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Since there has been a lively discussion on another thread about bank angle and the base turn, I found myself tempted to stray off the thread but have resisted. Instead I'll start a new one. Here are the questions: What do you use to control airspeed? What do you use to control altitude? How do you control your flight path in the base turn? I'm in the throttle controls airspeed, pitch controls altitude camp. If I run out of one, the other has to control both (ie full power climb or idle descent). I am fully aware that a change in one will almost always require a change in the other, depending on what you are trying to do. For the base turn I look for a sight picture. If I'm high I put the nose down to maintain my desired flight path. If I'm fast or slow I use the throttle to fix it. And along that line, if I'm high but on speed, I know that when I lower the nose to get back on the path, I'm going to have to reduce power to avoid getting fast and vice versa. Let the mud slinging begin. Bob
