Steep Spiral

Question 1

Purpose and relation to emergency landing

Answer 1

• develop division of attention, coordination, and energy management while dealing with changing altitudes, pitch, and bank while maintaining a constant distance around a point
• also has a practical application, able to lose altitude while staying over a selected point for landing in an emergency situation

Question 2

Selection of an entry altitude

Answer 2

• manuever should be completed prior to reach 1500 AGL

- triple approximate altitude lost per turn and add 1500 ft to find entry altitude

Question 3

Entry airspeed and power setting

Answer 3

• airspeed = cruise, around 105 knots, want to maintain around 85 knots during manuever
• power setting = power comes to idle just before beginning maneuver
• enter on the downwind

Question 4

Selection of a proper ground reference point

Answer 4

• prominent visual landmark

- intersection is good idea

Question 5

Division of attention and planning

Answer 5

• majority should be spent looking outside

- look inside to check airspeed, coordination, bank angle, etc

Question 6

Coordination of flight controls

Answer 6

• important to maintain coordination throughout the entire maneuver bc we are at a reduced power setting, so uncoordinated flight leads to decreased performance and mushy controls

Question 7

Maintenance of constant radius

Answer 7

• just like turns around a point

- higher GS = higher bank

Question 8

Maintenance of constant airspeed

Answer 8

• pitch for airspeed

- trim can help hold pitch

Question 9

CE, Improper pitch, bank, yaw, and power coordination during entry or completion

Answer 9

• initital bank will be steepest due to highest GS

- we take power out at beginning or maneuver = add power back at the end of manuever

Question 10

CE, uncoordinated use of flight controls

Answer 10

• not maintaing coordinations leads to decreased performance as well as mushy controls

Question 11

CE, Improper planning and lack of maintenance of constant airspeed and radius

Answer 11

• not choosing correct entry altitude

- higher GS = higher bank, changing GS throughout maneuver = changing bank

Question 12

CE, Failure to stay orientated to the number of turns and the rollout heading.

Answer 12

• maintaing SA by choosing prominent visual landmark as well as noting Heading indicator in airplane, roads make this easy