Saving money and reviewing flying lessons with less stress at home!

In this episode, Steve takes his home sim IFR training to a new level by recreating exactly what happened in real life with his instructor Dennis, on his home sim. Meanwhile, longtime Flight Chops supporter and mentor Jim explains how he got proficient on the G1000 by practising at home on his $10k sim, and why he now wants it to find a new home in the Flight Chops Community!

Massive thanks Jim for giving one of you his $10,000 home sim set up!

And Sporty’s stepped up to cover the shipping!

Learn more about the biggest Flight Chops giveaway ever here:

https://flightchops.com/2019/10/15/10k-flight-sim-giveaway-flight-chops-fan-pays-it-forward/

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Longtime Flight Chops supporter and seasoned pilot wants to pay it forward and give away the $10,000 sim that helped him learn the G1000 – he now confidently flies an SR22 GTS.

You may remember Jim Stroh from this awesome episode — where he offered a viewer the chance to recreate our flying adventure to Key West, Florida — and this one, where he walks through his workflow on the SR22 GTS.

Well Jim is back and this time he wants to give away the set up he used to get proficient on the G1000!

No strings, no gimmicks — Jim simply wants a member of the Flight Chops community to be a new home for this training system which allowed him to perfect his techniques in the SR22 GTS.  For shipping logistics, we will be selecting someone from the contiguous United States. (More details on the entry form)

To see a video message from Jim himself, check out this episode:

https://flightchops.com/2019/10/17/re-flying-ifr-training-flight-in-crazy-real-home-simulator-ifr-status-vlog-9/

BIG HUGE THANK YOU to our friends at SPORTY’S PILOT SHOP who will look after the shipment of the prize!

See below for everything you need to know:

• Prize Details
• Who can make use of this training system
• How to Enter this giveaway 

MAJOR THANKS to Jim for making this giveaway possible and wanting to pay his experience forward to the Flight Chops community!

About the Prize:

This is a RED BIRD TD2-G (for G1000) and is an FAA-approved TRAINING DEVICE*.

In the configuration, this TRAINER is set up as follows:

• Represents a Generic, Single Engine, Piston Aircraft  (close to a Cessna C-182)
• Configurable as Retractable, Complex, and/or High Performance  (had retractable gear lever and “three green”)
• Redbird G1000
• Redbird GFC700 Autopilot
• HOBBS Meter (fully functional)~ 150 hours on the HOBBS.

The set up comes with plenty of extras:

• HORIZON (two wing monitors in addition to the device monitor)
• RD1 RUDDER PEDALS
• CYGNUS (capability of connecting ForeFlight and other APPS)
• ERGO TABLE (believe it or not this is pretty important as you probably already know, posture and eye sight level are very important)

Keep in mind the trainer was bought in 2016 and does match the button’ology of the G1000, however it does not have the software capability of the G1000 NXi, latest generation.  (It can likely be upgraded through Red Bird.) Here is the manufacturer link to the actual device.

* Please note that Jim is gifting the actual full system he trained on, so although in amazing condition, the items are not new.

You can learn more about this training system on Sporty’s Pilot Shop Website here!

Who is it for?

• An IFR-rated pilot having trouble keeping current (time and finance constrained)

• An IFR pilot-in-training

• A rusty pilot who wishes to SIM fly before making the move 

• A not-for-profit flight club servicing all the above

How to Enter this Giveaway:

>>>   VISIT OUR CONTEST PAGE FOR THE ENTRY FORM!    <<<

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Written test was complete, so he couldn’t punch me in the face

In this instalment of the IFR Vlog, Flight Chops and his family are guests in Jim Stroh’s Cirrus SR22T GTS while he prepares for his Instrument Rating. The pilots work through Jim’s personal clearance checklist and flight planner. Luckily, Steve made good on his word and completed the written test before meeting Jim again, so he was spared getting punched in the face

EDIT: By popular demand – here’s the link to Jim’s IFR clearance / Flight planner template form.

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Get caught up with this special VLOG series that gets into all the nitty-gritty details as Steve goes after his Instrument Rating:

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I can’t wait to find out which viewer will relive this episode!

An additional note from Jim about TFRs:

One important fact to make known on TFR’s is NEVER TAKE A REPETITIVE TFR FOR GRANTED.  In other words just because the POTUS TFR is the same every two weeks when he arrives in Palm Beach for the weekend, one had better read the details just in case something changes.  AOPA does a great job of mapping a TFR to their members location and sends out emails with a description of the TFR.  I’m not sure what the distance is before an email is sent however I receive a message from AOPA for all the POTUS and VIP TFR’s in Florida.

The main reason we went IFR instead of VFR: ICAO VFR flight plans must include in the transmitted line 18 “other information” section: DVFR/estimated United States ADIZ penetration at time (UTC) and estimated point of penetration (latitude/longitude or fix-radial-distance).

More info about Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ): 

Entering, Exiting and Flying in United States Airspace

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https://flightchops.com/2014/12/11/super-cub-engine-winterization-plus-meet-the-flight-chops-production-crew/

https://flightchops.com/2015/02/05/ifr-training-holding-with-51-knot-wind-pov-flying-atc-audio/

https://flightchops.com/2018/02/09/ifr-pushing-my-limits-flight-training-vlog-photos/

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