Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › IX. Performance and Ground Reference Maneuvers › Task F. Eights on Pylons (ASEL, ASES)

AI.IX.F.S8

Skill

Maintain pylon position using appropriate pivotal altitude, avoiding slips and skids.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 7-17
Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights › Eights on Pylons
important to understand that variations in pylon position are according to the apparent movement of the visual reference line. Attempting to correct pivotal altitude by the using the altimeter is ineffective. Eights on pylons are performed at bank angles ranging ... from shallow to steep. [Figure 7-14] The pilot should understand that the bank chosen does not alter the pivotal altitude. As proficiency is gained, the instructor should increase the complexity of the maneuver by directing the learner to enter…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 7-13
Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights › Eights Around Pylons
Eights Around Pylons Eights around pylons is a ground reference maneuver with the same principles and techniques of correcting for wind drift as used in turns around a point and the same objectives as other ground track maneuvers. Eights around ... pylons utilizes two ground reference points called “pylons.” Turns around each pylon are made in opposite directions to follow a ground track in the form of a figure 8. [Figure 7-9] Figure 7-9. Eights around pylons. The pattern…