Maneuvers

Question 1

Steep Turns
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 1

• Teach the student to fly a steep bank, maximum performance turn while using inside and outside references.
• 100 knots, clean config

Question 2

Steep Spirals
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 2

• Perform at least 3 consecutive, steep-banked, gliding turns around around a reference point at a constant airspeed compensating for wind drift.
• 90 knots, clean config

Question 3

Chandelles
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 3

• Perform a maximum performance 180 degree climbing turn while demonstrating advanced airmanship skill.
• 100 knots, clean config

Question 4

Lazy Eights
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 4

• Perform consecutive, matching 180 degree turns with constantly changing pitch, bank, and airspeed.
• 100 knots, clean config

Question 5

Rectangular Course
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 5

• Teach the student how to fly a ground track equidistant from all sides of a rectangular area on the ground, accounting for wind effects while maintaining constant altitude and airspeed while using inside and outside references.
• 90 knots, clean config

Question 6

S-Turns
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 6

• Teach the student to fly a series of S-turns across a linear ground feature, with semi circles of equal size and shape, accounting for wind effects while maintaining constant altitude and airspeed.
• 90 knots, clean config

Question 7

Turns Around a Point
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 7

• Teach the student how to keep a constant radius around a point while correcting for wind using outside and inside references.
• 90 knots, clean config

Question 8

Eights on Pylons
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 8

• To fly around a set of pylons at the exact pivotal altitude, maintaining the pylon at the same visual reference point.
• 100 knots, clean config

Question 9

Slow Flight
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 9

• To understand the flight characteristics and how the airplane’s flight controls feel near it’s aerodynamic buffet or stall warning.
• 50-55 knots, landing config

Question 10

Power On Stall
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 10

• Teach the student how to recognize and recover from a stall in the takeoff or departure configuration.
• 70 knots, clean config

Question 11

Power Off Stall
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 11

• Teach the student how to recognize and recover from a stall in the landing configuration.
• 66 knots, landing config

Question 12

Accelerated Stall
- Objective statement
- Archer entry configuration

Answer 12

• To demonstrate to the student that the aircraft will stall at a higher airspeed under increased load factor.
• 80 knots, clean config