High Performance Endorcement

[Tailwind]

I was told I need Ground and flight training. What books contain the material needed for the ground portion? And what will I be expected to do in flight?

I'm currently Commercial SEL Instrument, so I already have the complex endorsement.

Thank for the info,
Tailwind

 

[ubpilot]

I am not sure if there is any books you can read, but I think the only thing the instructor wants to see is the way you handle the plane with more than 200 HP. The only little think I can say is that bring back the manifold pressure back slowly during your descent, don't shock cool the engine. Once in the air, I bet you can't even tell the difference between a C-210 vs. C-152.

Don't let people to fool you with something like "this plane is so powerful, so fast , so heavy, and you will fall behind plane all the time", these are all B.S.

 

[aucfi]

The ground and flight is up to the instructor giving the endorsement. Ive heard of some instructors spending several hours on the ground and in the air and others who will do the bare minimum.

Id pick up a POH of something high perf and read it over. I did my high perf training in a PA31 Cheiftan and the POH for it was great for explaining the systems that most high perf aircraft have.

The biggest thing my instructor emphasized was what ubpilot mentioned, keep the engines warm. Shock cooling can ruin an engine so you gotta plan your descents in advance, cant just chop and drop.

au

 

[Kream926]

you misspelled endorSement

 

[NW_Pilot]

I was told I need Ground and flight training. What books contain the material needed for the ground portion? And what will I be expected to do in flight?

I'm currently Commercial SEL Instrument, so I already have the complex endorsement.

Thank for the info,
Tailwind

I Did it in a 182 it took about 1/2 an hour of ground and 1.5 hours of flight. I just showed the instructor that I knew the systems & did some basic maneuvers Slow Flight, Stalls, Steep Turns, and Touch & Goes.

 

[USMCmech]

Ground: more HP will require more right rudder.

Flight: use enough right rudder.

That's about it if you already have your complex endorsement. Going from a 200HP Arrow to a 220HP Dakota is a no brainer.


Of course you need to thouroghly educate yourself about the particular engine you are flying behind. Turbos (fixed wastegate or auto), geared engines, superchargers, can add to your workload increadibly.

 

[spudskier]

Ground (like the others said) is not much, just a quick systems overview and how it will handle differently

Flight - some private maneuvers, some touch and gos, probably an engine out in the pattern

Varies by instructor, but shouldn't take much time or effort.