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Private
/ Recreational Pilot Airplane
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Instrument
Rating Airplane |
Commercial
Pilot Airplane |
Flight
Instructor Airplane |
Multi-Engine
Pilot Airplane |
Seaplane
Rating |
Airline
Transport Pilot Airplane |
- RideReady has
many more checkride oral exam questions than those booklets do. Our questions
are drawn from actual pilot checkride de-briefings and examiner interviews.
- 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.
- 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.
- While
such books write generically about airplanes, chances are
that this software knows about the specific aircraft that
YOU fly. You tell RideReady which aircraft you are training
in and then it will ask you questions from its database about
your airplane. While RideReady's database includes questions
for many common trainer types, if your aircraft is not included,
you can even enter 'custom' aircraft details.
- 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.
- RideReady
includes hundreds of charts and figures to assist your learning.
- 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.
- 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.)
- RideReady
is field-tested and pilots agree that is a great way to gain
the knowledge and confidence required to impress the examiner...
- ...
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!
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best way to get a feel for the software is to download it from below
it and try it out! The demo is free (and if you
decide to purchase it, the price is very reasonable.)
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| Note:
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. |
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| 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. |
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| Q. |
What
specific aircraft does RideReady include system information for? |
| A. |
RideReady
is a useful tool regardless of whether you fly one
of the below aircraft or not. Each RideReady version contains hundreds
of questions that are generic to the specific practical test being
studied for.
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. When you use RideReady, you select which
aircraft you are flying, and RideReady customizes the questions for
that airplane. If your aircraft is not included in RideReady, you
can add it as a 'custom airplane.'
RideReady
includes the following:
- Private
/ Recreational Pilot:
- Cessna
150
- Cessna
152
- Cessna
172N
- Cessna
172RG
- Cessna
172SP
- Diamond
Katana
- Piper Warrior
II
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- Instrument
Rating:
- Cessna
150
- Cessna
152
- Cessna
172N
- Cessna
172RG
- Cessna
172SP
- Diamond
Katana
- Piper Arrow
II
- Piper Warrior
II
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- Commercial
Pilot:
- Same
as Instrument Rating
- Flight Instructor:
- Same
as Instrument Rating
- Airline
Transport:
- Beech Duchess
- Cessna
310
- Piper Seminole
- Piper Seneca
- Piper Twin
Comanche
- MultiEngine:
- Same
as Airline Transport
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If
your aircraft is not listed above, don't worry! You can always
add it as a "custom airplane" in RideReady. |
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| 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. |
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| Q. |
How
does RideReady compare to those little FAA Oral Exam prep
books that I have seen? |
| A. |
This
is answered in the "Top Ten" list higher up on
this page. We believe that RideReady is a better tool that
can get you better prepared and often in less time than
those limited-content books. In short, RideReady is designed
to better simulate the sorts of questions that you see on
the checkride. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Q. |
How
does RideReady ask me specifics about my aircraft? |
| A. |
In
RideReady, you select from a list of common aircraft for
a given certificate or rating. For example, for Private
/ Recreational Pilot, RideReady has question sets for a
variety of common Diamond, Cessna, and Piper aircraft. Once
you select an aircraft, the RideReady will ask you questions
about that particular aircraft (for example, it could ask
you questions that pertain to the fuel system design of
your particular aircraft). Furthermore, because for a number
of reasons there are variations between even the same type
of aircraft (for example, one particular aircraft might
have special wing tips installed that lower the published
stall speeds), RideReady allows you to further customize
many specifics so that its questions will best reflect your
particular aircraft. Furthermore, if RideReady just doesn't
have the aircraft you are using, you can always enter data
for a generic aircraft. Since aircraft systems, performance,
and limitations are a key FAA emphasis areas on checkrides,
the ability to customize the quizzing to your aircraft's
needs is a particularly important advantage of RideReady
over books, which typically only talk about generic aircraft.
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| 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. To order, please see the RideReady
order page or look below:
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| 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 those oral exam prep
books do, and more questions still are being added as feedback
comes in and FAA rules change. |
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| 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
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