There ya go! Easy as pie.. well, almost.. .

Thanks for clearing that up, Brad. As I said, I've never done one.. intentionally that is

CGr

I've wore my space bar out--with them odd ball maneuvers. Like LANDING

If you dont have a flight sim, I would get one. It help me a lot just to know what the stick inputs need to be and to be able to practice it over and over again.. I still get a little nervous when I try something new but I know what to expect and how to react if it goes wrong. I am fairly new to flying but my second plane I built from a kit and I love it because it has a nice balance between pulling of some good aerobatics and sport flying is the GP RV-4 40 size with .72 Saito on it. I cannot do 3D stuff but it will loop, roll, split s, hammerhead, the scale moves all day long.

CGRetired,
I don't want to hijack this thread. Just wanted to say thank you for posting this. I just printed it off (like goirish) to give to my son. The other day, he saw a plane that was described as a "pattern plane" (not sure which one) and was asking me about pattern flying. I had no idea, other than guessed it was a series of manueuvers put together. I am about to finish his Tiger 60 kit, and he can hardly wait to fly it. I decided on the Tiger for him, mostly because after reading so many threads on here where so many people (including yourself, as I recall) really liked it. He is 12 years old and can fly his Nexstar around doing inverted circuits, and is now trying to do precise maneuvers. Some are kind of tough with the Nexstar. I am pretty sure he will be able to do some nice manuevers with the Tiger. I put him on the buddy box with my H-9 Pulse last time out. Second flight he did the take off and some really nice flying.
Thanks again,
Pete

I agree with the latest posts. The simulator can be a lifesaver and although it isn't exactly like real life at least you get used to moving the sticks in the right directions. I would hate to think how many planes the sim has saved me. One of the more interesting maneuvers to try on the sim is a harrier roll.

Guys, here's a good site to grab an aerobatics tutorial [link=http://www.bruce.ogilvy.clara.net/index.html]Link[/link]. You'll have to navigate to the downloads section and download an .exe (its called "Flying Aerobatics" ). It installs onto your computer in a Web Browser type interface. Good stuff.

-MA

Guess I don't know how to do this. I went to download, followed instructions but then I get nothing. Dumb me.

i see ya'll keep talking about sims but witch one is the best.

For those that don't know, Ed Moorman {you will see him posting around here once in A while} writes for RC Report magazine and has A little thing called Fun Aerobatics that is well worth the price of the magazine itself. He goes through all the things needed to do the maneuver of the month and tells the start up and stick controls needed to perform the stunt. He has A two sided cut out called A Teach Yourself Aerobatics and it even shows what the plane should be doing.
I make up A book of these stunts and directions for my students so they always have them.
When he has something there I want to learn I do it on my puter with my sim until I think I have it then go to the field and give it A try. He started over from the loop this year for new subscribers.
Worth A look!!

Where do I find that. Looking for something to do a presentation to a group of high school students wanting to start a flying club.

Which is best, Ford or Chevy?
The best sim is the one you are using. You can post this question and People using RealFlight will claim it is best, people using FSOne will claim it is best ect...
Some peole will claim FMS is best simply because it is free.
Another question is what sim will work on your computer?
High end sims like FSOne and G4 are very demanding and will not work on all computers.
I personally opted for a used G2 (older RealFlight sim) simply so it would work ok on my desktop and laptop. and it is a fine sim which serves it purpose.