What's
next? You did your private pilot training in a lightweight trainer, like a
C152, C172, or Warrior. Gears down and locked in place, where you can
keep an eye on them. Now what? Maybe a commercial certificate
is in your future. Maybe you want to work toward being a CFI? Maybe
you just want to cruise a little faster, without gear dragging in the wind
slowing you down.
For these and other
reasons, training in a complex airplane with retractable landing gear may be
your next best step. Time to take your aircraft systems education a level
beyond the fixed gear world you started in. What do those gear lights mean?
What causes the warning horn to sound? What makes the propeller adjust
RPM? How can I be sure that the gear are down and locked on landing?
In this seminar,
SCFC instructor
Herb Patten will
dive deep into several aspects of the PA-28R-200 Piper Arrow. This complex
airplane is used often for commercial and CFI check rides due to its
retractable gears, moveable flaps, and variable pitch propeller. Herb
will discuss the hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic systems and the system
used to manage propeller blade angle and RPM.
Come long for the
ride and you will gain a deeper understanding of how these systems work on the
Arrow, and have a good foundation for understand the systems of other complex
aircraft.
Herb Patten is an FAA certificated advanced and instrument ground
instructor who teaches private pilot ground school at San Carlos Flight Center.
He holds a private pilot certificate with an instrument rating, has over
700 hours and flown into 111 different California airports. He is
co-founder of the Bay Area Student and New Pilot Support Group, and a board
member of the Upwind Foundation, famous for its Upwind Summer Scholarship
Program. When not giving presentations he can be found in the air pursuing his
aviation interest or supporting others in their flying adventures.
San Carlos
Flight Center was voted Best Flight School in the US in the 2013 AOPA Flight
Training Excellence Awards. We are committed to promoting safety in general
aviation through our evening safety seminar programs. For more information
about this and any of our weekly seminars, please visit
http://sancarlosflight.com/activities-and-events.