Checkride Horror Stories...or not

[mattpilot]

btw gkrangers, where you flying at? The area you are describing sounds so much like Tulsa

 

[pilotman2105]

So did you scare the DE?

Just think that he was having a bad day and I was on the wrong end of it. This particular DE is known for being very moody. If you catch him on a moody day, you've failed. If not, then you've passed...

 

[Movin' on up!]

Wire thickness

I guess what really got me was that his answer wasn't all completely correct either. I had my instrument and commercial with him too and he was much better in those rides. I guess he was having a bad day and made sure some of us did too. The school and I never talked to the FAA in Spokane. They had a bad relationship with the school because of another checkride incident. An FAA examiner gave one of our studens a 2 day CFI checkride! It lasted from 8 am to 5 pm the next day. School complained and FAA looked into it. Determined it was unusual and uncommon and supposedly had management talk to the examiner. After that, things did not go well between all of us.

 

[mattpilot]

@moving on up

I fail to see how any bit of what the DPE said is correct. Maybe someone more experienced with electrical curcuits can enlighten my ignorant arse? Or at least confirm what i'm saying ? I think the mechanic only agreed by saying "that could be an answer", because he didn't want to look like a dumbarse. Afterall, DPE's are all knowing


Anyhow, again ... you would never want a thin wire that would/could burn out and cause an electrical fire. The DPE's answer is contradictory, by saying "thinner wires will burn .... and avoids causing a fire". If the wire will burn, it will also burn other wires and ruin a lot of stuff behind the firewall - making you even more screwed .

The thicker the wire, the better. The only thing preventing us from using TO THICK wires, is the resistance the thickness brings with it. If i remember correctly, if you double the radius of the wire, you quadruple the resistance(ohm). This would mean you would have to send a higher voltage through the wire, to get the same Ampere the instrument will require to function.