Club Check Rides - What to expect ?.

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I some times wonder why "club checks" include a lot of stuff that it is clear that a PPL knows from the first two CCT's and compleatly misses some very important things that don't get covered often.

For a new club member I run a club check something like this:-
Before flight
1 W & B for the flight
2 Cruise power setting for a selected ALT with fuel flow/ endurance.
3 Take off & landing perf calculation.

Flying excercice

1 Normal CCT to T & G
2 EFATO this is the first big test as if the guy controls the airspeed well then stalling can be ignored.
3 setting up for the cruise- picking a power setting from the flight manual and setting the correct RPM for PX ALT and leaning the engine.
4 steep turn- as a collision avoidance exercise with recovery from a spiral dive.
5 Forced landing without power flown down to about 100ft AGL.
6 Electrical fire & smoke in cabin- drills run to full electrical shutdown and return to airfield with no radio so light signals used for landing/taxi clearance ( ATC pre-briefed ).

It takes about 40 min in the air if the guy is average things can be added if it is clear that some part of the guys flying is not up to scratch

For those who are new to UK airspace thie a briefing on the UK airspace system needs to be included before flight and after the flight a de-brief should sort out any minor problems.