Dumbest instructional illustration

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Was just updating some handouts/illustrations and came across this gem in the Airplane Flying Handbook. I remember back before I started Commercial training I was reading through the book about lazy eights because I couldn't understand what the maneuver was supposed to look like. Then I saw this illustration and was like "what the...?". I still have no idea what this is supposed to be showing???

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rframe said:
Was just updating some handouts/illustrations and came across this gem in the Airplane Flying Handbook. I remember back before I started Commercial training I was reading through the book about lazy eights because I couldn't understand what the maneuver was supposed to look like. Then I saw this illustration and was like "what the...?". I still have no idea what this is supposed to be showing???

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You... don't know what that is? Clearly it is an infamous Double Tunnel Takeoff And Landing, part of the PPL PTS.

Sheesh. Where are you people getting your tickets? Cracker Jacks?
 
Too much (excessive) rolling about the longitudinal axis to be called a Cuban Eight ...must be something new!! LOL!!
 
I kinda want to do it on a checkride.... "ok so this is a nice easy-going smoooth laaaaaaaazy eight"....BAM!
DIVE
BANK LEFT
PULL PULL PULL, VERTICAL COUNT 1...2...3
INVERTED SNAP ROLL
KNIFE EDGE 45 DOWN LINE
WINGS LEVEL
PULL PULL PULL FLOAT OVER THE TOP
Aaaannnnnd.... recover.

"See! Easy peasey... now, your turn, I'll evaluate."

Examiner "WHAT THE @#%t!!@#$^@^@#$ You idiot that wasn't a lazy eight!@$"

Me, "Well sure it is, let me pull out the FAA Handbook to page 9-6 and I'll show you."
 
I think that's in the Eights on Pylons section. Except your reference points aren't actually defined as spots on the ground, they're defined as spots in space. In reality, the maneuver is so screwy for everyone because we've been screwing it up all along: The circle isn't in the Lateral plane, its in the Vertical. The pivotal altitude is the altitude that guarantees that you won't hit the ground that day when you perform the maneuver, and the fixed reference point should stay directly ABOVE relative to your position. Always look UP, not SIDEWAYS.

...At least, that's how I teach my commercial applicants.
 
To some, its a silly illustration. To a drunken airshow performer wannabe, its an elegant figure to print out, tape to the panel, and go practice.

I see a cuban 8 with some aileron issues in that picture, myself... Is this like an ink-blot test? :)
 
It makes sense when you look at it thinking you are going to enter the maneuver in a 90 degree bank.
 
Minuteman said:
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Some of the the artwork in the FAA's Aviation Weather handbook is brilliant.

rframe said:
I kinda want to do it on a checkride.... "ok so this is a nice easy-going smoooth laaaaaaaazy eight"....BAM!
DIVE
BANK LEFT
PULL PULL PULL, VERTICAL COUNT 1...2...3
INVERTED SNAP ROLL
KNIFE EDGE 45 DOWN LINE
WINGS LEVEL
PULL PULL PULL FLOAT OVER THE TOP
Aaaannnnnd.... recover.

"See! Easy peasey... now, your turn, I'll evaluate."

Examiner "WHAT THE @#%t!!@#$^@^@#$ You idiot that wasn't a lazy eight!@$"

Me, "Well sure it is, let me pull out the FAA Handbook to page 9-6 and I'll show you."
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That made my day thanks! :)
 
rframe said:
I kinda want to do it on a checkride.... "ok so this is a nice easy-going smoooth laaaaaaaazy eight"....BAM!
DIVE
BANK LEFT
PULL PULL PULL, VERTICAL COUNT 1...2...3
INVERTED SNAP ROLL
KNIFE EDGE 45 DOWN LINE
WINGS LEVEL
PULL PULL PULL FLOAT OVER THE TOP
Aaaannnnnd.... recover.

"See! Easy peasey... now, your turn, I'll evaluate."

Examiner "WHAT THE @#%t!!@#$^@^@#$ You idiot that wasn't a lazy eight!@$"

Me, "Well sure it is, let me pull out the FAA Handbook to page 9-6 and I'll show you."
Click to expand...

Hmm... I think I'm gonna have to go try that. Ill let you know if it looks like the picture.
 
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