Easy study for hazmat while on the road.

well, if you skip 6 and get all the rest right, or you guess on 6 and get half of them right, wouldn't you be better off????

 

There are AT LEAST 10 different versions of each endorsement test. Most of the differences betwene one version and another is slight difference in how the question is asked. My technique doesn't teach you everything there is to know about each endorsement. It guarantees you pass the computer test. It's a multiple choice test, not an interview.

 

"There are many ways to skin the cat". There are benefits and problems with each method. I spent 3 years completing my Private license, due to lack of money, my moving around and MANY flight instructors leaving for flying jobs during my training. If I was to do it over again, I would save 125% of the money I expect it to cost and then fly 2 or 3 times per week. I was saving money and then flying when I had enough for my next lesson. I studied books, because it costs nothing to read a book 5 times versus once. I am not the best student but I can learn from books. Now there are so many good and free videos on YouTube the trouble is deciding which ones to use and which ones to ignore. The good instructors, as well as the not so good instructors make videos.

One problem with passing your ground school before flying is it's like trying to memorize directions to a place you never expect to drive to. You have no context in which to understand key concepts and you have no experience that lets you see how things are done or how they relate to other things. Also, once you pass your ground school test for Private Pilot you have 2 years to complete everything else or you have to take the ground school test again. The test is not very expensive, say $100 at a for-profit company and there are testing sites all over. So, in the worst case you pay for the ground school test twice and you sit through a 2 hour test twice. Most of the good books that teach everything about Private are govt published and available for free online.
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK) https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak
FAA Federal Aviation Regulations https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/faa_regulations
FAA Airmans Information Mainual https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/
Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/f...cies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/00-80T-80.pdf

These are available free online and also as a free PDF file so you can read them offline. You can also spend about $20 per book and have the physical paper book, if that's your thing. I would NOT spend money on a flight sim until after you get a Private license. Using them without extensive study or without an experienced pilot or an instructor watching HOW you use it will easily give you bad habits. A flight sim is best suited to learning to fly on instruments, or when you cannot see anything outside of the aircraft. I mostly taught myself using an old LCD laptop, not a typo, and Microsoft Flight Sim during the 3 years between gettin my Private and getting hired by the big flight school that paid for my Instrument Rating.

 

You can complete your Private license anyway you want. It doesn't matter if you are the only one doing it that way or not. Find an airport, find a flight instructor, find an aircraft, learn the books and learn to fly the aircraft. The FAA minimum requires you have 40 hours of flight training. Almost nobody completes their training with less than 60 hours of flight time. Some people solo with 10 hours of flight time, some people solo with 20 hours or more. Your flight instructor will have trained more pilots and will not allow you to solo or take your check-ride until you are ready. If less than 80% of the students he sends for a check-ride pass on their first try he gets in trouble with the FAA.

I flew on my own and I flew around other students/pilots. There are pros and cons to both. There are less expensive and more expensive ways to get your license. If you can back a trailer you can land an airplane.

 

Between the fast lane and not checking bags, I save a ton of time at the airport.