RE: Downwind Turns!!
Hi,
As an instructer I teach the student to watch the decent ( up or down)
in the turns. This is most important in the turns where the plane is coming at you. When you are looking at the front of the plane its near impossible to determine forward speed, wind or not. But if you are looking for it you can see decent rate. As we always say with trainers on aproach, "speed is controled by the elevater and decent is controlled with the throttle".
One of the exercises for a student is the slow low fly by. Start making passes 20 feet high then 15, 10, 5 and so on. Keep the fuse dead level with the ground, SMALL control inputs to keep it right down the runway. Often the first landing is the instructor telling NOT to increase throttle a clic or two and the plane just lands.
TIP: On the final turn watch for the trainer's wheels to be between the tail and the fuse when its pointed straight at you.