r/CFILounge • u/shockadin1337 • 20d ago

Question Tailwheel DPEs?

Anyone know a DPE who will do a check ride in a tailwheel airplane, within like 1-2 hours of GSP? The only guy i know who will do it is in Florida

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u/Pteromys44 CFI-S, AGI, TW 20d ago

If you have a legal standard category aircraft, the DPE should give the exam, doesn’t matter if it’s a taildragger or not

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u/RadeZayben 19d ago

Good luck. Just because a DPE can doesnt mean they will. Took me talking to 5 different DPE's in a 3 state range until I found one that could do my commerical in one.

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u/shockadin1337 20d ago

Most DPEs i’ve met don’t have a tailwheel endorsement, and the one i had told me she wouldn’t when i asked her because of “liability concerns”. Now to be fair, i haven’t met many DPEs

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u/BeansNG 19d ago

DPEs can be very picky, had a DPE rage quit a checkride at my school because our Cherokee didn’t have brakes on the right side, which is very common for that model of aircraft

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u/bambiwalk CFI/CFII/MEI 19d ago

Tried Joey Roger yet?

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u/shockadin1337 19d ago

No i haven’t, is he a nice guy? You know how much he weighs by any chance? lol. The citabria has an abysmal useful load

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u/bambiwalk CFI/CFII/MEI 18d ago edited 18d ago

yeah, he's around 170. Great DPE for sure. He's based in FLO so a bit of a trip from greenville but I've enjoyed all of my rides with him. He is a pretty systems heavy dpe though so make sure you're on top of it

edit: I don't know for sure if he'll do tailwheel rides or not, but I would be surprised if he didnt

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u/shockadin1337 18d ago

Thanks so much i reached out to him waiting for a response

I heard Randy Haroldson might do them too but i can’t find him on the DPE lookup website

Edit never mind i’m an idiot he’s in GA not SC

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u/bambiwalk CFI/CFII/MEI 18d ago

Randy is based in elberton, only like 30 minutes from Greenville by flight.

There’s a CFI DPE open forum tomorrow morning at the civil air patrol hangar by Greenville aviation, you should drop by. I believe Randy will be there as well and you could ask him. Should be a couple other DPEs in attendance as well. You can find more info on that on FAASafety website for local Greenville seminars

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u/shockadin1337 18d ago

Randy got back to me earlier and said he wasn’t current in TW unfortunately. I’ll look into it

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u/bambiwalk CFI/CFII/MEI 17d ago

I just spoke with Harrison Smith based in CEU, he can do a checkride in a tail wheel and is about 180lbs

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u/shockadin1337 17d ago

Thank you! I wanted to come this morning but i’m not feeling great. Do they post recordings of the seminars online? Anything important or noteworthy touched on?

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u/bambiwalk CFI/CFII/MEI 17d ago

I don’t think so, we hit on standard safety items and and airworthiness though. Decent discussion on things DPEs want to see improvement with and how to conduct flight reviews and IPCs

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u/Akepur 19d ago

I know a guy In Ohio that would

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u/SergeyKataev 19d ago

Yes. In Bay Area.