Well I was feeling pretty good about my skills until I read a post where a member claims that, to have mastered a trainer, one should be able to preform all of the following maneuvers. I wonder if some of these are even possible with a high wing / high dihedral trainer. What better way to find out than post a poll
If you can pull these off, offer any tips on how to do it. If not, maybe the tips offered here might help improve your skill.
Edit: I added the last option after 2 people had already participated. Everyone that takes the poll needs to select this option. The numbers will then have a basis, otherwise they may not mean much... Please be sure to select that option to keep the numbers meaningful!!
I'm flying a PT40. Here are a couple of notes regarding the items in the poll:
Fly inverted? Low inverted?
Yes. Need to really work the throttle to keep that nose up
4 point roll?
No way. I can't even pretend to get the PT40 to knife edge.
Slow roll?
Yes, assuming enough airspeed to begin with.
Rolling circle?
Yep
Loop?
Yep
Avalanche? Loop with a snap on top?
Yes, assuming a whole lot of air speed to start the loop. If not, the snap at the top never happens.
Snap roll?
Yep
Tumble?
Yep
Stall turn?
Yes, into a 6 or better mph wind. Otherwise, its really more of a fall rather than a turn.
Short approch?
Yep, especially into a wind.
Fly both left and right pattern?
Yep
Spot land where you want it to land?
Yep