This helped me so much for my commercial check ride. My diversions were terrible prior to watching this video. The examiner was impressed by this method, he asked me to divert and 2 minutes later called it off saying “you obviously know what you are doing here” and moved onto airwork.
@MauriR62 жыл бұрын
Passed my PPL Checkride yesterday. Couldn't have done it without all your amazing videos. I've seen them all. Thanks so much Jason!
@MzeroAFlightTraining2 жыл бұрын
Congrats!!! Glad we could help! Thanks for watching!
@ersatzS27 жыл бұрын
The wind card is a great idea. As Jason mentions, the heading you are looking for is only approximate, so there are two other ways to make a quick assessment: 1) see if any Victor airways on the sectional are roughly parallel to your route. 2) locate a nearby VOR rose, and using your pencil as a straightedge, connect start/finish of your diversion course w/pencil, slide it in parallel to the center of the VOR, and just read the heading off the VOR rose. Both headings are already corrected for your magnetic variation, so then all you have to correct for is wind. (So I agree with other comment that WCA wind correction angle is helpful along with groundspeed)
@jonski198878 жыл бұрын
An important caveat, the heading indicator is aligned with the magnetic compass and therefore references magnetic north. The map is referenced to true north (lines of longitude). I was asked to divert to an obscure private airstrip 25miles away, it's therefore a bit more critical to be more precise with headings. Drawing a thick line on your map is the best thing you can do. Split your attention both in and out the cockpit and simply slide a straight edge parallel across the map until you reach a VOR compass rose. This will give you the correct heading within 5deg.
@Parrott6511 жыл бұрын
Hey Jason! Keep in mind that it really depends on the Examiner regarding the GPS situation. Mine actually let me use mine and said that GPS is becoming the norm in flying and there is no reason to make people go back to using compasses and rulers if you have functioning equipment. It's just like using a glass cockpit. I mean, if it goes out on you, you're screwed anyhow. It's the same with a GPS.
@jaydee17 Жыл бұрын
I'm just starting my cross country navs in Australia - and learning quickly how busy the cockpit has suddenly become; my instructor showed me diversion techniques in the air but not as methodical as this and without the added ground prep of the windcard. Quick and simple backup. Many thanks
@MrJohnBatty6 жыл бұрын
Ha my DPE felt that the standard diversion was too simple. After steep turns and then unusual attitudes under the hood I was given a diversion to an unknown airport. I was not allowed to depart on an estimating heading until all calculations were complete. I had to circle hands free (to use charts and plotter) maintaining altitude within PTS limits, triangulate on two separate VORS to identify my position accurately (after disorienting maneuvers). Whew! My CFI said he had never seen this before in his 25 years of instruction. He now incorporates in his training.
@rn2811 Жыл бұрын
It seems like that is a lost skill now these days.
@matthewrammig4 ай бұрын
@@rn2811nice pun!
@BonanzaPilot9 жыл бұрын
For your first tip, another quick way to figure out direction is to look at the airway. my initial reaction to divert to leesburg was to fly inbetween the 154 and 129 airways I'd turn to heading 135 and start looking for Lady Lake in the middle of that populated area.
@ricardoq.38018 жыл бұрын
I fly in europe and i´m currently working on my PPL and with this video i just gained few tipps that i can prepare for my flight next time very handy. Appreciate it bro. Keep up the hard work thumb up 101%
@alexramirez27393 жыл бұрын
Thank you MZeroA Mr. Jason! My checkride is within the week, I'm definitely using your tips and advice, best CFI on the planet.
@zimmerman6306 жыл бұрын
Checkride in 2 days. Thx in advance jason
@ooSilverSurferoo10 жыл бұрын
Man! I got to say again, you've really got a great channel with valuable info. Don't let some of these strange comments bother you. KZbinrs can be bizarre sometimes. Keep up the killer work.
@gab19615 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, Jason. The wind card is a great idea which if I may, will forward to my PPL students. Appreciate the content so much and "Go Avidyne!!!"
@92348fyi5 жыл бұрын
Awesome videos! I haven’t been flying for over 1 year and I stopped flying just when I was ready for my check ride, your videos are helping brush up to get back into it. Thanks so much!
