Pilot Exam

Love the way the exam works, particularly the results where you learn what you did wrong as well as the correct answer. This gives you a good steer to research why you were wrong. It would be great if you could go back to a previous question during the test.

@Rich Ellis - Thank you for your feedback; it's always nice to see some comments. I've now implemented a 'Previous' button so you can now indeed go back to a previous question!

Some of the spelling requires improvement Q18, Luff lines do not contribute to pitch stability (see topless and rigid wing gliders), momentum drag is a valid term sometimes used to describe either intake drag or momentum deficit (boundary layer) drag.

Thanks for the feedback Al : English wasn't one of my best subjects at school. I've now corrected the spellings (there were a shocking number of them that I simply hadn't spotted!). Point taken about luff lines - however, on gliders where they are installed, they do provide an increasing positive pitch up force with increasing degrees of nose down! Perhaps I should add sprogs into the exam somewhere!

My only comment is that I apparently scored 97%, but when I went through the scorecard it seems I got four or five questions wrong. 40 or so right out of 45 seems less than 97%, unless I got half marks for questions where I got some but not all of the multiple choices. Or am I missing something else?

It looks like I introduced a small bug when implementing the 'previous' button - so, it's likely that if you went back and changed a good answers to a bad one, it wouldn't register that - hence gaining a slightly higher mark than you should have done! No half points I'm afraid!

Of the statements below, which of the following apply to 'legal' flying of a hang glider or paraglider in class G airspace? (Hint: IFR/VFR) - The correct answers were: Below 3,000 feet AMSL, ground must be in sight and must be clear of cloud. Below 3,000 feet AMSL, no restrictions - provided you're not flying any faster that 140 kt.

Very helpful

Answer stated as "Terminal control Area" which is used in USA and Canada but is "Terminal Manoeuvring Area" in Europe and in ICAO codes.

Your scoring of the question on RMZ (glider WITHOUT radio are NOT permited to enter RMZ >>> this is TRUE ) your scoring says False!

I believe this may be a trick question as when I researched this I found the following: "Section 4.6 from the Safety and Airspace Regulating group (16 August 2013) states the following: The pilot of an aircraft that wishes to operate in a RMZ without the necessary radio equipment is to operate in accordance with conditions promulgated for the specific RMZ or in accordance with agreed tactical arrangements with the RMZ Controlling Authority and if a pilot is unable to make such tactical arrangements he

Hello - thanks for your reply - there is always exceptions/ agreements to rules: emergency/ etc...

I think the answers given to FT-1B are wrong. If the glider is in balanced flight, the resultant force on it is zero, so lift + drag + weight = 0. Equivalently, any one force is equal in magnitude, but in the opposite direction, to the sum of the other forces. Thus none of the answers given is exactly right, but two of them are nearly right, only one of which is accepted.

IMHO, MacCready Ring is useless without an air speed indicator if at all. For lockout there are two good answers but only one required (no.1 - this is what may happen during the tow, or no. 2 - when you remain in the pub unexpectedly longer

Thanks Dan, this is a great exam preparation resource. One quibble. My Pilot hand book says that over a congested area the min allowed height is 1500ft above highest object within 600m. I didn't tick the option that said 1000ft above highest object within 600m and was penalised.

I'll verify that and amend if incorrect. I suspect there was still be the odd mistake lingering around!

Dan, I'm mistaken. The 1500ft above highest object within 600m comes from the Pilot Handbook edition 2 published in 2002. I've since looked at the CAA web site and there it says 1000ft above the highest object within 600m. Sorry to mess you around. And yes, I have ordered a new hand book.

Thank you for confirming that for me; I hadn't got around to checking - the rules and regulations are constantly under review and subject to change so it's good to attend pilot lectures etc to keep up to date with everything. I've already had to remove questions relating to Purple Airspace!

