AI.IX.D.K4

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• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 10-6
  Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Lazy Eight

  Lazy Eight The lazy eight is a maneuver that is designed to develop the proper coordination of the flight controls across a wide range of airspeeds and attitudes. It is the only standard flight training maneuver in which flight control ... pressures are constantly changing. In an attempt to simplify the discussion about this maneuver, the lazy eight can be loosely compared to the ground reference maneuver, S-turns across the road. Recall that S-turns across the road are made…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-10
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights

  turns across a road: 1. Failure to adequately clear surrounding area for safety hazards, initially and throughout the maneuver. 2. Failure to establish a constant, level altitude prior to entering the maneuver. 3. Failure to maintain altitude during the maneuver ... appropriate wind correction angle. 8. Failure to apply coordinated aileron and rudder pressure, resulting in slips or skids. Elementary Eights Elementary eights are a family of maneuvers in which each individual maneuver is one that the airplane tracks a path…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-14
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights › Eights on Pylons

  Eights on Pylons The eights on pylons is the most advanced and difficult of the ground-reference maneuvers. Because of the techniques involved, the eights on pylons are unmatched for developing intuitive control of the airplane. Similar to eights around ... pylons except altitude is varied to maintain a specific visual reference to the pivot points. When performing eights on pylons, the pilot imagines there is a line parallel to the airplane's lateral axis that extends from the pilot…