@mattg18476 ай бұрын
checkride coming up on tuesday, this was a great reminder thank you. I also translate the scale for sectional nm onto my wind card, helps! thank you sir
@taridean11 жыл бұрын
Jason, Braaaaavo once again! The Wind Card is an excellent idea. I shall be adopting that on my future flights. Thank you very very much for including this in the video. I have my PPL already but, this is something that can help with managing my flights. Stay blessed & thanks again.
@MrPouHan7 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Am working on my CPL flight test. Thanks for the tip. Btw, I like "Circle, Circle, Line... Heading, Distance, Time.... Fuel, MEF, Half-point". And then 5 T's (Time, Turn, Twist, Throttle, Talk). I highlight NESW on the compass roses on my VNC beforehand. I also find an erasable highlighter works a lot better than pencil for drawing your circles and lines. Good luck and blue skies everyone.
@peregrinussolutionsllc60103 жыл бұрын
Love the wind card for my check ride and all future cross country flights :-D Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us!!!
@MzeroAFlightTraining3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@The_GreenMachine10 жыл бұрын
i love that wind diagram idea, if i dont remember this, i will be very angry. your videos are great! very very helpful
@davidrivera70692 жыл бұрын
First time I’ve seen this wind card. Amazing idea! Thanks you for your useful videos. You have been helping on my PPL training.
@sethregan87348 ай бұрын
Jason, you’re a genius! This is an amazing tip!
@StuntmanJake7 ай бұрын
This was an amazing tip for diversions and I had never heard this before seeing this video. Big help.
@GlobalAviator099 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that wind card trick , I'm definitely using it on my X country flights!
@SRvideography12 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason for the great tips. I'm already registered for your webinar and hoping to get all my requirements and be ready for my checkride in about a month. I think I will find it really useful now that I know each of my fingers is 5 nm wide.
@call911forcookies26 жыл бұрын
that wind thing is such a smart idea!!
@abbieamavi6 жыл бұрын
*very helpful video!! I think i makes total sense to do things the old fashioned way because you honestly never know! I'm getting ready for my checkride July 20th* :)
@orientationP8 жыл бұрын
Hey guys! Jason shepherd here
@andresgarcia4383 ай бұрын
This is lifesaving! Thank you!!
@hanamalyn59546 жыл бұрын
I greatly appreciate MZeroA content! It has helped me with understanding training tremendously! THANK YOU SO MUCH JASON
@NickScottProducer2 жыл бұрын
9 years later and this videos is amazing - a guy taking his chrckride in 2 days
@nicolaspazmino70677 жыл бұрын
I did this best guess heading in my pre end of course in the diversion part because that's how my instructor showed me diversion, the instructor I did pre end of course with failed me because he wanted me to start circling where I was while I got my plotter and get the perfect heading.
@goofeybutreal43987 жыл бұрын
Wind card! Awesome.
@vbertrand9 жыл бұрын
Good pilots are always learning. That's soooo true. I'm no rookie, and that's the 1st time I hear of that wind card. It's a great idea and I will start using it. Thanks.
@johnlillyblad51886 жыл бұрын
A Navy flight plan has all of this filled out for each leg.
@captainchris9312 жыл бұрын
I like the wind card idea, but my cherokee had DME so my check airmen let me use the GS reading on the DME, but made me calculate the distance with my plotter which is fine. just a heads up.
@lytening799 жыл бұрын
Why do you not pick the midpoint (eg 45, 135, 225, 315 degrees) between each 90 degrees?
@gerryortiz72765 жыл бұрын
In the real world you will rely on your GPS like Jason stated. However, student needs to develop and show fundamental piloting skills. I believe the wind card to be a great tool and does show preparation but it’s not realistic to have a wind card made before every XC flight and it’s gonna be another piece of paper to manage w your 37 others on your lap. Examiner may want to see real time calculations being made all the way thru. The spirit of a diversion in the private pilot course is to be able to handle and utilize an e6b and plotter in the cockpit. Just have it in your side pocket ready to go and sectional folded open on your lap for your specific leg. Pro tip: Instead of a wind card just look up your winds aloft for your cruise altitude on the ground and go ahead and mark the wind dot on the E6B so that’s one less thing to do in the air.
