Yourpilotincommand Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Working to master my commercial maneuvers and having difficulty with consistency in the lazy 8s. Everything else seems consistent. I typically do these at 2500 rpm, 18”, and 132mph. What do you recommend for consistency? I’ve seen all the YouTube vids. Perhaps there’s one that fits best for a Mooney. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 All commercial maneuvers are about planning and adapting. Look at where are you at 45 degrees; adapt to be at the right point at 90 and 135 and 180. For me, that meant changing pitch and bank angle to get to where I needed to be. I seem to remember doing them (in an F) at 18”, 2500 rpm, but ~120 mph (but also typically at 9500’). My commercial instructor always said that if a lazy 8 wasn’t boring, I was doing it wrong! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eman1200 Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 Forget about the traditional 45, 90 and 135* points. Find a long, straight road and just use that as your visual reference. So much easier for me, but I’m in the flatlands. Maybe if u have huge mountain peaks off on the horizon to reference, fine, but using a road makes it super easy. Then just keep doing them, back and forth, all the way down the road. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skates97 Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Yourpilotincommand said: Working to master my commercial maneuvers and having difficulty with consistency in the lazy 8s. Everything else seems consistent. I typically do these at 2500 rpm, 18”, and 132mph. What do you recommend for consistency? I’ve seen all the YouTube vids. Perhaps there’s one that fits best for a Mooney. Thanks! Have you watched this one? There are some great CFI's here on the board that may have other pointers, but I found his method here to be simple and the plane really flies the maneuver on it's own. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLev Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Skates97 said: Have you watched this one? There are some great CFI's here on the board that may have other pointers, but I found his method here to be simple and the plane really flies the maneuver on it's own. That video really helped me when I was going for my CPL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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