Estimated time to complete:
- 60 minutes

Aircraft:
- Mooney M20M "Bravo"

Objectives:
- Handling Steep Spiral

 

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).

This flight, Chap_22_SE_Maneuvers, begins high over the Jeffco airport. Your task will be to circle over the Runway 20 numbers so that your ground track maintains a perfect circle with the same radius around the numbers, as you descend from 9,500 to 6,000 feet.

This flight is the start for several maneuvers you need to practice for your commercial checkride.

Ref.: West, Jeff Van. Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training. Wiley. Kindle Edition(Location 12369).

MISSION'S SCENARIOS

Steep Spiral

  1. A steep spiral results from the combination of:
    1. A constant-radius turn around a point.
    2. An engine-idle emergency descent.
  2. This flight begins high over the Jeffco airport.
  3. Your task is to:
    1. Circle over Runway 20 numbers.
    2. Keep your ground track a perfect circle with the same radius around the numbers.
    3. While you descend from 9500 to 6000 feet.
  4. There is a wind blowing you one way.
  5. You have to adjust the bank angle to maintain a constant horizontal distance from the runway numbers.
  6. Don't exceed 60º of bank.
  7. As you descend adjust your pitch to prevent the plane from going faster than 156 knots (maneuvering speed).
  8. For an additional challenge:
    1. At the end leave the engine idling.
    2. Do a power-off landing on Runway 20.

MAPS & CHARTS

KBJC Airport Diagram: