> > So I had a few narrow curves with 60 degree bank > > A 60 degree bank is one *steep* turn. For a PPL in the states, they ask > > you to demonstrate steep turns, but at 45 degrees. If I remember > > correctly, a 60 deg turn causes a 2G load on the wings.
I suspect that the big reason the FAA uses 40 degrees for private pilots is so they can use 55 degrees for commercial pilots while keeping both angles below the 60 degree regulatory limit where parachutes are required. Both kinds of steep turn are specified with an altitude tolerance, a speed tolerance, a bank angle tolerance, heading tolerance (on rollout) and must be performed coordinated with obvious scanning for traffic. Most people can manage 'any two' on that list and I guess the origin of the maneuver would have been a spate of accidents caused by people stalling out of the turn into a spin, or flying into the ground, etc etc. The maneuver can be attempted in FGFS, complete with the distractions, but it's worth learning how to direct the view direction to the side and 45 degrees down (i.e. at the horizon when turning) first. 8-) _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
