> I believe you are still required to know how to use them to pass your private pilot check ride, too, but I may be wrong. Thankfully, they are not needed to p

> I believe you are still required to know how to use them to pass your private pilot check ride, too, but I may be wrong. Thankfully, they are not needed to pass a PPL check-ride. Creating a track on a 1:500k map and fly it is incredibly complicated when you have to do a ton of other things inside the plane too.