Reddit reviews Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook: The Ultimate Private Pilot Book
We found 4 Reddit comments about Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook: The Ultimate Private Pilot Book. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
We found 4 Reddit comments about Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook: The Ultimate Private Pilot Book. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I'm a fan of Rod Machado's book. I feel like the FAA resources are a bit dry for a newbie:
https://www.amazon.com/Rod-Machados-Private-Pilot-Handbook/dp/0963122991/
I think X-Plane is great. I have tons of fun flying in it. It is definitely a hardcore simulator and does not contain any game-like modes.
There is FSEconomy which can work with X-Plane to add an economy metagame but I have never tried it.
There is Smart Copilot which lets two people fly the same aircraft at once which is pretty cool for some of the really complex aircraft like the FlyJSim 737-200 in that video.
There is PilotEdge and Vatsim for online flying with real live person ATC and traffic.
Pretty sure it has built in multiplayer too but I have never tried it.
You want to go here to download all sorts of free addons and planes. If you have a fast computer you can get even higher resolution scenery here.
I love using xplane for learning about real world general aviation flying. A copy of The Private Pilot Handbook plus Skyvector can teach you a lot!
There are a couple of things that are annoying about xplane however.
Don't feel down, just train and do it again!
There are a couple of resources that I found especially useful for the PPL oral: Rod Machado's book and the ASA Oral. You should have these cheat sheets memorized.
Though I did my PPL Part 61, I went to a Part 141 school that did three stage checks you had to pass (with an oral for each) so you could track your progress. If you can, I would have a CFI who routinely does stage checks for a Part 141 school do a mock oral with you before you go in front of the DPE again.
This is the book I used while getting my pilots license:
https://www.amazon.com/Rod-Machados-Private-Pilot-Handbook/dp/0963122991
There's a couple chapters all about charts and VFR navigation. I highly recommend it