Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Better stick-and-rudder control, smoother handling, and more exact navigation, even during VFR flights. Be Professional From your first preflight briefing to your last checkride, we emphasize structure, discipline, and decision-making. The result? Safety Focused Safety is the foundation of every flight lesson.

Pilot

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

Flying a power-on stall using the usual training and checkride techniques is uncomfortable, and frankly difficult to reproduce in most airplanes for most pilots, and even their instructors. We cant emphasize enough the need for rudder coordination. Lastly, any traffic pattern stall more than a few feet above the ground can be deadly.

Final Approach

Flying Magazine

JULY 25, 2025

Emergency preparedness isn’t just for checkrides—it’s for real-world flying. Most serious home simulator setups will include at least two monitors, a yoke, separate throttle control, and rudder pedals. Scenario 5: Emergency Procedures Objective: Build confidence in handling unexpected aircraft issues.

Cockpit

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. I finally learned to time the change of rudder direction better, straight as the nose wheel touches the ground, then as needed to stay upwind.

Crosswind

Northstar VFR

APRIL 21, 2024

So, knock out that Commercial checkride, and hopefully in a relatively fast timeline, start on the CFI prep. I know many students who did a simple 10 hours or so in the right seat and went into their checkride. Remember, once you take your checkride and pass, you can legally start instructing right away. Pretty straightforward.

Checkride

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Common mistakes include neglecting clearing turns, delaying stall recovery, and misusing the rudder. Additionally, both private and commercial pilot checkrides require the demonstration of slow flight. As you increase the throttle, anticipate the need to add more right rudder. Use the rudder to stay coordinated.

Lift

Pilot's Life Blog

MAY 6, 2025

At Leopard Aviation, we guide you through every stepfrom your first flight to your final checkride. Your training will include: Dual instruction with an instructor Solo flights Cross-country flights Night training Ground school A final checkride with an FAA examiner We guide you through every phase, from the written test to the last landing.

Pilot

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 11, 2024

The standards for slow flight on a Private Pilot checkride are: maintain the specified altitude, ±100 feet; specified heading, ±10°; airspeed, +10/-0 knots; and specified angle of bank, ±10°. Private Pilot Airplane ACS, Area of Operation VII, Task A ) Note: The standards are different for the Commercial and Multi-Engine checkrides.

Checkride

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

Lazy eights sound like the least challenging commercial checkride maneuver to learn. We counteract adverse yaw by applying rudder in the direction of the turn. The amount of rudder required depends on roll rate and airspeed. Airspeed and attitude change constantly, and we must change rudder input along with them.

Rudder

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Rolling down the runway with reference only to my DG, I’d make minor heading corrections with the rudder to remain centered. At DA, Charlie would call out trim and throttle adjustments while I kept the localizer needle centered with slight rudder movements. Shortly after the Concorde sighting, Charlie signed me off for my checkride.

NDB

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Cram enough L–39 knowledge and skill into my brain to pass a type-rating checkride. Only if a pilot chooses the complete course with a checkride is an instrument rating required. You’d think pilot problems would be all about stick-and-rudder skills here,” he said. Hold full right rudder and gently grab the handbrake.

Knot

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

I was a working CFI at the time and I remember flying along with Bill in the school’s Beech Duchess, practicing for the checkride. Their radio work is often atrocious, their stick and rudder skills lacking, and bad habits are being passed along with no one there to correct them. He said, “Kurt, you are an excellent 50-foot pilot”.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Focus on Hard Subjects Early Learning to fly is about more than just about stick and rudder skills. Overloading yourself with information right before checkrides. This might include organizing your materials, putting your phone on silent, and having water and snacks readily available. Skipping meals or depending on energy drinks.

Weather

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. If conducting a checkride, you might blow past the stopping point, which could result in a failure. Use the rudder to keep the aircraft in line with the runway and apply aileron into the wind. Feeling overwhelmed by this challenging maneuver?

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Proper rudder use is required to counter adverse yaw to maintain coordinated flight. Apply the necessary rudder to maintain coordinated flight. Many applicants have failed the checkride due to not clearing the area. This added drag will cause the aircraft to yaw towards the direction of the raised wing.

Lift

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Improve your stick and rudder skills as a private pilot go beyond the instrument checkride with these advanced courses. Pilot Workshops Explore Pilot Workshops’ collection of pilot proficiency courses in this app.

Weather

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 18, 2023

As with any other license, it involves taking a written , an oral and a practical checkride. During spin training, your instructor will put you in a stall and kick the rudder over to induce the spin. After a few rotations, they should kick the opposite rudder and push the nose down, essentially ending the spin.

Checkride

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 2, 2024

Use rudder to check balance. Commercial Pilot ACS Standards You will have to recover from an unusual attitude during your checkride. High or increasing ‘G’ loading – felt by yourself. Increase of engine RPM – read from your engine RPM gauge. Recovery Close the throttle immediately and simultaneously level the wings.

Altimeter

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

In fact, I believe most pilots need fewer stalls and more slow flight in their training diet (at least after the Private checkride). The pilot reduced the engine power and continued his attempt to align the airplane with the runway using the rudder.

Knot