User Guide

Learning To Fly with Rod Machado
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Figure 4 shows the attitude indicator that we learned about earlier. At the
top of the attitude indicator, immediately to the right and left of center,
are three white bank marks. Each mark indicates 10 degrees of bank, up
to 30 degrees. Beyond the 30-degree mark are the 60-degree and 90-
degree bank marks as shown in Figure 4. To establish a bank, roll the
airplane until a white bank mark rests over the little orange triangle. Time
to try another experiment.
2. Press P to reactivate the simulation.
3. If you activated the wing leveler, press CTRL+V to deactivate it.
4. Gently roll the airplane to the right into a 10-degree bank as
shown in Figure 5A.
Remember, the autopilot’s altitude hold mode is still active.
5. Try a 30-degree bank as shown in Figure 5B.
Not too tough, is it? But what if you want to bank at 15 or 45 degrees?
There are two white diagonal lines angled downward from the middle
of the attitude indicator. These are bank lines for 15 and 45 degrees of
bank, respectively.
6. Gently roll the airplane to the right until the attitude indicator’s
miniature airplane (the one with little orange wings) is parallel to
the first diagonal line as shown in Figure 6A Now you’re in a 15-
degree bank.
7. Try a 45-degree bank by gently rolling the airplane until the
miniature airplane’s wings are parallel to the second diagonal line
(Figure 6B).
8. When you’re finished, roll the airplane back to straight-and-level
flight.
There’s one more thing you need to understand before I cut the leash
and send you off to practice turns on your own without using the
autopilot. You guessed it, time for one more experiment.
Figure 5A
Figure 5B
Figure 6A
Figure 6B
10° BANK
30° BANK
15° BANK
LINE
45° BANK
LINE