Flying Standard Gold.
- Flying Standard Take Off/Procedure Turn Reverse Cuban Eight and Half Cuban Eight
- Two Loops and Stall Turn Three Rolls Humpty Bump
- Four Point Roll and Reverse Half Cuban Eight Two Rolls and Immelmann Turn
- Two Bunts, Half Bunt, Inverted Pass and Vertical Pullthrough Vertical Eight and Split S
- Slow Roll, Half Square Loop and One Turn Spin
- Rectangular Landing Circuit and Land Getting It Together
The Gold Award requires a much high degree of flying standard than the Silver Award. The Gold is a 'turnaround' schedule and each manouvre should be carried out on consecutive passes. However, if you've followed the Guide for the Silver Award, you will already be used to flying a 'turnaround' schedule.
The Gold schedule will require considerable practice to perfect each manouevre. As with the Silver, seek the advice of an Examiner in your Club who will be able to advise you and demonstrate what is required.
Generally speaking, all the manouevres in the schedule should be carried out with the model no nearer than about 17m. (50') from the far edge of the runway. You should be able to carry out the whole schedule within an imaginary 'box' in the sky so that, for example, the 'top' part of every manouevre is the same height.
Choose a suitable model for flying the schedule. Few sports type aircraft are capable of doing the required manouevres so you should really be looking at a pattern model like the Dave Smith Models Excelsior or a scale aerobatic model like the Glens Models CAP 232. Inevitably, some are better than others. For the most precise flying, the "pattern ship" is probably the best for most fliers. Check out our page When's The Fun Begin?
You can't expect to have the sky to yourself even though you are being tested. You have to practice the schedule when other fliers are present so be prepared to abort any manouevre if a dangerous situation could occur. There is a positive advantage in having a "minder" when you're flying turnaround schedules when others are free flying to give you warnings of possible "close calls".
In the following sections, diagrams show the flight path for both left to right and right to left wind directions.
- Flying Standard Take Off/Procedure Turn Reverse Cuban Eight and Half Cuban Eight
- Two Loops and Stall Turn Three Rolls Humpty Bump
- Four Point Roll and Reverse Half Cuban Eight Two Rolls and Immelmann Turn
- Two Bunts, Half Bunt, Inverted Pass and Vertical Pullthrough Vertical Eight and Split S
- Slow Roll, Half Square Loop and One Turn Spin
- Rectangular Landing Circuit and Land Getting It Together