INRAT 2005

Hover-Pig · Post by **Hover-Pig** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:47 pm

OK I'm sure there have been chats about this but I'd appreciate any recent insight. Gotta write the instrument exam soon, can anyone throw me a bone?

Thanks guys/gals.

costermonger · Post by **costermonger** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:55 pm

Know the CAPGEN like the back of your hand, have a pretty good grasp on the pertinent parts of the RAC section of the AIP, and it probably wouldn't hurt to invest in a big book o' questions, expensive as they are.

No Conflict · Post by **No Conflict** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:04 am

do the aerocourse...... study yourself, then take the course.... it makes it much easier...

pirate · Post by **pirate** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:33 am

Hey Hover-Pig,

I did the INRAT a couple months ago, I wish I did the aerocourse but I did the other one. Definetly know your CAPGEN but dont bother memorizing word for word, as I was given CAPGEN pages as appendices. The questions that really stumped me were the 4 or 5 questions on icing and wx. radar know them - i realy didnt bother studyin icing in all that much detail and prolly got burned on some of those. Other than that its not really that bad, just practice giving yourself scenarios for alternate minimas, ADF intercepts and readin the RAC like costermonger said will defintely help you.

thats my 2 cents...Good luck....

BTD · Post by **BTD** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:04 am

Also keep an eye on little things like lightning detection equipment. It may only be one question buy it is still worth a mark.

RAC 6-10. Know all that stuff.

Good luck

Hover-Pig · Post by **Hover-Pig** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:00 am

Thank you very much guys. I think I'm alright on CAP stuff but it's the fixed card ADF thing that scares me, I've never used one, only ever seen HSIs.

I will definitely pay attention to the AIP and my weather stuff.

evalle · Post by **evalle** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:19 am

If you do the aerocourse the test will be a joke after, those guys are really good!!
For the fix ADF, try to practice on FS2004 you'll see that will be much easier...

hz2p · Post by **hz2p** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:23 am

For (fixed card) ADF, take the 10 seconds it takes to draw a picture. Ask for extra scrap paper when you go into the exam.

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:08 pm

hz2p is right, good advice. Same with all of that TO/FROM VOR stuff. Draw the pictures.

Good luck!

Kahlua · Post by **Kahlua** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:44 pm

I did the INRAT 2 days ago. I took the Aerocourse 4 months ago (knowing nothing about IFR) and never wrote the exam because i was in the middle of univ. exams. However, the notes from that carried me through my own 'cram session' and i passed the test studying mainly by the aerocourse workbook. Like everyone said - think i through, draw the pictures. if you can UNDERSTAND the stuff - it'll be cake. but for the money, id recommend the Aerocourse weekend and then write the test right away.

(about the exam itself, seriously - its much like the aerocourse workbook - study that)

ice ice baby · Post by **ice ice baby** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:20 pm

Atleast one of the exams doesn not have anything from the capgen in the appendices so I would try to remember as much as you can. Goodluck.

quickflight · Post by **quickflight** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:24 pm

Hated the inrat, lots of weather questions could'nt wrap my head around for some reason. It was a while ago, actualy did better on the atpl. Stupid inrat.