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Same for the maneuvers, make sure you perform to check ride standards consistently.  \nOral Exam Guide: Private Pilot (Book). Also available for free from HooplaDigital with a library card.  \nDPE talks about common errors by private pilot applicants (Youtube Video)  \nPrivate Pilot Mock Oral Exam 1 (Youtube Video)  \nPrivate Pilot Mock Oral Exam 2 (Youtube Video)  \nPrivate Pilot Mock Oral Exam 3 (Youtube Video)  \nPrivate Pilot Mock Oral Exam 4 (Youtube Video)  \nPrivate Pilot Mock Oral Exam 5 (Youtube Video)  \nPrivate Pilot Stage Check Oral Guide (PDF)  \nPrivate Pilot Oral Questions (PDF)  \nTips to pass the check ride, and study resources by /u/yyhufo (Website)  \nMore /r/flying check ride gauges and writeups (Google Sheets)  \nRegulations to know/tab (Image)  \nDay of check ride checklist (PDF)  \nThe following is advice for the check ride created by Ron Levy.  \n1. Relax and enjoy it. Nationwide, about 90% of applicants pass on the first try, so look around and see if you think you’re as good as 9 out of 10 other students. Also, your instructor must maintain a pass rate of at least 80% to get his ticket renewed, so he’s not going to send you up unless he’s pretty darn sure you’ll pass – otherwise, he has to find four other people to pass to make up for you, and that’s not always easy.  \n2. Go over with your instructor the logbooks ofthe aircraft you're going to use the day BEFORE the check ride to make sure it's all in order (annual, transponder checks, ELTops and battery, 100-hour if rented, etc.) . If the airplane's paper busts, so do you. Run a sample W&B, too – get the examiner’s weight when you make the appointment. If you weigh 200, and so does the examiner, don’t show up with a C-152 with full tanks and a  \n350 lb available cabin load – examiners can’t waive max gross weight limits.  \n3. Relax.  \n4. Rest up and get a good night's sleep the night before. Don't stay up \"cramming.\"  \n5. Relax.  \n6. Read carefully the ENTIRE ACS including all the introductory material. Use the checklist in the back to make sure you take all the stuff you need--papers and equipment. And the examiner’s fee UP FRONT (too much chance a disgruntled applicant will refuse to pay afterward) in the form demanded by the examiner is a “required document” from a practical, if not FAA, standpoint.  \n7. Relax.  \n8. You’re going to make a big mistake somewhere. The examiner knows this will happen, and it doesn’t have to end the ride. What’s important is not whether you make a mistake, but how you deal with it – whether you recover and move on without letting it destroy your flying. Figure out where you are now, how to get to where you want to be, and then do what it takes to get there. That will save your check ride today and your butt later.  \n9. Relax.  \n10. You're going to make some minor mistakes. Correct them yourself in a timely manner \"so the outcome of the maneuver is never seriously in doubt\" and you'll be OK. If you start togo high on your first steep turn and start a correction as you approach 100 feet high but top out at 110 high while making a smooth correction back to the requested altitude, don't sweat--nail the next one and you'll pass with \"flying colors\" (a naval term, actually) . If you see the maneuver will exceed parameters and not be smoothly recoverable, tell the examiner and knock it off before you go outside those parameters, and then re-initiate. That shows great sense, if not great skill, and judgement is the most critical item on the check ride. 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Run a sample weight-and-balance using the examiner’s weight when you book the appointment, and ensure you do not exceed max gross weight limits.\"},{\"question\":\"How should you handle mistakes during the check ride?\",\"answer\":\"Expect that you will make mistakes and focus on recovery rather than avoiding them entirely. Correct minor issues in a timely manner, and if a maneuver will exceed parameters or cannot be smoothly recovered, tell the examiner and knock it off before going outside the limits.\"}]","Private Pilot Check Ride Prep - Check Ride Preparation Advice | PDF",1790306790]