Flight Training
Private Pilot Training in the RV-12iS
A structured path to confident day, night, cross-country, and controlled-airport flying.
Program at a glance
- Structured around 14 CFR §§ 61.105, 61.107, and 61.109
- FAA minimum: 20 hours of instructor training and 10 hours solo within at least 40 total
- Required night, instrument-reference, and cross-country training
- Towered-airport operations and a long solo cross-country
- Six progressive stages with formal proficiency checks
The training roadmap
1. Aircraft Control & Energy Management
- Coordinated control and precise handling
- Pitch, power, trim, and energy management
- Slow flight, stalls, steep turns, and recovery
2. Takeoff, Landing & Solo Qualification
- Normal, crosswind, short-field, and soft-field operations
- Stabilized approaches, go-arounds, and emergency landings
- Pre-solo knowledge, systems, and decision-making
3. Solo Development & Controlled Airports
- Independent local and pattern flying
- Towered-airport communications and procedures
- Weather choices, personal minimums, and PIC judgment
4. Navigation & Cross-Country
- Pilotage, dead reckoning, and GPS navigation
- Weather, fuel, performance, and weight-and-balance planning
- Diversions and the required long solo cross-country
5. Night & Instrument-Reference Flight
- Night vision, lighting, illusions, and risk management
- Night cross-country and landing experience
- Instrument-reference control and unusual-attitude recovery
6. Practical Test Preparation
- Oral knowledge, airworthiness, and systems
- ACS maneuvers, emergency operations, and risk management
- Mock oral, mock flight, and final recommendation
A broader mission set
Private Pilot training expands beyond local daytime flying. Learn to plan longer trips, operate at towered airports, fly at night, manage changing conditions, and exercise sound pilot-in-command judgment.
One modern airplane. A longer-term path.
Build strong stick-and-rudder fundamentals in the RV-12iS while learning dual G3X Touch displays, a GTN 650Xi, and integrated autopilot. Continue in the same avionics environment for future Instrument or Commercial training.
Proficiency before recommendation
Forty hours is the FAA minimum—not a promised completion time. You advance after consistently demonstrating the knowledge, aircraft control, risk management, and judgment required for each stage.