Private Pilot and Commercial Pilot Helicopter

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RideReady is also available for Airplanes, Seaplanes, Hot Air Balloons, and Gliders as well.

Helicopter Checkride (FAA Practical Test in your future)?

You need not fear the examiner. You've come to the right place! Our RideReady software is the best way for you to be prepared and ready for your helicopter checkride. Whether it's your initial private pilot helicopter or an advanced rating or certificate, RideReady has thousands of questions written by professional pilots, CFIs, and ex-examiners that will get you up to speed in the necessary knowledge areas of your checkride with minimum fuss.

Here's why RideReady works as a checkride prep tool:

1. RideReady has hundreds upon hundreds of sample oral exam questions. Our questions are drawn from actual pilot checkride de-briefings and examiner interviews as well as from FAA and other source material.
2. We work to constantly update the software to keep it up to date as we get post-checkride reports from pilots like you and as FAA rules change.
3. Updates are always free and are simple to get using the built-in update utility. Compare this to a book which is basically becoming obsolete the moment that it is printed.
4. RideReady features information specific to various helicopters (R22, R44, S300 CB and CBi, S300C), and allows you to further customize the questions and answers based on whether your aircraft has a clockwise or counterclockwise main rotor system.
5. Typical books ask only dry, fairly "rote" questions. While you are likely to be asked some such questions on your checkride, you will also be asked a number of reasoning and scenario-type questions. RideReady includes all types of questions that you are likely to be asked on your FAA checkride oral.
6. RideReady includes hundreds of charts and figures to assist your learning.
7. RideReady is easy and convenient to use. It features timesaving features such as the ability search questions and tag questions as easy or difficult to focus and streamline your study.
8. Because it is regularly updated and updates are free, RideReady is useful as a refresher tool long after your checkride. (In fact, some pilots buy RideReady for certificates / ratings that they are already certified for just for that reason.)
9. RideReady is field-tested and pilots agree that is a great way to gain the knowledge and confidence required to impress the examiner...
10. ... but don't take our word for it! You can download the demo of RideReady FREE and decide whether it's right for you before you buy it.

If you do choose to buy it, the ordering process for RideReady is easy, secure, and immediate.

You can be studying for your checkride oral exam prep in minutes!

Software Download The best way to get a feel for the software is to download it and try it out. RideReady Title Download Private and Commercial Pilot (Helicopter) Download 14.97 mb May 5 08 Instrument Rating (Helicopter) Download 11.96 mb May 5 08 Flight Instructor (Helicopter) Download 15.46 mb May 5 08 Step-by-Step Download and Installation Help Ready to Register? Click here to order an unlock code via electronic delivery Our small company greatly appreciates all registrations.

