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hi,
From reading another thread this could be of some relevance...
I got the PPL confuser after my 'air law' exam where i just passed with 77%. After that i got the confuser where i got 90%+ on all my exams; so it is invaluable.
But on my 'planning and performance' exam the question:
Why is full flap selected during the approach and landing phase of a flight?
A: The safe flying speed os omcreased and a flatter approach is achieved which improves vision.
B: the approach speed is reduced and a steeper approach path is flown which improves vision.
C: the approach speed is reduced and a flatter approach path is flown which improves vision.
The confuser has this down as C a flatter app' to improve vis' so when this question came up on the paper i thought great i've seen this before.
But when i got the paper marked that was the only question wrong, the papers answer was a steeper app' to improve vis'.
Its question 14. of the confuser. (page 185)
I should have noticed but i trusted the book, just something to look out for.
Spike
From reading another thread this could be of some relevance...
I got the PPL confuser after my 'air law' exam where i just passed with 77%. After that i got the confuser where i got 90%+ on all my exams; so it is invaluable.
But on my 'planning and performance' exam the question:
Why is full flap selected during the approach and landing phase of a flight?
A: The safe flying speed os omcreased and a flatter approach is achieved which improves vision.
B: the approach speed is reduced and a steeper approach path is flown which improves vision.
C: the approach speed is reduced and a flatter approach path is flown which improves vision.
The confuser has this down as C a flatter app' to improve vis' so when this question came up on the paper i thought great i've seen this before.
But when i got the paper marked that was the only question wrong, the papers answer was a steeper app' to improve vis'.
Its question 14. of the confuser. (page 185)
I should have noticed but i trusted the book, just something to look out for.
Spike
But do you understand why your answer was wrong? The Examiner is required to explain it to you - which is more than can be said for the CPL/ATPL exams which are never debriefed....
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Yep, when he went through it with me and I realised that i should have noticed myself from the difference between standard full flap landings and flapless.
I was just pointing it out incase anyone who hasnt done that exam yet comes across it or who is revising the section.
Spike
I was just pointing it out incase anyone who hasnt done that exam yet comes across it or who is revising the section.
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I remember that one - I knew the confuser was wrong, knew why it was wrong but still picked it when it came up in the bl**dy exam 
ISTR that there are a few other errors in the Confuser.
Never knew I was supposed to get a debrief, BEagle. Never got anything other than a mark and a bill
ISTR that there are a few other errors in the Confuser. Never knew I was supposed to get a debrief, BEagle. Never got anything other than a mark and a bill
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Caught me out too, and I wrote the paper twice (as 'we' manged to misplace the first). Was certainly asked in the second but I can't recall if it was there in the first.
And I got the debrief afterwards.
And I had just finished a lesson in which we did glide approaches, certainly steepining (is that a word?) the approach with full flap. Aggghhhh.
RR
And I got the debrief afterwards.
And I had just finished a lesson in which we did glide approaches, certainly steepining (is that a word?) the approach with full flap. Aggghhhh.
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I fell for this one too, even after all the full flap approaches I have done! spoilt what otherwise would have been 100% pass.
I generally found the Confuser extremely helpful with all the exams, only discovered it after I had already taken Air-Law. Basically, I found that if you could get a high score with the Confuser questions the Exam would be no problem.
I generally found the Confuser extremely helpful with all the exams, only discovered it after I had already taken Air-Law. Basically, I found that if you could get a high score with the Confuser questions the Exam would be no problem.
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In addition there are answers in the confuser (how apt!) that are correct where the Thom book(s) are wrong. Once example is the calculation of cloud bases.
Personally, it is probably a good thing. If you read both you should pick up on the strange ones and form an opinion based on understanding rather than rote.
However, saying that and rather embarrassingly, I got the full flap one wrong even after I noticed the confuser was wrong! The reason being I reasoned it was one of those strange exam questions where the answer is the one expected, not necessarily the real-world one. Stoopid huh?
Personally, it is probably a good thing. If you read both you should pick up on the strange ones and form an opinion based on understanding rather than rote.
However, saying that and rather embarrassingly, I got the full flap one wrong even after I noticed the confuser was wrong! The reason being I reasoned it was one of those strange exam questions where the answer is the one expected, not necessarily the real-world one. Stoopid huh?
