Message-ID: <367C2622.2D81@ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 16:18:11 -0600
From: Snowbird <snbird@ibm.net>
Reply-To: snbird@ibm.net
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.student
Subject: Re: Checkride Blues, Part 1 & 2
References: <75h495$5ku$1@lynx.unm.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.37.111.126
X-Trace: 19 Dec 1998 22:45:03 GMT, 129.37.111.126
Organization: IBM.NET
Lines: 33
X-Notice: Items posted that violate the IBM.NET Acceptable Use Policy
X-Notice: should be reported to postmaster@ibm.net
X-Complaints-To: postmaster@ibm.net
Path: news.jprc.com!dca1-feed2.news.digex.net!digex!btnet-peer!btnet!newsfeed.cwix.com!204.59.152.222!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!newsm2.ibm.net!ibm.net!news1.ibm.net!129.37.111.126
Xref: news.jprc.com rec.aviation.student:42368

mepstein@unm.edu wrote:

> Part 2.  I get up early today to do a few circuits, get back on the
> horse if you will, prior to the 9AM checkride.  To make a long story
> short, the battery fails while in the pattern at another airport
> (AEG), a 10 min flight from ABQ where my examiner is arriving. 

This part I don't understand.  How does the battery fail suddenly
and catastrophically?

If the alternator is not working (and thus not charging the battery)
the battery will be drained after some amount of time (ranging from
10 minutes to 1 hr or more, depending on how much electrical stuff
is running).

But a inop alternator should be detectable, during start-up, at
run-up, and during flight.  Keep the ammeter (and the other engine
instruments!) in your scan!

> now on the ground but not willing to fly into Class C space without
> radio/transponder (illegal, but I might call approach for NORC (?)
> from a phone) and without flaps (mostly land with flaps).  

If landing without flaps is uncomfortable for you, perhaps it is 
something you should work on before your checkride?

Yes, you can call for prior permission to enter controlled airspace
without radio or transponder. Whether it will be granted depends
on the facility in question and how busy they are.

Snowbird