Hi there, thanks for this great practic test. I ticked the boxs to say that Airspace F and G only can be entererd under VMC with a hangglider or paraglider without radio clearance. But the test said I was wrong and that we can also enter Class E airspace also without radio cleance (under VMC rules). However, I thought that in 1997 this changed and we are now no longer allowed to enter Class E without radio clearance. Please correct me if I am wrong. Many thanks. (ps I just got 82% so I think I am ready for

hi dan great practice test . there is one question the TMA one , in europe it's terminal manoeuvaring area and US it terminal control area

@Graham Avey - thank you for the feedback - you are quite correct and I've now amended the question concerned - thank you.

With my Pilot test tomorrow for Paragliding, this was a great way to practice and revise. If only I had found it sooner I could have had many practice sessions. Thank you anyway for all your hard work putting this together.

great.... thanks for giving this test to pilots... great tool

Thank you for producing such a great resource. It has helped me to focus my revision and has proved to be a very useful training tool.

Hi, thanks for putting this together. I couldnt see an answer I liked for the lift drag weight question. Lift and drag operate act at right angles so it must surely be correct to say that the square of weight = the root of the sum of squares of lift and drag??? also Q23 was confusing- if you set your zeroed your altimeter to1013.2 on your local hill, you would be saying that your local hill was at mean sea level, 0 in FL terms? You would need to zero it to what the pressure would be on the hill if it was 10

I'm studying for my pilot exam and this is really but I can't get my head around the polars good you help

Great resource - thank you so much :-)

Great stuff

Brilliant, thanks for putting this together.

It’s always fun to do this exam!!. A great resource and our flying group use it to prompt each other!!. Many thanks....Marcus

Some of your questions baffled me! That's because I started HG in 1976 for two years. No exam those days, so I have a lot to learn as I am thinking of taking up the sport again.

Thanks for the quiz.Maybe I'm wrong but, "It quickly ascends to 600 feet then continues to climb to 3000 feet at a slower rate." should be "SLOWLY ascends to 600 [...] 3000ft at a FASTER rate"?

Thanks for the test.

Thanks for the mock test. Re: the tephigram question, the correct answer "It quickly ascends to 600 feet then continues to climb to 3000 feet at a slower rate." - shouldn't that be "It slowly ascends to 660 feet, then continues more quickly.."? For the first 600 ft the thermal is rising through an inversion and so meeting warmer air with height, which should slow it down.

Thanks for the mock test. Re: the tephigram question, the correct answer "It quickly ascends to 600 feet then continues to climb to 3000 feet at a slower rate." - shouldn't that be "It slowly ascends to 660 feet, then continues more quickly.."? For the first 600 ft the thermal is rising through an inversion and so meeting warmer air with height, which should slow it down.

do you have the latest paragliding on line exam

The exam is aimed to be as generic as possible. I only fly hang gliders myself and have little experience of paragliders. It's not to say in the future I could develop discipline specific exams, but currently I have no plans for this.

Question 5: Which is the correct description of the airmasses depicted in the diagram below: C = Polar Continental; D = Tropical Continental; F = Returning Polar Maritime. This shows F as the RPM, it should be E. i've checked it against the BHPA pilot book.

Using the graph below showing the ELR for a given day, which of the following descriptions bests describes the journey of a thermal that triggers at a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius? - should this be 12 degrees Celsius?

There is no explicit law regarding entry to a MATZ but remember a MATZ may contain an ATC! Always best to assume they have an ATC! Here i think you mean "may contain an ATZ" which needs to be remained clear of ,cheers

Good point and I have revised the feedback to make this clearer; thanks for the feedback!

Answer true or false: A glider may enter an ATC without permission? i think you mean ATZ here also ,great exams though ,thank you very much for setting up ,cheers

great

Hi q43 on your test appears to be incorrect, the one regarding regarding Aspect Ratio. Aspect ratio is wingspan/cord ratio not wingspan/area ratio, cheers, Blue skies, Ed

Had a quick check of this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics). Aspect ratio is defined as: The aspect ratio AR is the ratio of the square of the wingspan b to the projected wing area S which is equal to the ratio of the wingspan b to the standard mean chord SMC. So both technically right. I'll double check with the BHPA handbook and tweak the question. Thanks for the feedback!