CPL Aerodynamics exam
 

Plan on attempting the CPL Aerodynamics exam.

The study material I'm using is Trevor Thom's Aerodynamics PPL/CPL book, third edition.

If you used it did you find it sufficent and did it cover all the exam questions?

I feel some parts of the book are not going into enough detail, on the other hand I don't know if there is a need to go into more detail.

Thanks

Dunno about the book you mentioned, but I've found some of his other books (e.g. ATPL Human Factors) had shortcomings.

I used Bob Taits Aerodynamics for CPL (self-studied) and got 88%!

Hope this helps

DIVOSH!

kram,

I used the Trev book for PPL/CPL aerodynamics and had no dramas at all. I think it's pretty good.

Only have experience with one Bob Tait book and that was the red human factors one which I highly reccommend - passed CPL and ATPL human factors comfortably with it

I found the Bob Tait book had questions that were closer to the ones that CASA present for the exam than any of the others.
Although the TT books are good, I don't think they have the detail that is required for the exam, and tended to have glaring holes in the knowledge required for the exam.

For what its worth I teach CPL aerodynamics and monitor my students after their exams and have found that the Bob Taits book has enough information to get you through.

I do think CASA should start to review their exams and try and stick to one resource for material but accept that would be difficult as they would be seen to support Bob, Trev or Val. Make it all too hard of course they support ASL ripping us all of so why not. I think it is a little unfair on new CPL students to have to buy more than one set of reference material for a subject. It’s very expensive with the ASL charges as well as buying a never-ending supply of books.

Perhaps with some concentrated effort in the right places we could correct some of these areas. Wish list number 1

I have just purchased the airstechnologies professional package. It is absolutely brilliant, it takes you from ppl, cpl, irex and bgt. Basically they are lessons on Cd that are interactive, as you pass each section you muct get 100% to go to the next lesson.

I got it mainly for irex, it has improved my understanding out of sight. For an investment of about a thousand dollars it is worth it, this inetractive stuff is a lot better because you can retain a hell of a lot more information through speech, diagrams and text which is what this package is all about.

Good luck