@heavybubble4110 жыл бұрын
Great tip! I'll try this on my checkride!
@bed1991505 жыл бұрын
Hey is there a link for you 15 questions? I am one month away from my check ride an am nervous an would love to get as much insight to be prepared as possible. Thanks in advance. Also ive loved your videos so informative ive used your videos to pass my practical exam.
@Rlkent62 Жыл бұрын
Great Video. Thanks so much.
@mikemurphy48149 жыл бұрын
Great Vid again Jason. Please keep up the videos!
@smith04269 жыл бұрын
very efficient technique! I'm stealing it
@bigboy3596 жыл бұрын
This thing saved my life
@MerryfaceAviation10 жыл бұрын
greetings from Europe. This wind card business sounds very useful. I've searched the web and come up with nothing. Could anyone point me in the right direction please? cheers!
@alaskancabin75064 жыл бұрын
I drew the sectional chart scale on the side of the wind card
@MzeroAFlightTraining4 жыл бұрын
Good idea!
@ViewbyvideoTv7 жыл бұрын
Ha - I flew into Marion County the other day from KISM!
@julesteles16 жыл бұрын
Is this still true? The diversion has to be done manually not using anything?
@maenischmed68112 жыл бұрын
Great tips Thank you
@nonhlanhlamthembu11422 жыл бұрын
Well explained 👏👏👏
@jan.bredeskulstad441411 жыл бұрын
hello jason. good flying stuff.
@olivierXV Жыл бұрын
Hi, my question is if the rule of +30/x2 is accurate and the only best way to estimate your wind at altitude?
@gideonhall99 жыл бұрын
do they give you a set amount of fuel to take up? or do you plan all that?
@ccubsfan947 жыл бұрын
Gideon_Hall you plan it in your flight plan. Although for the checkride you can take less, the whole flight shouldn't take more than a hour and a half.
@something72395 жыл бұрын
In Canada we don't get to use our E6B during diversions... Guess they're worried about it failing somehow.
@cookiemonster06265 жыл бұрын
Yeah I wondered that too, not even a pre notched pencil with distances, like that could fail too
@something72395 жыл бұрын
It's a wonder they even let us use our charts haha.
@cookiemonster06265 жыл бұрын
@@something7239 haha! Divert using instincts only... GO!
@fsbell19 жыл бұрын
Jason, have you, or anyone else made a sticky pad of the wind/gs chart? Also, are you still doing the check ride webinars for $10 ?
@ComesTheRooster7 жыл бұрын
I think Vistaprint offers custom sticky pads for a few bucks. Good idea!
@fsbell17 жыл бұрын
My comment was from 2 years ago...I had Vista make them and have been using them ever since!
@flyboi13205 жыл бұрын
@@fsbell1 how much did it cost
@hikaruultma3 ай бұрын
Do they still do this for private check rides?
@gideonhall99 жыл бұрын
the wind chart, is that set for a certain amount of rpms, because of obviously its not always going to be those figures, cheers.
@donnyguns18 жыл бұрын
Great tip
@aadsgames496410 ай бұрын
Is this for private or commercial?
@mrskyrim12126 жыл бұрын
Could you use a VOR potentially as well to divert?
@karlsandin45154 жыл бұрын
Tyler Sperry yes
@charlesballard44857 жыл бұрын
How to you find the ground speed in knots to fill in the wind card?
@ivannova85045 жыл бұрын
Hello, Any tips to find the wind direction during flight? Thanks
@strider0011111 жыл бұрын
Do you add wind correction to the card ? What about variation ?
@Bdubs4299 жыл бұрын
yeah but how do you know what your TAS is going to be at that time.
@scottamolinari5 жыл бұрын
Too bad the checkridesecrets site is no longer available.
@maritestaylor84582 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😎😎😎😎
@IamJasonHall5 жыл бұрын
This video is no longer accurate as to "not allowed to use iPad", The ACS allows either paper or electronic charts. See ipadpilotnews.com/2018/06/ask-a-dpe-is-it-ok-to-use-an-ipad-on-the-checkride/ for a short discussion on the topic.
@charlieinthebushes62075 жыл бұрын
i didnt know about the diversion till today....
