CPAER Study Tips

[shawnthesheep]

Best advice for someone writing the CPL Written Exam?

I'm thinking about getting sharpers edge and am currently going through a university program so this exam mark matters to me and I basically only have one shot at the exam if I want to be eligible for certain awards.

Air Law - I'm planning on cross referencing the CARs and the study guide by TC and writing all of the CARs needed.

NAV - This is the worst for me, I need a review on VORs/NDB/ADF, Plus track correction (I know how to plan a damn flight though)

Meteorology - Not worried too much about reading weather, more of MET theory that gets me

General Knowledge - this was my worst section for my PPL. I'm just thinking about reading FTGU and using sharpers edge. Load factor messes me up on this one.

Even though I'm writing in April of 2020 I want to start studying as my PPAER didn't go the way I wanted it to.

Also is sharpers edge worth it??

Thanks all in advance.

[Tubkal]

Hey

I personally find the Sharpers Edge books a bit slow on getting to the point, and hard to read. They tried to ‘simplify’ the CPAER material on making it more ‘cool to read’ but personally it confuses me more. I used Harvs Air online ground school. Really detailed, LOTS of material, especially on MET and General Knowledge. If you are in no rush, I would recommend going through all the videos and quizzes (it isn’t as simple as it sounds, there are sections with 3h videos...), they will over prepare you. If you feel inclined on using textbooks, my thumbs up goes to . books. Clear, concise, a lot of practice tests, yet pricey ($450 book+workbook).

Studying Air Law from the CARs could get tiring, I did it for a while and I couldn’t keep up but I know that there are superhumans out there that they read it all. Find a material that you find comfortable, if you have a hard time to self discipline your studies book your test for a realistic date and aim to be done for that deadline. Again, remember that you are not just studying for a test, a lot of the material will apply daily on your future commercial pilot life. Try to really understand the material.

Last, NAV can get tricky. Make sure to know your formulas and how to use your E6B. Double check your calculations. I remember I failed NAV on my PPL because I did all my flight planning using the SM value given on the first question instead of NM...

Good luck! It’s worth the effort

[kaoandy1125]

People actually go through all of Harvs videos?
I bought their ground school, never watched a single video, just went through their slides and quizzes, did each of their practice exams like 3 times, got a 92% on CPAER
I wrote CPAER 6 years after my PPAER so I basically started from scratch.