C5crewChief
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So, im not going for a rating and a certificate or anything like that but my school requires me to perform commercial maneuvers to PTS prior to getting in the multi. So i have been struggling with lazy eights.
When i do the lazy eight everything seems fine in the beginning. I'm at Va, then pitch first then bank to about 15 degrees at my 45 degree outside reference. Then the trouble begins. Going to my 90 degree reference point i have gained about 3 - 4 hundred feet and then it hits. The stall horn. Can the stall horn come on at the 90. When it comes on i don't let it stall. My instructor says the stall horn shouldn't come on at all in the lazy eight. Also, just prior to the 90 im told to increase my bank. So i usually bank to about 45 degrees. Is that allowed? I thought it was 30 degrees. Then from my 90 to 135 then to 180 im descending way too fast and I either bust my altitude or don't get there. Any tricks or words of experience would be great. I'm not saying that my instructor is horrible but shes been instructing for about a year off and on.
Also, do other flight school make their PPL students perform commercial maneuvers to PTS prior to progressing to the multi? This is a time building block and at the end of the block you have a check ride to do commercial maneuvers. If you fail you have to do 4 hours of remedial w/ an instructor then you get another shot at it. the check ride includes
-Power off 180 accuracy landing
- short field TO and Landing
-soft field TO and Landing
- Chandelles, Lazy eights, eights on pylons, steep spiral, eng. failure, steep turns to 50 degree bank
Thanks
When i do the lazy eight everything seems fine in the beginning. I'm at Va, then pitch first then bank to about 15 degrees at my 45 degree outside reference. Then the trouble begins. Going to my 90 degree reference point i have gained about 3 - 4 hundred feet and then it hits. The stall horn. Can the stall horn come on at the 90. When it comes on i don't let it stall. My instructor says the stall horn shouldn't come on at all in the lazy eight. Also, just prior to the 90 im told to increase my bank. So i usually bank to about 45 degrees. Is that allowed? I thought it was 30 degrees. Then from my 90 to 135 then to 180 im descending way too fast and I either bust my altitude or don't get there. Any tricks or words of experience would be great. I'm not saying that my instructor is horrible but shes been instructing for about a year off and on.
Also, do other flight school make their PPL students perform commercial maneuvers to PTS prior to progressing to the multi? This is a time building block and at the end of the block you have a check ride to do commercial maneuvers. If you fail you have to do 4 hours of remedial w/ an instructor then you get another shot at it. the check ride includes
-Power off 180 accuracy landing
- short field TO and Landing
-soft field TO and Landing
- Chandelles, Lazy eights, eights on pylons, steep spiral, eng. failure, steep turns to 50 degree bank
Thanks