Flight engineer written

[LivestockTony]

I have an immediate need to pass the flight engineer written exam, so I purchased the ASA book, and the downloaded the dauntless software. While studying, I've found that the two don't agree on the answer to some of the weight and balance as a % of MAC problems.

Invariably, when I work out the problems I get an answer in agreement with ASA, but since this is a little more complex than the w+b problems from the CP exam, and I'd like to know that I'm doing this right...

What I've been doing is:
-Find the BOW CG location by multiplying the %MAC by the MAC and adding to LEMAC
-Using this, get the BOW moment
-Using the table for the question multiply the wt at each station by the station to get the station moments
-sum the moments, sum the weights
-divide total moment by total weight to get the overall CG
-subtract LEMAC from CG
-divide remainder by MAC to get %

Incidentally, this can take me up to 20 minutes per problem... is there a fast way that I'm not picking up?

Thanks,
-TF

 

[Berkut]

I quit using Dauntless after finding a lot of wrong answers. I tried submitting some corrections to their wrong answers but they aren't open to being corrected.

Trust the ASA book, not Dauntless.

 

[LivestockTony]

Thanks... I should have looked around a little before getting the software, but I was in a hurry. I guess I'll concentrate on the book then.

-TF

 

[jayme]

Son of a....

I used the dauntless software and scored a 95, but I KNOW I answered the questions the way I was trained. I've been trying to figure out what I screwed up. Looks like dauntless screwed it up for me.

 

[Flt 525]

Need FEX in a hurry? Go to www.sheppardair.com

Spend the $75 and get the latest updates and the questions you will need to pass the test. This is the only way if you just need to "pass" the test.
Obviously a PFE would go another route.