Irish Sport Rotorcraft Club

Flight Training

Gyroplanes are brilliant fun to fly, there is no other aircraft to compare to the feeling, view and the versatility of the gyroplane but like all aircraft they need to be treated with respect. You need proper training with a qualified Instructor in order to fly safely and that's what we are passionate about: Quality training, safety and FUN!

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Learning to fly is hugely rewarding and challenging and the feeling of acomplishment is simply unbeatable.

At the Irish Sport Rotorcraft Club we don't just teach you how to fly - we teach you how to be a pilot.

Our courses go way beyond the basic skills of operating the aircraft and cover airmanship, radiotelephony, accurate navigation in good and poor weather, and operating in controlled airspace.

The Irish Sport Rotorcraft Club is dedicated to providing safe, enjoyable and economical flight training to prospective gyroplane pilots. Listed below is the IAA minimum requirements for the issue of the Irish National PPL(G).

The training that the students receive is structured to get the best from the student, the full syllabus is covered but is tailored to the individuals needs and learning style.

Information on the flight training phases and structure is available here

Requirements to obtain the PPL (gyroplane)

The IAA minimum age to start logging flight hours towards your licence is 15 years old.

The IAA minimum age to achieve a student pilot's licence (SPL) and to fly solo under supervision of a flight instructor is 16.

To obtain a student pilot's license, you must first undergo a class 2 medical examination with an aviation medical examiner. this medical is not particularly difficult to pass. We recommend that you obtain this medical as soon as you start flying with us.

The Irish PPL (G) course of consists of a minimum of 40 hours flight training, of which -

At least 20 hours must be dual instruction with a Gyroplane Flight Instructor.
At least 10 hours must be supervised solo flight.
At least 5 hours must be solo cross country navigational flights.

The Syllabus used for training is the UK CAA approved British Rotorcraft Association Syllabus and is available for download

HERE

Here's a list of FAA Gyroplane written test Questions

Typically student pilots fly once a week or every 10 days and can expect to complete the course over a 12 month period. Large intervals between flights, particularly at the beginning of the course should be avoided as the student spends a lot of the flight lesson re-learning previous lesson material. Intensive courses are provided also if the student so desires.

The course also includes classroom study of the theoretical knowledge subjects covering:
aviation law, Gyroplane Technical and flight theory, flight performance and planning, Human Performance and limitations, meteorology and navigation in preparation for the IAA administered multiple choice written exams. These exams do not require you to have a degree in rocket science! Nothing difficult, its just lots of new material to study.

While evening classes and One-to-One instruction is available, students are strongly advised to study at home. The flying is brilliant, but not putting the effort into the ground study for the IAA written exams is the number-one cause of it taking too long and too many hours to achieve the Private Pilot Licence.

Study material is a recommended book list and the study pack available from the club.