Maneuvers and S-turns
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Quick update:
At this point, I'm confident on the majority of my maneuvers except for steep turns. From what I understand, these are the most challenging as there are the most variables. You have to maintain your altitude while splitting your lift into the turn. You have to ensure you're maintaining a steep turn and not just a 30 deg turn as I kept finding myself. You have to ensure you airspeed doesn't exceed the maneuvering speed, but doesn't fall under tolerances as well. Lastly, you have to keep aware of your location within the turn so you can end it on course.
I seemed to find myself loosing altitude while approaching 45 degrees. Technically, I was well aware that you need to increase elevator pressure to maintain altitude, then increase power to compensate for the loss of lift. But, I couldn't figure out how to best implement these controls.
After noticing that I was losing altitude, I increased the elevator pressure. This causes a very noticeable change in g-forces in the plane. It's clearly not a good sign when anything drastic is occurring & I knew it. After chasing back to my altitude, I lost an extra 10 - 15 knots. At this point, I was all over the place. I could get things under control, but it was not a properly executed maneuver.
At this point, I'm still not able to pull this maneuver off. Technically, I knew what was needed, but it's different when attempting to execute.
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