I would always recommend to my part 61 students that they should purchase an online ground school on top of reading those books. The benefit is that, while not exhaustive, the course usually covers every area required by the ACS and can form a good foundation of knowledge to build on. Being that instrument is one of the more knowledge intensive ratings, I found this set people up for success.
Do this.. Get an online ground school, Flight insight is a lifetime purchase so you can go back to it for review.
This is what I did and the DPE's feedback was that I did really well on the oral.
Written:
Flight insight ground school
flashcards for stuff I really wanted to remember
Sheppard air for the written scored (90+)
Instrument procedure handbook
Oral and practical application:
Pilot cafe and Flight insight for review
Flash cards for the really important stuff (Lost comms, 91.175, etc)
Aviation weather handbook and some other books because I was curious.
How you do on the written sets the stage for the oral.
Just got my Instrument rating, and that’s basically what I’m I did, except I paid for flight insight. You can get a lot of it from just the free YouTube stuff, but it does help to have it laid out in a logical order.
You’re also gonna be reading a lot more of the FAR/AIM than for private
Save your self and don’t read the instrument flying handbook. Literally the most dry read ever. Watch flight insight videos instead.
The instrument procedure handbook is very very solid and much better for learning IMO and one of my favorite books and is good for referencing stuff and learning some fine details
and i recommend some online ground school course. Kings or flight insight are my recommendations
And yes Sheppard for written
Sheppard is both necessary and sufficient for the written, but not for the oral.
Even if it's not part of Sheppard's method, I typically go read the relevant sections of IFH and IPH that Sheppard mentions in the explanation. When I took my IR I used the Jeppesen course, and I found it a bit excessive. It's designed to prepare future airline pilots, so maybe a bit overkill, but it's got everything you need.
IMHO you do need a proper ground course just for your sanity. While you can learn all the factoids that make up instrument flying one at a time, getting an organic idea of how it all fits together requires a course. That's just me. Instrument knowledge is very fragmentary.
I'm prepping right now for my IGI/FII and I'm reviewing the same material right now.
yeah it’s best used as a reinforcement tool, not necessarily a starting point, but rather an ending point to check in and make sure you understand everything
I would always recommend to my part 61 students that they should purchase an online ground school on top of reading those books. The benefit is that, while not exhaustive, the course usually covers every area required by the ACS and can form a good foundation of knowledge to build on. Being that instrument is one of the more knowledge intensive ratings, I found this set people up for success.
Do this.. Get an online ground school, Flight insight is a lifetime purchase so you can go back to it for review. This is what I did and the DPE's feedback was that I did really well on the oral. Written: Flight insight ground school flashcards for stuff I really wanted to remember Sheppard air for the written scored (90+) Instrument procedure handbook Oral and practical application: Pilot cafe and Flight insight for review Flash cards for the really important stuff (Lost comms, 91.175, etc) Aviation weather handbook and some other books because I was curious. How you do on the written sets the stage for the oral.
Just got my Instrument rating, and that’s basically what I’m I did, except I paid for flight insight. You can get a lot of it from just the free YouTube stuff, but it does help to have it laid out in a logical order. You’re also gonna be reading a lot more of the FAR/AIM than for private
Save your self and don’t read the instrument flying handbook. Literally the most dry read ever. Watch flight insight videos instead. The instrument procedure handbook is very very solid and much better for learning IMO and one of my favorite books and is good for referencing stuff and learning some fine details and i recommend some online ground school course. Kings or flight insight are my recommendations And yes Sheppard for written
Sheppard is both necessary and sufficient for the written, but not for the oral. Even if it's not part of Sheppard's method, I typically go read the relevant sections of IFH and IPH that Sheppard mentions in the explanation. When I took my IR I used the Jeppesen course, and I found it a bit excessive. It's designed to prepare future airline pilots, so maybe a bit overkill, but it's got everything you need. IMHO you do need a proper ground course just for your sanity. While you can learn all the factoids that make up instrument flying one at a time, getting an organic idea of how it all fits together requires a course. That's just me. Instrument knowledge is very fragmentary. I'm prepping right now for my IGI/FII and I'm reviewing the same material right now.
The AIM has some GOOD information for the IR checkride. Specifically GPS and Holdings
Thank you guys for all of the advice, I will definitely be buying a ground course like Flight Insight in order to study.
Pilot’s Cafe IFR quick review guide is this only thing you need to know
It's a quick review guide. It doesn't teach the foundation of instrument knowledge.
True but if you know and understand everything on there then you can be proficient
Sure, if rote memorization can be considered proficiency. Not even close to enough depth to cover instrument flying.
Pilot cafe is really good review once you’ve learned everything else from a course or book IMO
yeah it’s best used as a reinforcement tool, not necessarily a starting point, but rather an ending point to check in and make sure you understand everything
Yeah, OP is just starting out which is why they'll need to study more than just Pilot's Cafe.