IPC in ME acft?

[Vavso]

can someone fly IFR in a multi if he only got an IPC in a Single I am considering costs involved and I never fly multi anyway thanks vavso

 

[jergar999]

A PC is a PC, if you are current it is for all aircraft. You still need to be current in a multi if you wish to take passengers.

 

[Timebuilder]

I think what you should consider, beyond the regs that jergar just mentioned, is "how much multi experience do I have?"

In other words, beyond the question of currency, which is good for singles or twins, consider challenging yourself with some "unexpected" single engine approaches (your flying partner pulls an engine to idle) if you don't have a great deal of multi engine experience.

Jergar, is that an actual, unretouched picture in your avatar???

 

[jergar999]

Good advice from Timebuilder.

As far as the avatar goes, I think the picture is real, at least I didn't doctor it in any way. I have seen several posters on hangar walls at offices and flight schools with the picture and various captions regarding preflights and/or FOD checks. I'll bet there's a Delta ramper and flight crew who know for sure.

 

[bart]

I guess jet engines get hungry for variety now and then. What they don't tell you is there was over a thousand pounds of Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme snacks in that container.

 

[bobbysamd]

Comp check

You certainly can apply your SE instrument currency toward the multi, but the question really is, should you? I don't think I would. Although in practice a multi flies like a single you still have two of everything and one of the two can fail, pursuant to Murphy's Law. Therefore, if it were me, I would at least go on a flight with an MEI and shoot at least one or two approaches with an engine inoperative.

One approach should be a non-precision. During that approach you might ask your instructor to fail various items, so that you get that practice. The other should be a single-engine ILS, which is what you would ask for in a real emergency.

Hope that helps some more.

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

[thread hijack]man, Delta captain in the bottom pic sure could use a gastric bypass, or at least a month of the Atkins diet[/end thread hijack]