Study guides built for your checkride.
Each guide maps to a knowledge area of the Private Pilot oral — and to exactly what Maverick, your AI DPE, will quiz you on. Study the area, then sit a mock oral on it. No filler, no guesswork, just the concepts an examiner expects you to own.
Regulations
The FARs that govern you as a private pilot — privileges, limitations, currency, and the paperwork that keeps you legal to fly.
- Part 61 vs. 91
- Currency & flight review
- Required documents
- Privileges & limitations
Airspace
Every class of airspace from A to G — the entry requirements, equipment, weather minimums, and the special-use areas you can't just fly through.
- Class A–G
- Entry & equipment
- Special use airspace
- TFRs & NOTAMs
Weather
Read a METAR and TAF cold, recognize the hazards that ground or kill VFR pilots, and know the cloud clearances for legal flight.
- METARs & TAFs
- Fronts & stability
- Thunderstorms & icing
- VFR weather minimums
Aircraft Systems
How your airplane actually works — the powerplant, electrical bus, fuel system, and the pitot-static instruments behind the panel.
- Engine & ignition
- Electrical system
- Pitot-static & gyros
- Fuel system
Performance & Limitations
Run a weight-and-balance, read the charts for takeoff and landing distance, and understand how density altitude quietly steals performance.
- Weight & balance
- Takeoff & landing data
- Density altitude
- V-speeds
Aeromedical Factors
The human limits that matter at altitude — hypoxia, hyperventilation, spatial disorientation, and the self-assessment that keeps you out of the cockpit on a bad day.
- Hypoxia & hyperventilation
- Visual illusions
- Spatial disorientation
- IMSAFE checklist
Navigation & Cross-Country
Plan and fly a cross-country with confidence — pilotage, dead reckoning, the navlog, and the fuel and diversion math an examiner loves to probe.
- Pilotage & dead reckoning
- Flight planning
- Fuel & diversions
- Chart symbology
Emergency Procedures
What you do when it goes wrong — engine failures, electrical and fire emergencies, equipment malfunctions, and lost-communication procedures.
- Engine failure
- Fire & electrical
- System malfunctions
- Lost comms
Aerodynamics
The principles of flight that explain every maneuver — the four forces, how lift is made, and what's really happening in a stall or spin.
- Four forces
- Lift & angle of attack
- Stalls & spins
- Ground effect
Airport Operations
Operate safely on and around the field — runway and taxiway markings, airport lighting, traffic patterns, and runway-incursion avoidance.
- Markings & signs
- Airport lighting
- Traffic patterns
- Runway incursions
How study guides work with Maverick.
Reading is only half of it. The guides and the mock oral feed each other in a tight loop — you learn an area, get tested on it the way a real DPE would, and come back to whatever needs another pass.
Study the area
Work through a guide until the concepts click — the regs, the systems, the why behind each answer.
Get quizzed by Maverick
Sit a mock oral. Maverick pulls from these same areas, asks follow-ups, and probes the soft spots.
See where to go back
Your results flag the weak areas, sending you straight back to the guide that fixes them.
124 topics. One confident checkride.
Open the guides, sit a mock oral with Maverick, and walk into your checkride knowing you've already answered the hard questions.
Pass your oral or your money back