Rolling circle counterclockwise

Begin a right roll and hold. The trick is as the plane rolls past right knife edge but before inverted begin down elevator input to initiate the left turn and hold down elevator to maintain altitude. Then after the plane passes inverted then through left knife edge, when the plane is halfway between left KE and upright begin inputting UP elevator to maintain the turn. repeat repeat repeat to complete the circle. Trick is to set a roll rate that you can manage at full stick over so you can just push the stick over and work the elevator to maintain the turn AND level flight through the circle... Its not easy but its doable once you get the hang of it..

Rolling HARRIER circle right roll counterclockwise circle

This takes a lot more practice and coordination
Roll right and hold.
Left Rudder
Down Elevator
Right Rudder
Up Elevator
Left Rudder
Down Elevator
Right Rudder
Up ElevatorLeft Rudder
Down Elevator
Right Rudder
Up Elevator
Timing has to be spot on to get it right.

Goal is to hold the nose on a 45 degree or so axis and maintain that axis,, like there is a rod sriven through the nose and out the tail and the plane rotates around that axis that is on a 45 degree angle. Its a BEAUTIFUL maneuver when done correctly..

I sit in front of the TV and just work the sticks through a whole movie just to get the rythm down... left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up.

The trick is to input each control slightly early so that the rudder and elevator are steering the plane to the left when that surface is actively in the vertical. In reality everyone naturally tends to do this anyway so its a lot harder to do a rolling harrier in a straight line than it is in a circle.

Also to really make it work you have to manage the throttle to maintain JUST enough throttle input to be able to maintain roll rate and altitude. One of the hardest maneuvers to do correctly, at least it is for me but I pretty much have it. Im just learing to clean it up now. Its like learning to hit a 90 mph fastball, the more you look at it the slow it appears to be going. Once you have practiced a while you can see the plane pretty well and can actually vary the stick inputs to make the plane do what you want it to do. It will surprise you what you can do with enough practice. At 1st I couldnt do 2 rolls without nearly crashing, now it doesnt seen that hard at all.