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Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code

SH.IV.C.R2Hovering Maneuvers: Air Taxi

Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation IV, task C

Written as sh.iv.c.r2 or SH.IV.C.R2 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Reduced visibility taxi operations.

FAA-S-ACS-26, Sport Pilot ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (October 2025, effective October 22, 2025), IV. Hovering Maneuvers, Task C. Air Taxi

What it means

SH.IV.C.R2 is a risk management element in the Hovering Maneuvers area of operation of the Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard. A risk management element is a hazard the FAA expects you to be able to spot and manage, and the written test can ask questions on it.

SH
Sport Pilot Helicopter ACS
IV
Area of operation IV: Hovering Maneuvers
C
Task C: Air Taxi
R2
Risk management element 2

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing SH.IV.C.R2 there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.

Sources: FAA-S-ACS-26, Sport Pilot ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (October 2025, effective October 22, 2025); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.

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