User Guide
Learning To Fly with Rod Machado
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radial scanning the primary instruments. Adjust the attitude on the AI for a precise altitude of 4,000
feet and a standard rate turn.
Huh? What’s a standard rate turn? See the sidebar on page 130.
Now, give it a try!
1. Press P to activate the simulation.
2. Make sure the throttle is set to a cruise power setting of 20 inches of MP.
3. Scan Step one: enter a 20-degree bank turn to the left. Select attitude, power, then trim.
4. Scan Step two: start at the AI and radial scan the altimeter.
5. Return to the AI and adjust the pitch (if necessary) to maintain 4,000 feet.
6. Radial scan the turn coordinator.
7. Return to the AI and adjust the bank (if necessary) to maintain a standard rate turn.
8. There’s no need to radial scan the MP gauge since a power change isn’t necessary in normal
turns.
9. Keep radial scanning the altimeter and turn coordinator, making small attitude corrections until
the airplane is established in level flight at 4,000 feet in a standard rate left turn.
10. Press P to pause the simulation.
Excellent job. You’re improving so quickly that you’ll soon be qualified to say, “Who’s the greatest
pilot … and why am I?” Our final example will be a descending right turn.
A Power-off Descending Right Turn
From the Flights menu, click Select Flight, and choose Tutorial 11, Situation 4.
All but the primary instruments for a descending turn are blackened out (Figure 6). I want you to
enter a power-off descending right turn, then
begin using Step two of the three-step scan by
radial scanning the primary instruments. Adjust
the attitude on the AI for a precise descent at 100
knots in a standard rate turn. Give it a try.
1. Press P to activate the simulation.
2. Scan Step one: select attitude for a 100-knot
descent (a 20-degree bank to the right with
a 1-degree nose-up pitch attitude), power
(to flight idle) then trim.
3. Scan Step two: start at the AI and radial
scan the airspeed indicator.
4. Return to the AI and adjust the pitch (if
necessary) to maintain 100 knots.
Figure 6