Flight Instructors Training Procedures _revised AIC_x

iii. Drag.
iv. Power.
3. DESCRIPTION OF AIR EXERCISE
a. APPLICABLE PROCEDURES AND CHECKLIST
b. AEROPLANE HANDLING TECHNIQUES:-
DEMONSTRATION OBSERVATION
1. THE LOOP i. Look out.
ii. Complete aerobatic checks – HASELL.
iii. Set climb power if C.S.U is fitted.
iv. Set trimmers for straight and level flight and
leave as set.
v. Select line feature and points references on
the ground.
vi. Enter loop by carrying out wing-over entry
into dive while lining up on line feature.
vii. In dive – check engine RPM if fixed pitch
propeller is fitted.
viii. Note changing rudder and elevator forces as
speed increases.
ix. Ease out of the dive just before target speed
for the manoeuvre.
x. Apply full power as the nose cuts the horizon
if a fixed pitch propeller is fitted. Changing
rudder forces – slip or skid.
xi. Check wings level as the nose cuts the
horizon and again when vertical, inverted and
in the dive.
xii. Note changing rudder forces with decreasing
speed – adjust control column pressure to fly
aeroplane around the loop.
xiii. Increasing backward pressure on the control
column to ease aeroplane over the top of the
loop.
xiv. “Second” horizon – check wings level.
xv. Smooth control movements at low speed.
xvi. Check direction with “second” line feature.
xvii. Relaxation on control movements at low
speeds.
xviii. Check engine R.P.M. if fixed pitch propeller
is fitted.
xix. Note changing rudder force – slip or skid.
xx. Check direction with line feature.
xxi. Climb away – check climb power.
xxii. Minimum height for the aeroplane to be at an
even keel is 2000ft agl.
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