JD's Heli AcademyYour learning path
Work through the steps in order. Each trainer runs in your browser, works on your phone, and keeps your progress on your device.
Step 1
First exams: PSTAR and ROC-A
The two tests every student writes first: the pre-solo test of air regulations and the radio operator certificate.
Pre-solo test of air regulations
The official study-guide questions by section, short lessons that explain the rules, and 50-question mock exams with the 90% pass mark.
Restricted Operator Certificate, aeronautical
Distress and urgency calls, phonetic alphabet, call signs and radio procedure, with lessons and practice exams based on the study guide RIC-21.
Step 2
General knowledge: your helicopter and your school
Know the aircraft you fly and the procedures of the school you fly with.
Robinson R44 handbook trainer
Limitations, emergency procedures and systems, explained step by step, with 366 practice questions, a placard reader and a weight-and-balance calculator.
Training procedures manual trainer password
The school's helicopter training manual TM-H as lessons and 181 practice questions: limitations, weather minima, solo rules, cross-country, briefings, the R44 flow check, engine failure by height, Gatineau radio calls and the training program. For Select Aviation students only, so it opens with a password from your instructor.
Step 3
Private pilot licence (PPL)
The two Transport Canada tests for the private pilot licence, helicopter: the written exam, starting with Air Law, and the flight test with an examiner.
Written exam
Air Law for the private pilot licence
The Air Law section of the Transport Canada written exam for helicopter students: thirteen chapters with diagrams that explain the regulations and the reasons behind them, 291 practice questions with the exact CARs or TC AIM reference, exam essentials marked so they sit first, a one-page sheet of the numbers to know, and a 20-question mock exam with the 60% pass mark.
Flight test
Flight test preparation
Every exercise of Transport Canada's Flight Test Guide TP 3077 as the examiner sees it: the aim, what is marked, the tolerances, how the 4-point scale works and what fails a test. 244 questions, diagrams, a one-page sheet of the tolerances and a test-day plan.
Step 4
Commercial pilot licence (CPL)
The next licence after the private pilot licence: the commercial written exam and the commercial flight test with an examiner.
Written exam
Flight test
Commercial flight test preparation
Transport Canada's Flight Test Guide TP 3077 for the commercial candidate: the 104-point pass mark, three emergencies, the 200 × 100 ft autorotation zone, radio navigation, the commercial instrument sequence and tolerances, and every other item as the examiner marks it. 271 questions, diagrams, a one-page sheet of the tolerances and a test-day plan.
Getting the most out of it
- Do a little every day. Questions you miss come back sooner, the ones you know come back later.
- On an iPhone, open the site in Safari, tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen”. It then opens like an app.
- Your progress is saved in this browser on this device only. Clearing the browser data or private browsing erases it.
- Check anything that matters in the official document, using the page or section shown with each answer.
Not official training material
These trainers are private study aids made by a student. They are not approved or endorsed by Transport Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, NAV CANADA, Robinson Helicopter Company or any flight school.
They can contain errors and may be out of date. The official documents always take precedence: the Pilot's Operating Handbook in the aircraft, the Canadian Aviation Regulations, the TC AIM, RIC-21, and your instructor.
Use at your own risk. No liability is accepted for any loss, damage or injury arising from their use.