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Old 19th Feb 2004, 09:12
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currawong
 
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Intruder has it.

Fly the air you are in, not the surface you are over.

I do literally hundreds of downwind turns, 100' to 200' often climbing and at MAUW most days.

If you are careful, keep your airspeed, do not load it up in the turn too much, and KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STALL BUFFET AND LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE, you should be OK.

Increase margins for rough air, like over trees, it eats performance.

Put yourself in a position where you are obliged to tighten the turn to avoid an obstacle whilst operating in or near the region of reversed command, then you are going down....
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