Ultimate Flight Computer Course For PPL/CPL/ATPL EASA

This is an all-in-one course that covers all the Flight computer related content within the PPL->ATPL exams. This includes the following subjects:

1. General Navigation(CPL/ATPL)/Navigation(PPL)

2. Flight Planning and Performance

3. Mass and Balance

4. Meteorology

5. Performance

6. Principles of Flight

7. Aircraft General Knowledge

Here you will find real exam questions which have shown in EASA ATPL exams, along with topic specific flowcharts that can solve any PPL->ATPL exam question.

You will gain access to 1080pvideo walkthroughs of typical exam questions taught from the ground up. You will learn how to use both sides, the wind slide and also will be shown helpful tips on how to use your scientific calculator!

We will go through:

1. Basic Arithmetic

   • Multiplication

   • Division

2. Speed and Fuel Flow Calculations

   • The formulae

   • Helpful tips

3. Scientific Calculator

   • Decimal to Hours: Minutes: Seconds conversions

4. Converting Units

   • Approximate conversions to remember

   • Temperature

   • Distance

   • Time

   • Speed/Fuel Flow

   • Mass

   • Volume

   • Specific Gravity

5. Airspeed and Altitude Calculations

   • TAS above and below 300kts

   • IAS, CAS

   • Mach Number

   • Ram Rise

   • True Altitude

   • Density Altitude

6. Converting between different ‘Norths’

   • True North

   • Magnetic North

   • Compass North

7. Wind Side

   • Heading, Track, Drift, Wind Correction Angle, Wind Vector, TAS, Ground Speed

   • Triangle of Velocities

   • Iteration

   • Head Wind/Tail Wind

   • Crosswind components

8. Cross-country Flight Planning

   • Filling out a Flight Plan

   • VFR Planning techniques

   • Fuel Planning

   • Interpolating the Wind from the given Weather

   • Standard Operating Procedures

   • Inflight Time and Fuel logging

There will be attached resources that will explain concepts needed to understand the flight computer, these include: The Speed and Fuel Flow Formulae and converting between different units; The required understanding of the Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter as well as different pressures, airspeeds and altitudes involved with them.

This course is suitable for both the 2016 and 2020 syllabus.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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