your heading and altitude to any given values.
You try hard to experience some actual IFR during THE LATTER PART of your training (eg reqd x/c). Obviously you can't blunder into a cloud the first time out, and have a hope of complying with a clearance.
If your prospective school has a hard and fast policy of "no actual", head for the door.
