CHECK RIDE: Helicopter Private Pilot License!

Successful checkride! 4.5 hours on the ground which covered a lot of material as well as scenarios, and 1.2 hours in the air. Going in I was mostly concerned about the hover auto, which we did immediately, and I absolutely nailed it. Notably we didn't do slopes, air taxi / quick stop, settling with power, 180 auto-rotation, max performance, or confined area operations. He had asked me to do a 180 auto-rotation while inbound at the end, but changed his mind due to airport traffic. I found the DPE to be very calm and friendly, very nice guy. Asked a lot of tough questions and put me through my paces, but definitely fair and straightforward. He legitimately surprised me with the forced landing auto-rotation with ENGINE FAILURE and ROLLED THE THROTTLE OFF(!) but thankfully I was all over it. In the lead up to the ride, I had actually anticipated he'd ask me at that exact spot, but I was thinking more about setting myself for the entry to the pattern. In all, I was maybe a little tense but otherwise felt I did a great job with my maneuvers. The only one he offered a bit of a tougher critique was the run-on landing, though I had purposefully cheated to the right to try to line it up to slide cheating into the crosswind. In hindsight, I should've gone straight down the middle of the runway. Wind was a little tough at various parts, but overall happy with my performance, felt in command and control. Onward!

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GPS:   / strava  
Time: 1430
Flight time (cumulative): 1.2 (59.9) hours
Helicopter: Robinson R22 Beta II N290SH
Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE): Mike Hill
Airports: WVI - E16 - WVI
Maneuvers: Hover auto, quick stop, steep approach, straight-in auto-rotation, alternator light, run-on landing, diversion, pinnacle operation, forced landing auto-rotation
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 black (main, 4k / 30 fps), GoPro Hero+ (small, 1080p / 30 fps)

Maneuver Guide
4:43 WVI AWOS
9:08 Pickup to a hover
10:32 Hover auto (DPE)
11:45 Pickup to a hover
12:30 Quick stop (DPE)
14:45 Takeoff from taxiway A to WVI runway 20 to left pattern
17:25 Steep approach to WVI taxiway A at taxiway C (DPE)
19:04 Takeoff from WVI runway 20 to left pattern
22:14 Straight-in auto-rotation to WVI runway 20 (DPE)
24:02 Takeoff from WVI runway 20 to left downwind departure
32:00 Alternator light (DPE)
33:25 Redirect to E16 (DPE)
35:31 E16 AWOS
40:40 Shallow approach to E16 runway 32
42:33 Run-on landing (DPE)
43:11 Pickup to a hover
43:46 Takeoff from E16 runway 32 to left downwind departure
44:56 Diversion to SNS (DPE)
49:52 Pinnacle operations (DPE)
1:00:02 WVI inbound call
1:01:33 WVI AWOS
1:02:07 Engine failure auto-rotation (DPE)
1:06:24 DPE changes mind about 180 auto-rotation
1:07:37 Normal approach to WVI runway 20
1:09:54 Set down
1:11:11 DPE feedback during engine cool down
1:15:12 DPE congratulates for successful check ride