Step 2 - Figure Eight and Half Cuban Eight.
- Flying Standard Take Off and Procedure Turn Figure Eight and Half Cuban Eight
- Two Loops and Immelmann Turn Bunt and Split 'S' Two Upwind Rolls and Stall Turn
- Two Downwind Rolls and Immelmann Turn Three Turn Spin and Half Loop
- Inverted Pass, Procedure Turn and Overshoot Rectangular Circuit And Land
- Getting It Together
The aim here is to get the crossover point directly in front of you and to make sure that both circuits of the eight are of equal size. Within reason, the bigger you make this manouevre, the easier it is to maintain circuit height and turning circle. Remember to compensate for the wind speed. The first part of the Figure Eight dictates the size of the manouevre. You should be flying downwind at the far side of the runway with the model upwind of you. Start to turn away from yourself for the first quarter circle upwind of you so that by the time you have completed the first quarter circle, the model is heading directly away from you and is in front of you. Smoothly roll in the opposite direction to start the full circle (all downwind of you). When you finish this circle, the model should again be heading away from and in front of you. Again, smoothly reverse the roll direction and complete the manouevre by doing a three-quarter circle upwind of you.
If all goes to plan, the model should again be heading downwind in the upwind position you started the manouevre at!
Continue to fly past yourself - go quite far downwind as the Half Cuban Eight eats up a lot of sky before you get a chance to go level again - and pull into what is technically a 5/8th loop. This should bring you down a 45° line in the inverted position. Half roll to bring the model upright and continue down the 45° line until you reach your baseline then level out. It's really important to make sure that you get back down to the baseline a good distance downwind from where you are standing otherwise you will have very little chance to go wings level. Since the next manouevre is two loops, entering this with anything other than level wings will result in the model screwing out.
Clockwise Circuit
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Counter-Clockwise Circuit
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- Flying Standard Take Off and Procedure Turn Figure Eight and Half Cuban Eight
- Two Loops and Immelmann Turn Bunt and Split 'S' Two Upwind Rolls and Stall Turn
- Two Downwind Rolls and Immelmann Turn Three Turn Spin and Half Loop
- Inverted Pass, Procedure Turn and Overshoot Rectangular Circuit And Land
- Getting It Together