Wind out of the west, sky clear, nice and hot out, time to go flying.
This time I actually got N8570F and did the preflight and we then were off to the the Troy-Pontiac IFR loop.
Did the approach and circle at Troy pretty much perfectly, didn't go too high nor too low, and would have nailed the landing no problem.
Then back to Pontiac for the RNAV 27L with the hold at GUZVY.
Which aside from the hold procedure I did perfectly.
The hold I then proceeded to f-up nicely.
I was about to enter the hold and figured it for a teardrop, when the 430W announced it would be a direct and gave a course heading that was weird, which was weird as it should have been a teardrop. Rocky said that wasn't right and while we were discussing it I got in the hold and we figured on doing it as a via teardrop, but I dropped almost three hundred feet while futzing around, talking to him, seeing his iPad which showed the course (mine isn't allowed to show position for the test, because really stupid reasons) turning, and trying to figure out what was off with the GPS and then got back to altitude. Not good.
Need to watch the altitude constantly as the second I get distracted something always happens. I do scan for it, but this time I got distracted and it was a mess.
Carried on and did the rest of the approach just fine.
Then I did the Back Course 27L and did it very well if I say so myself without issue, probably my best back-course approach yet, everything was pretty darn well perfect.
Then we went out and did the RNAV 27L again, this time without a problem.
So, I need to go back Saturday and get another lesson in as that one wasn't acceptable due to the altitude loss. FML.
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