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Hi Im 16 and have just signed up to pilotedge after watching the UncertifiedPilots series on youtube for a while. He has inspired me to join pilotedge and really start to take flying more seriously. But the thing is I am a complete noob when it comes to ATC communication and charts and the technical stuff. The most I know is how to announce basic traffic patterns at uncontrolled airports. It would be great if anyone could share some in depth tutorials (but noob friendly) starting with the very basic stuff like charts and communucation and go into more of the detailed stuff. I really like to watch the uncertifiedPilot fly but If could fly like him aswell it would be even better

Thanks in advance

If serious about learning, check out the PE workshops from the PE training center. It's not really all that quick but will actually teach the basics so that one understands the why behind it all.

http://www.pilotedge.net/workshops

Check out the following post. This should point out the importance of flying online with at least a minimum level of preparation.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6067

At times the goal to learn quickly and the shared community can create friction.

It's great to be enthusiastic about flying online but remember that PE isn't going anywhere. So there really isn't a need to overly rush.

Check out the PE receiver. Allows for monitoring the PE network. I have found that just listening to ATC communication improves my ability to listen and understand what is being said. There is an order to ATC communications. This helps to "train" your brain in regards to what to expect.

Also the PilotEdge training program. http://training.pilotedge.net/page/ratings

+1 on working through the workshops and the training program.

I am in the process of going through the ratings (just did the I-8 yesterday), and I am at least starting to feel proficient enough to not mess things up completely when something unexpected happens.

Going through the V and I ratings is a very good idea.

I found that from V2 to V3 is a huge jump in workload. Rather than taking the V3 test as soon as possible, you may want to fly a few practice runs of the I1 online. The I1 is no more difficult than V2. Maybe easier since it's essentially a big traffic pattern and you only have 1 frequency change to worry about.

V3 requires more advance preparation. I had to fly it a few times offline before I was comfortable online. In general if you do an offline dry run before doing the online one it's a bit easier to stay ahead of the ATC work.

I've also found that I learn faster when I repeat the same exact flight a few times in a row (online) since that means fewer variables are changing. Don't give yourself too many things to master at one time.

-Chris (SWA484)

Also - if you're really serious about learning, the all the FAA handbooks and manuals are available online for free. http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies ... s_manuals/

I would also suggest that you work your way up. Start off at a small uncontrolled airport about 30-45 minutes away from a small Class D airport. Fly to it and land making the necessary radio calls to ATC. This will give you about 20-25 minutes to prepare yourself for flying in to their airspace. Next flight, fly from that airport back to the uncontrolled airport. Now do that a couple of times and get that down then fly from Class D to Class D. Repeat the process flying form a Class D to a Class C. Soon you will have it down.