I'm preparing for my CFI/CFII check rides with the American Flyers 30 day course. It's been over 10 years since I've been in the general aviation world when I earned my private, instrument, and commercial ratings, and a lot of my resources are dated. I'm getting ready to download/print/buy a lot of the material like Practical Test Standards for private, instrument and commercial, FAR/AIM, a lot of Advisory Circulatorys, Airplane Flying Handbook, Aviation Instructors Handbook, etc, basically all the stuff I need for reference during preparation and to use while taking the practical test.
I currently have most of these downloaded in PDF format on my PC and I really like accessing them that way because I can use tools like the search function. My question is will it be acceptable to show up to my initial CFI practical test with all of these documents loaded onto a tablet? It would save me money from either buying or printing the material, almost enough to justify the cost of one of the less expensive tablets. I also like the idea of using some flying apps on the tablet for example checklists, charts, w/b calculator, or e6b functions. Even being able to pull up a short youtube video or access pictures on the internet during the teaching part of the practical test could possibly be helpful, for example a quick clip showing wind tunnel testing with smoke trails to introduce or enforce a lesson about aerodynamics. I just don't know if it's appropriate or acceptable.
What are the experienced CFI's and examiner's thoughts on this? Will digital documents be acceptable or should I forget about the tablet and do everything the old fashioned way?
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