Multi-Engine Lessons Plans

"There are two engines and six levers. Great." - New multi-engine student

Expectations:

• 5 hours of ground school

• 10 hours of flight time

Lesson 1: Welcome to Multi-engine!

GROUND (2.0)

• Pros and Cons of Multi-engine aircraft

• Normal Operations (only, no abnormals or emergencies)

  • V-speeds

    • Vs0, Vs1, Vx, Vy, VxSE, VySE (blue line), VNO, VNE, VLE, VLO, VFE, VA, Vmc (red line)

  • Rotation (after Vmc, red-line, blue-line)

  • Climb

  • Cruise Climb

  • Flying it as a "single-engine complex airplane"

• Onboard Systems

  • Fuel

  • Engine

  • Constant-speed propellers

    • Feathering

  • Landing gear

  • Brakes

  • Electrical system

  • Heating/Ventilation (aka the "bomb")

• Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Single-Pilot Resource Management (SPRM)

1_Multi Engine Lesson 1 Normal Ops PDF.pdf

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NOTE: Ideally, schedule the flight 1 or 2 days after the first ground lesson.

FLIGHT (2.0)

• Familiarization flight: Short cross-country flight to a known location using pilotage

• Pre-flight inspection

  • Brief systems review

  • Identify new systems, but not in detail

• Use of checklists

  • Patterns and flows (i.e., "check" list, not "to do" list)

  • Bigger does not mean more reliable! Follow your checklists!

• Startup - one engine at a time

• Taxi by differential thrust

• Engine runup

  • Feathering and engine indications

• Takeoff Brief (multi-engine)

• Normal takeoff

• Climb and cruise power settings

  • Review constant speed propeller order of operations

  • Use of the left engine to target RPM, the right for synchronization

  • Importance of sound for synchronization

  • Leaning by EGT (target 1,300 C)

• Maneuvers (>5,000 ft AGL)

  • Slow Flight

    • Symmetrical thrust

  • Power off stalls

    • With and without power

• Normal landing (s)
  

Lesson 2: The Critical Engine

GROUND (2.0)

• Review of Moments and Forces acting on the airplane engines and rudder

• Engine out Theory and Subsequent Aircraft Behavior on each axis

• Critical Engine and its four (4) factors [PAST]

  • P-Factor

  • Accelerated Slipstream

  • Spiraling Slipstream

  • Torque

• Minimum Controllable Speed (Vmc) and factors affecting it [SMACFUM]

• FAR 23.149 - Minimum Control Speed

• Engine out procedures

  • Control

  • Configure

  • Climb

  • Checklist

Multi Engine Lesson 2 - OEI -PDF.pdf

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FLIGHT (2.0)

• Normal takeoff

• Climb to safe altitude

• Vmc demo

• Drag demo

• Engine out procedures

• Traffic pattern operations

Lesson 3: Maneuvers

GROUND (1.0)

• Review maneuver checklist (see Library)

• Slow Flight

• Steep Turns

• Power off Stalls

• Power on Stalls

• Accelerated Stalls

FLIGHT (2.0)

• Engine out on runway (RTO)

• Engine out on takeoff

• Climb to safe altitude (>5,000 ft)

• Slow Flight

• Steep turns

• Power Off Stalls

• Power On Stalls

• Power off stalls Sim OEI

  • Demonstrate only

• Accelerated stalls

• Normal Landing

Lesson 4: Traffic Pattern Operations

GROUND (1.0)

• Shortfield Takeoffs

• Shortfield Landings

FLIGHT (2.0)

• Shortfield Takeoffs

• Shortfield Landings

Lesson 5: Engine Shutdown and Restart

GROUND (1.0)

• Engine restart theory

FLIGHT (1.0)

• Bla Bla

Lesson 6: Cross Country [Elective]

GROUND (1.0)

• Review of cross country planning

• Use of POH performance charts

• Examples of other manufacturer's performance charts

FLIGHT (2.0)

• Cross country flight at student's discretion

• Comparison to single-engine operations

Lesson 7: Federal Aviation Regulations

GROUND (1.0)

• Multiengine add-on endorsements

  • FAR 61.39 - Practical Test

  • FAR 61.127(b) - Flight Proficiency Training

  • FAR 61.31(d)(2) - Solo endorsement

• Multi-engine Instructor endorsements:

  • 61.39 - Practical Test

  • 61.187 - Flight Proficiency

• Minimum Time Requirements

  • Multi-engine add-on: no time requirement per 61.63(c)

  • MEI:

    • Applicant: 15 hrs PIC in category/class per 61.183(j)

    • To teach: 5 hrs PIC in specific make/model per 61.195(f)

• Checkride Prep Ground

FLIGHT (2.0)

• Checkride Prep

• Maneuvers and curriculum Review