The Frequently Asked Questions below are intended to familiarize you with the basics of the product. For technical support FAQs for this product plus, additional FAQs, please visit our helpdesk.
Q.	Who is this software intended for?
A.	This software is intended for all pilots who are contemplating taking an FAA Practical Test (more commonly known as a "checkride" ). A practical test is the certificate test that you take with an examiner pilot at the end of your training for a certificate or rating. The checkride (essentially) consists of a flight portion, wherein you are tasked with performing maneuvers that you will have been trained on and an oral portion, where the examiner will quiz you on any of a large number of aviation matters. This software's primary goal is to help you be ready for the oral portion of the checkride. As a secondary benefit, it will also to some degree help you study up on the flight maneuvers that you will need to perform as a double-check that your knowledge of those is up to standards. Because this software contains a large question bank, it is also useful not just for checkride applicants, but also for certified pilots who can use it as a lookup and refresher tool. This particular software on this web page is for helicopter pilots. We have other checkride preparation software for airplane, seaplane, hot air balloon, glider, and other pilots as well. This helicopter software is intended to be useful both for those for whom their first or only piloting experience is in helicopters as well as those who are adding a helicopter rating to an existing pilot certificate.
Q.	What specific aircraft does RideReady: Helicopter provide information for?
A.	RideReady is a useful tool regardless of whether you fly one of the below helicopters or not. Each RideReady Helicopter version contains hundreds of questions that are pertinent for FAA checkrides regardless of what aircraft you fly. However, one of the places that RideReady shines is in that it also contains questions that are specialized for particular aircraft. This is particularly important since, as you know, systems and performance questions are stressed on every checkride. RideReady currently contains specific questions for the following helicopters: Robinson R22 Robinson R44 Schweizer S300C Schweizer S300 CB/CBi Additionally, the sofware has an option where you can specify whether your helicopter has a clockwise or counterclockwise main rotor system. Based on your selection, the software will modify its questions to match your particular situation. Please note that while helicopter specific questions are featured in the Private/Commercial and CFI versions of RideReady, they do not appear in the IFR version, where the emphasis is more on IFR procedures and information related to IFR flight in all helicopters.
Q.	When should I start studying for my checkride oral?
A.	Ideally, you should start studying as early in the training process as you can. Having more knowledge earlier on will help you make the most of your training flights and therefore likely save you training money / time over the course of your training. That said, RideReady is perfectly suitable as a "night before the checkride" cram tool.
Q.	Why are Private Pilot and Commercial Pilot Helicopter one unified product?
A.	There are relatively few differences between a Private Pilot Helicopter checkride and a Commercial Pilot Helicopter checkride from an oral exam point of view (of course the checkrides themselves differ in the tolerances expected for the maneuvers, the maneuvers themselves to some degree, the experience requirements to take the checkride, and so forth). Furthermore, for many people (typically already rated in airplanes, for example), a commercial helicopter certificate may be their first in helicopters. In the "Test Options" screen, you can select whether you are studying for the private pilot or commercial pilot checkride and RideReady will make the necessary modifications. (Please note that in the general spirit of RideReady, some 'advanced' questions may appear in the Private Pilot test version, though such questions will typically not be marked as 'crucial.') In short, you get one program for one price that will prep you for either or both checkrides.
Q.	How does RideReady compare to those little FAA Oral Exam prep books that I have seen?
A.	This is a question that we are often asked relating to our airplane products. For helicopters, there are few, if any, helicopter specific oral exam preps out there other than maybe some put together for quite local usage by some local flight school. At any rate, there are certainly no preps (either in airplane or helicopter) that we know of that come anywhere near the depth of content and number of questions that RideReady has. This is the work of dozens of authors with decades if not centuries of flying and instructing experience among them. That said, please don't take our words at face value - please download the demo and try it out for yourself and see!
Q.	Who wrote the questions and answers of RideReady?
A.	RideReady was written by professional pilots and flight instructors of Dauntless Software. It was helped along by conducting exit interviews of dozens of flight students throughout the country. Additional material and suggestions were supplied by at least four current and former FAA Designated Pilot Examiners (DPEs). Where it is advantageous to do so, many answers contain text directly from the FAA and other government agencies so that you are trained on answers exactly per the FAA's thinking on the matter.
Q.	Why does RideReady not grade answers right and wrong like, for example, your GroundSchool FAA Written Test prep software does?
A.	Unlike on FAA written tests where questions have obvious and definite answers, many checkride oral questions are intended to probe your functional literacy and reasoning skills. Answers are often rich and detailed. Therefore, it is impractical to grade your answers strictly. Rather, RideReady leaves it up to you to see how your answer compares to ours. That said, RideReady allows you to flag questions as easy, neutral, or hard so that you can zero in on questions of importance to you. By the way, if you need FAA written test prep software, check out our GroundSchool software.
Q.	Do I have to know ALL of the content of RideReady before taking my checkride?
A.	The answer is "definitely no! however..." No examiner expects you to know everything. RideReady is written such that if a person knew everything that is in there, he/she would likely be an amazingly outstanding applicant. A small percentage of the questions included in each test prep (especially the earlier stage ones, such as Private and Recreational Pilot) are beyond what is normally expected of applicants. We nevertheless include a few such questions to allow you to potentially be truly impressive. So, don't worry if you don't know all of the answers. Your goal is really to be functionally literate in the subject matter. "I don't know, but I know where to look that up" is a perfectly good answer for some checkride oral questions - but just don't use it too often! Your primary goal is to demonstrate to the examiner that you have competence in the material and that you have good, safety-minded judgment. The examiner is not expecting you to know everything, but don't take the oral lightly - people probably fail the oral exam portions of their checkride just about as often as they fail in flight tasks. You want to be over prepared rather than under prepared. Note that RideReady contains an option that lets you study only those questions which our authors have determined are "most critical." This allows you to focus your study if your time is limited.
Q.	How much does RideReady cost?
A.	You can download the demo version for free and try it out. To get full access to RideReady, you need to unlock (buy) it. When you buy it, an unlock code is emailed to you that you then enter into the software which transforms it into the full version. For a complete list of prices, please see the RideReady order page or click below.   Helicopter Private and Commercial Pilot Helicopter This one product will help you get ready for both the Private Pilot Helicopter and Commercial Pilot Helicopter Practical Tests (Checkrides). $34.99 [buy now] Instrument Rating (IFR) Helicopter $34.99 [buy now] Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Helicopter Includes preparation for "Fundamentals of Instruction" portions of the CFI checkride oral as well as hundreds helicopter-specific questions. $39.99 [buy now] CopterPro Bunde **Best Value** For the serious and dedicated helicopter pilot of the future! All three of the above RideReady Helicopter titles at a special bundle price. $74.99 [buy now]
Q.	What about Helicopter ATP?
A.	If you plan on taking your ATP helicopter checkride, our software can be of tremendous help. Since an ATP checkride oral typically consists of both instrument and VFR questions, more likely than not both the Private/Commercial and IFR versions have hundreds of questions each that can apply to an ATP Helicopter checkride. However, the software has few or no questions specific to Turbine or Part 135 operations, so if you are taking your ATP checkride in a Turbine helicopter or in a Part 135 environment, you will need to supplement your study with a review of turbine operations, your aircraft POH, and the relevant Part 135 FARs. If you are taking your ATP checkride in a regular Part 61 environment using a piston helicopter, then our software should be the bulk of what you need for your review.
Q.	What about INSTRUMENT Flight Instructor - Helicopter?
A.	To prepare for your CFI-I Helicopter checkride, you should know the content of RideReady: IFR Helicopter very well and you should also study the "theory of learning" sections of the RideReady: Flight Instructor (CFI) Helicopter. The CFI-I test is a mix of the two, in that sense.
Q.	How many questions does RideReady contain?
A.	Each test bank covered by RideReady includes hundreds upon hundreds of questions. The exact number that you will see depends on the aircraft, specific test, and other configuration options that you have selected. Certainly, each RideReady test bank has many more questions than oral exam prep books do, and more questions still are being added as feedback comes in and FAA rules change.
Q.	What happens when updates are released?
A.	Updates are always free, so, unlike limited-lifespan books, RideReady will serve you well into the future! There is an update link from the main menu. Click that, select the test you want, and follow the instructions to get the latest and greatest. Getting upgrades is integrated, fast, and free.

Thanks for checking out the software! Good luck on your test, and blue skies!

The FAATest.com Team