Twin Comanche FAQs

Pilots travel because few schools still train in one. If you want your rating in a real light twin, the kind pilots actually own and fly, the PA-30 gives you retractable gear, constant-speed propellers you can feather, and two Lycoming engines to manage. Our 7-day program lets you come for one planned week instead of fitting lessons around a long drive.

You'll find six engine levers (two throttles, two prop controls, two mixtures), a landing gear handle, and Garmin avionics and autopilot. If you learned in a fixed-gear trainer with one throttle, that's a big step. You'll have ground lessons and a simulator session on engine failures before your first flight.

Our post on moving from a Cherokee to the Twin Comanche walks through each change, and you can see photos of the panel on our N7664Y fleet page.

Bring your logbook and talk to us. The FAA sets no minimum number of hours for adding a multi-engine class rating to a certificate you hold. What you need is an authorized instructor's endorsement that you're proficient, then a passed checkride.

The training you logged elsewhere stays in your logbook. Your checkride endorsement also has to show training logged within the two calendar months before the month of your test, so plan on flying with our instructor in our Twin Comanche before you're signed off. We'll look at where your training stands and build a plan from there.

Most pilots adding multi-engine to a certificate they already hold skip the FAA written. The oral part of the checkride still tests what you know: multi-engine aerodynamics, Vmc, Twin Comanche systems, regulations, emergency procedures, and risk management.

Expect to explain what makes Vmc move and how you'd handle an engine failure at each phase of flight. Our multi-engine prep checklist covers what to study before you arrive, and our free add-on study guide is on our multi-engine resources page.

Pick your week with us first, then book travel and lodging around it. The program is built as seven days with the checkride on Day 7, but weather, maintenance, and your own progress can shift it. When that happens, we adjust the schedule or combine lessons when we can.

Fewer examiners give multi-engine checkrides, so a checkride that moves can take a little longer to rebook. Leave some room in your return plans. Our multi-engine trip plan covers cushion days and getting to KLXT.

The package starts at $4,950 and covers your Twin Comanche flight time, simulator time, instruction with checkride prep, and non-owned insurance. Travel, lodging, and meals sit outside it, so add your hotel nights, your trip to Lee's Summit, and food for the week.

Pilots who arrive rusty on single-engine maneuvers or skip the pre-study can need extra time beyond the package. Ask us to walk through everything your week includes before you book, and see our multi-engine cost guide for the full picture.

Yes. Our multi-engine package includes optional continuation toward MEI training. For the MEI, you need a flight instructor certificate, a multi-engine rating on your commercial certificate, and at least 15 hours as pilot in command in multi-engine airplanes. To teach toward a rating in a twin, you'll also need at least 5 hours as pilot in command in that make and model.

Our flight instructor requirements FAQs cover the CFI, CFII, and MEI steps, and we'll help you plan the order.

It's worth it when the airplane and the format matter to you. With us, you train in a Twin Comanche, in a structured 7-day program, with ground lessons, a simulator session, and flights planned before you arrive.

. Graduates may also rent our Twin Comanche afterward; our multi-engine FAQs explain the checkout.