Reddit reviews FAR/AIM 2018: Federal Aviation Regulations / Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM series)

do you need groundschool?

1. watch these at your convenience, and TAKE NOTES https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0EbtWieMNGzdtQ6fAfAQMiNvxG8F-gX7
   
   
2. Buy this ($13 ain't bad, but you COULD just download off FAA, though I find the hardcopy easier to use): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1619545365/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
   
   
3. Buy this (yeah yeah I know don't learn the test, learn the materials, but this is still a good resource and you get 5 free practice tests): https://www.amazon.com/Test-Prep-2018-Private-Pilot/dp/B0748MJ4M8/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505318469&sr=8-2-fkmr2&keywords=ppl+knowledge+test+asa

• Federal Aviation Regulations / Aeronautical Information Manual
  
• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
  
• Airplane Flying Handbook
  
• Private Pilot Airplane Airmen Certification Standards
  
• Private Pilot Oral Exam Guide
  
  Keep in mind all the information you need to pass is available for free from the FAA. But I like having the books and in the grand scheme of things they're really cheap. The FARs are the regulations you need to know, mostly parts 61 and 91. The AIM has a ton of good information in it as well. All stuff that could show up on your written exam. The PHAK is going to be where a lot of your written material comes from. If you know the information in there forwards and backwards you'll do great.
  
  The ACS is the practical standards to which you'll be judged on the check ride. How close do you need to hold altitude? How close do you need to hold that 45 degree bank angle? All found in the ACS.
  
  The Oral Exam Guide's usefulness will vary based on who gives you your checkride. My DPE literally flipped through his copy of one and picked a few questions out of each section to ask me. If I messed up he stayed in that section longer. If I answered a handful near perfectly that section was done.

> line is a bear for me. I can't sit in one place for awhile, so even at home, reading on a laptop that gets hot is killer. I'll spend the money for the print.

ASA publishes the print versions, here's the lazy-link: PHAK, AFH, and the FAR/AIM but it looks like the Gleim kit already has that one.