MikeEast
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I also have a question.... After hours and hours on G3 I can finally do a rolling harrier. Rolling right is completely natural now (can even do it on my mojo), rolling left is harder, but doable, but sometimes I do it straight and sometimes I do it in a circle. So the question is how do you steer the rolling harrier?
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To steer a rolling harrier you have to use the elevator and the rudder. Whatever surface is vertical becomes the rudder. Also you have to learn how to rudder correct "correctly" when the plane is inverted. Again, steering is not some thing that you can really teach or explain,,, its something you just do... Rolling harriers are just like learning to ride a bike.. To learn how to do it,,, you just have to get on the bike and do it. If you can already comfortably do a rolling harrier in one direction then there is not much to teach..
All I can say is PRACTICE,,, and focus on seeing what the airplane is doing... I am assuming that going in a circle is easier. IF so the first step is controlling the size of the circle. Practice on making the circle larger, smaller,,, the point is it should be the diamter that you want it to be,, not the siz that it just happens to end up. When you can make a circle that is the size you want it time after time and you can maintain a steady altitiude (not just the altitude it happens to end up at) you will be ready to move on.
I have said this before... Its like hitting a 100mph fastball.. At first when you try it it is so fast that you cannot possibly see it coming or time your swing... But after a while it starts to get easier and it does not seem so fast. Same thing here, in time the airplane will not seem to be so far ahead of you and you can just look at it and clearly see what corrections need to be made.
Last you guys REALLY need to practice FLYING and I mean controlled flying if you have not already.. You will never fly pretty 3D if you cannot fly and roll in a straight line at a constant attitude and do it in control and with purpose... You should be able to do slow rolls that are slow, flat, evenly paced rolls the length of the field. You should be able to rudder correct smoothly and correctly. Places to test this are in a loop, flying inverted in a STRAIGHT line holding a STRAIGHT line at a constant altitude parallel to the runway while inverted. Learn to rudder correct flying in a vertical upline and downline with the canopy or belly facing you. If you cannot do these things, then really rudder intensive stuff like rolling harriers, especially straight line or specifically steered RH's are going to be difficult if not impossible to crisply control.
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RE: HOW-To..3D maneuvers - 
How do you *KNOW* you're in high alpha? My QQ 102" Yak honestly feels the same no matter what attitude its in. I figured there'd be quite a bit of difference in control surface response but its pretty awesome that I haven't seen a single control surface dead spot.
No that is normal. Some peopple roll right and some left, some turn to the inside and some outside. When its all said and done you should be able to roll left or right and steer the plane anywhere you want to go while rolling either direction including in a stright line. You can all ascend, descend, and loop while doing rolling harriers. It takes major sticktime to get proficient at rolling harriers. You just have to keep practicing and it will come eventually. I know that is not any HELP perse', but thats really it. Learning RH is about sheer determination. If you can do it the way you are doing it now there is nothing anyone can tell you, apply that knowledge and keep practicing!!! 
