Multi-Engine Lessons Plans

"There are two engines and six levers. Great." - Multi Student

Lesson 1: Welcome to Multi-engine!

GROUND (2.0)

• Pros and Cons of Multi-engine aircraft

• Onboard Systems

  • Fuel

  • Engine

  • Constant-speed propellers

    • Feathering

  • Landing gear

  • Brakes

  • Electrical system

  • Heating/Ventilation (aka the "bomb")

• Speeds (red line, blue line)

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

FLIGHT (1.5)

• Use of checklists

• Taxi by differential thrust

• Engine runup

• Takeoff Brief (multi-engine)

• Normal takeoff

• Climb and cruise power settings

  • Leaning by EGT (target 1,300 C)

• Familiarization flight

• Normal landing
  

Lesson 2: The Critical Engine

GROUND (2.0)

• 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]

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

• Engine out procedures

  • Control

  • Configure

  • Climb

  • Checklist

FLIGHT (1.5)

• 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 (1.5)

• Engine out on runway (RTO)

• Engine out on takeoff

• Climb to safe altitude

• Slow Flight

• Steep turns

• Power on/off stalls

• Accelerated stalls

• Traffic pattern operations

Lesson 4: Engine Shutdown and Restart

GROUND (1.0)

• Engine restart theory

FLIGHT (1.5)

• Bla Bla

Lesson 5: Traffic Pattern Operations

GROUND (1.0)

• Shortfield Takeoffs

• Shortfield Landings

FLIGHT (1.5)

• Shortfield Takeoffs

• Shortfield Landings

Lesson 6: Cross Country [Elective]

GROUND (1.0)

• Review of cross country planning

• Use of POH performance charts

• Examples of Gulfstream 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)