Cappaj,

Its great that you are interested in pattern flying!

That however is a ways down the road for you. Pattern planes designed differently than other models to accommodate precision aerobatics. There are several types of pattern being flown today. The AMA Pattern, Senior Pattern, Ballistic Pattern, and IMAC pattern with semi scale aircraft representing the full scale version flying the same maneuvers. It takes a great deal of practice and dedication to be an accomplished pattern flier.

Heres a link to the senior pattern site- www.seniorpattern.com

It will have the information on the maneuvers, their description and the sequences flown. The main difference in AMA and Senior pattern is that the turn around maneuvers are not graded at each end of the sequence.

Senior pattern has aircraft restrictions being airplanes designed and flown before 1976 with stock engines and mufflers. Ballistic pattern includes airplanes from before 1996 with tune pipes and supercharging allowed.

Have fun I hope that you decide to fly pattern once your ready it will make you a better pilot. Someone said this can be compared to ice skating............ "The sport and 3-D fliers are hockey players and the pattern fliers are the figure skaters."

Hope that helps some

Take a look at the Pattern forum here on RCU it has a great deal of information.