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Old 08-09-2002 | 11:14 AM
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airjeffro
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Default Will someone walk me through a rolling circle?

I am by no means an expert, nor do I fly pattern. I do fly rolling circles, rolling 8s and am working on rolling loops. I have my aileron low rates set for a fairly slow roll, about 2 seconds per roll at medium aircraft speed. I do most of my rolling circles rolling right and turning left.

To roll right and turn left, starting from upright.
Full right aileron(LOW RATE), left rudder, as the plane rolls to knife edge start adding down elevator (push), and easing off rudder, as the plane rolls to inverted start adding right rudder, and easing off down elevator, as the plane rolls to knife edge start adding up elevator (pull) and easing off rudder, Back to upright left rudder.

left rudder

down elevator (push)

right rudder

up elevator

left, push, right, pull, left, push, right, pull,left, push, right, pull

Start up high, and away from the croud, doing only one roll with the elevator and rudder commands, when you get used to doing one turning roll, do two, then three, then four, and so on.