STEEP TURNS

摘要

In my instructional experience, most pilots go into steep turns knowing they'll have to bank the airplane, apply rudder, adjust the pitch attitude and add a little power to meet the demanding standards of bank, altitude, coordination and airspeed. Fewer pilots, however, appear to have a plan to make these inputs before making the steep turn. As a result, their steep turns are exercises in making constant corrections and ad hoc adjustments, chasing the performance needles instead of proactively accomplishing the turn.