EASA Module 2 Physics

There is no single worldwide paper. The number of questions and the time allowed are set by the examining organisation or national aviation authority that runs your exam. Check the current figure with your Part-147 training organisation, or on your NAA's website, before you sit the paper.

The passing standard is set by the competent authority and by your examining organisation's procedures, so it is not a fixed number reproduced here. Your training organisation will tell you the current requirement and your NAA publishes the applicable rules. Aim comfortably above the minimum so a bad set of questions cannot sink you.

Roughly: mechanics about 40 per cent, thermodynamics about 20 per cent, waves and sound about 15 per cent, optics about 15 per cent, and matter about 10 per cent. Treat these as a study budget. Mechanics also underpins fluid dynamics and parts of thermodynamics, so time spent there repays itself twice.

Most candidates with school-level physics find it manageable; the difficulty is breadth rather than depth. The mathematics stays at algebra, ratios, trigonometry and simple graphs - no calculus. The usual stumbling blocks are unit conversion, sign conventions and working quickly under closed-book conditions.

Retake arrangements, waiting periods and any limits on the number of attempts are set by your examining organisation and national authority rather than by one EASA-wide rule. Ask your Part-147 school for its policy in writing before you enrol, so you know the cost and delay of a resit.

Start with mechanics: it is the largest block, and its vocabulary of force, energy and pressure reappears elsewhere. Then matter (density, pressure, states of matter), then thermodynamics, then waves and sound, and finally optics. Finish with mixed-topic practice so you can switch subjects without a prompt.

Recurring errors: mixing kN and N, converting mm² to m² with the wrong factor, treating mass and weight as interchangeable, dropping signs on moments and vectors, confusing frequency with angular frequency, and muddling refractive index, real depth and apparent depth. Check the units before you compute.

The exam is closed book, multiple choice and computer-delivered at an approved centre. Whether a calculator is permitted, and which types are accepted, depends on the examining organisation, so confirm with your centre. Either way, practise rough order-of-magnitude estimates so you can sanity-check every answer you pick.

Module 2 is common basic knowledge shared across the licence categories, so the physics content is essentially identical for B1 and B2 candidates. What differs is how later modules build on it: avionics leans harder on waves and optics, while mechanical streams lean on mechanics and thermodynamics.

Study time varies enormously with your background; budget weeks rather than days if you have not done physics recently. You are ready when, for any syllabus line, you can name the unit, recall the formula and predict a rough answer - and then solve a mixed set of numerical questions without notes.