Steep Spiral combine a constant-radius turn around a point (as you did in Chapter 3) with the engine-idle emergency descent (from Chapter 6):
- Turn to a heading of 030° at 9,500 feet in low cruise configuration (but with prop at 2400 rpm).
- Roll briskly to the left to a 30° bank.
- As soon as you're banked, start smoothly pulling back on the yoke to pitch up, and at the same time increase throttle to 35 inches; throughout this part of the turn, your bank needs to stay at 30°, but your pitch must be constantly increasing.
- By the time you get turned 90° from your starting point (heading 300), your pitch angle should be about 10°. Maintain that 10° pitch through the rest of the maneuver; however, start smoothly and slowly decreasing your bank angle.
- Your goal is to reach the 180° point (heading 210) exactly when your wings roll level and at the same time your speed slows just to the clean stall speed (just before the stall horn starts to sound), as shown in Figure 22-17.
Whatever altitude you are at that point, maintain it by slowly lowering the nose and accelerating back to low-cruise speed. Bring the power back to low cruise once you get up to speed.
Ref.: West, Jeff Van. Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training. Wiley. Kindle Edition(Location 12417).
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