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Suggestions for MEI Training Resources, Books, Etc?

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I'd like to add the MEI.  Does anyone wish to offer suggestions for the best multi engine training material (books)?  I prefer to have a good reference book in my training library.  Thanks.

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  1. Russ Roslewski on Mar 26, 2021

    I have several multiengine training books on my shelf. My favorite, and the one I use for my students, is Bob Gardner’s book “The Complete Multiengine Pilot” (currently on 4th edition). I think he does a good job breaking down what you need to know and explaining it in an easily-understood fashion. The book is a reasonable size too (meaning not too long). In the second half of the book he has some appendices that may or may not be useful depending on what type of aircraft you’re providing training in. There is a “written exam” which is useful to assign to students.

    He includes a syllabus, which (to me) is not quite as useful. It’s okay in a general “guideline of progression” way, but some of the lessons and time allotted are simply not realistic. For example, lesson 7 has 1.0 hours allotted but covers about every possible engine failure scenario (like engine failures in slow flight and steep turns, at Vx and Vy, on landing, in go-around, etc.)

    For me, I used his syllabus as a general guideline of what to cover in what order but modified it to suit my own needs and the aircraft I am using. So it was a good starting point. But otherwise I find it to be an excellent book.

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  2. awair on Mar 30, 2021

    Transport Canada (TP219E & TP11575E), the Australian CASA (CAAP 5.23-1(2)) and the UK CAA (CAP 601) all have useful references.

    If you can’t sleep, the EASA ‘Easy Access’ (an oxymoronic 1700-page) document has a comprehensive syllabus somewhere in the middle.

    Mix these sources (sauces?) together, and, with the simplicity of the FAA and their diagrams in the AFH (Ch. 12), and you should have more than enough material to develop a comprehensive plan of what and when to teach.

    Much of the transition will also be similar to the content for a Complex endorsement. Handling on 2 engines being just as critical as one. You also don’t mention whether it is content that you should be delivering (student content), or the ‘how and when’ (instructor content) that you’re looking for?

    If you find that perfect book, let us know. Good luck.

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