Originally Posted by
Keith Gray
To qualify for CPL flight test, you need and aircraft with a cruising speed of 120KTS and a Manually Adjustable Pitch Control (MAPC).
There is NO RA aircraft that meets those specifications. Try Piper Archer III or Cessna 182RG.
What you'll find is the schools using RA-Aus aircraft for CPL operate in the following manner
RA-Aus aircraft used to achieve RPC + Nav Endorsement.
RPC+Nav is converted to RPL+Nav and flight review to activate.
Student completes Command building in RA or VH aircraft
VH registered complex (MPPC+120kts) aircraft used for around 30 hours of dual CPL training, and final flight test.