User Guide

Learning To Fly with Rod Machado
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Look for any deviation away from the desired heading. Return to the AI and make a small change in
bank (if necessary) that stops the heading change or returns the airplane to the appropriate heading.
From there, move to the altimeter and look for any deviation from the desired altitude. Return to the
AI, making a small pitch change (if necessary) that stops the needle or returns it to the appropriate
position. The MP gauge is radial scanned last. Look at the MP gauge and make a final adjustment in
the setting (if necessary), then immediately return to the AI. Usually there is no need to radial scan
the MP gauge more than once during a major attitude change. Now start over with the heading
indicator, repeating the radial scan until both instruments indicate straight-and-level flight. Give it a
try.
Straight-and-Level Flight
1. Press P to activate the simulation.
2. Make sure the throttle is set to 20 inches of MP.
3. Scan Step 1: select attitude (for straight-and-level flight), power (no change), then trim (no trim
change needed).
4. Scan Step 2: start at the AI and radial scan the heading indicator.
5. Return to the AI and adjust the bank (if necessary) to maintain a heading of 270 degrees (not a
bank of 270 degrees!).
6. Radial scan the altimeter.
7. Return to the AI and adjust the pitch (if necessary) to maintain 4,000 feet.
8. Radial scan the manifold pressure gauge and adjust the throttle position (if necessary) for a
cruise power of 20 inches of MP. (There’s usually no need to radial scan the manifold pressure
gauge again. Once is usually enough.)
9. Keep radial scanning the heading indicator and altimeter, making small attitude corrections until
the airplane is established in straight-and-level flight.
10. Press P to pause the simulation.
The secret to radial scanning is to quickly scan each of the primary instruments at least once before
spending additional time radial scanning any one instrument in particular. This allows you to
determine how close the airplane is to the desired attitude and gives you an idea about how much
work will be involved in stabilizing the airplane.
Let’s try a straight climb.
A Straight Climb
From the Flights menu, click Select Flight, and
choose Tutorial 11, Situation 2.
Once again, all but the primary instruments for a
straight climb are blackened out (Figure 4). In this
situation, I want you to enter a climb from
Figure 4