@isaaccool31835 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Canada. Here you are also not allowed to use an E6B. Now that's just salt in the wound
@stevejarvis13664 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@Chorizo72711 жыл бұрын
good stuff!
@737NGFO11 жыл бұрын
Are you still doing webinars?
@AlexTheG90097 жыл бұрын
Can I use VORs?
@alexandranickerson8054 жыл бұрын
so good!! (:
@thisisbob104810 жыл бұрын
Aren't winds a lot in true headings?
@MerryfaceAviation10 жыл бұрын
"Everything the Met man tells you is true."
@joytemo41336 жыл бұрын
How do we calculate wind card.
@johnlillyblad51886 жыл бұрын
Using a flight computer and forecast winds aloft at your given altitude.
@pilotz79756 жыл бұрын
When flight planning use the flight computer to calculate the winds aloft on those headings and find out the groundspeeds
@liliiavoevodina6245 Жыл бұрын
what happened to drift? if student flies his guesstimated course with no drift correction, he might end up in Inverness :D
@theboringchannel17765 жыл бұрын
I dreamt I failed my checkride.
@hawker800FO11 жыл бұрын
i can do it with a sectional chart and a bic pencil nothing more
@WinginWolf3 жыл бұрын
What if you don’t have enough fuel ;) ?
@MzeroAFlightTraining3 жыл бұрын
If you don't have enough fuel to make a diversion to a particular airport it might make sense to find an airport closer by that could be an option!
@OculusQuestFun12 жыл бұрын
No iPad or Gps? Good. That's similar to doing math without a calculator. Besides there's not an app for passing your check ride anyway.
@HiTechRob4 жыл бұрын
www.checkridesecrets.com no longer works - FYI.
@theknifekid6 жыл бұрын
The wind card seems like cheating haha
@johnlillyblad51886 жыл бұрын
It's just proper planning. Of course, you should know how to solve for the winds aloft on the fly as well.
@user-re4hc7yf2m7 жыл бұрын
i feel like this is cheating. in a real flight you would never make one of these.
@AlexanderBrown40687 жыл бұрын
In a real world scenario, let's be honest - no-one uses sectionals or WACs anymore. We all use GPS and EFBs.
@beardedbarnstormer95775 жыл бұрын
Um pretty sure they cant fail built in GPS. If you have a 430 you can use it
@pacadet5 жыл бұрын
DPE can "fail" whatever equipment they want. As in "oh hey, GPS signal is degraded and your G1000 isn't working. And what a shame, your iPad can't get the signal either". A lot has changed in the 7 years since this video was made, especially since the ACS; most DPEs are better about allowing tech now. But some still do it, and applicants need to be prepared for it.
@beardedbarnstormer95775 жыл бұрын
@@pacadet they are not allow to fail a waas equipped aircraft. period.
@pacadet5 жыл бұрын
Bearded Barnstormer Is there some AC or FAR that states this? I’ve been told by DPEs directly that they can disallow you using any equipment that they want. We’re not talking them physically disconnecting something. They will flat out tell you, in the scenario, that your GPS is “broke” and you can’t use it.
@beardedbarnstormer95775 жыл бұрын
@@pacadet ok lets take a step back and talk about WHAT checkride you are doing? PPL? yeah probably should know how to do it the other ways. hell they dont even need to "fail" it they can just request you do it a different way. IFR? well youre not doing diversions, but if you are and your IFR with WAAS they are not allowed to fail it otherwise the flight shouldnt have taken off in the first place. Commercial? again, id say they cant fail a WAAS, ill look up the AC for it. theres info out about the g100 and what you can and cant fail as well, alot of DPEs go about doing whatever the hell they want but doesnt make it right, they arent gods.
@rn2811 Жыл бұрын
My DPE on my IFR checkride failed my lovely waas garmin 530 so yeah they can and no worries that’s probably not going to happen in real life so need to panic on losing that pretty magenta line but hey, that’s what the vor’s are for 😉.
@paulgarcia16994 жыл бұрын
who on earth would vote no on this?
@StacyMelliott9 жыл бұрын
Jason, you just taught students what to do on a Checkride, but not what do the rest of their career.... That is not a best practice as a CFI.