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Old 22nd March 2004 | 04:05
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Kellvin
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constant circle

This might seem a strange question, but how do you put a cessna in a constant turn, without holding the yoke.

I keep being told, if I need to read my map just to circle where I am. I can start the turn but if I let go of the yoke the a/c just rights it's self and flys off.

This means if I need to "circle" I just pick a point, fly away from it for a bit and then return to it, describing a ovel more than a circle.

I was reading propeller head and in his thruster to sit in a circle you just pushed the stick over, to get the a/c to stop turning you needed to cancel it, by flicking the control back the other way, My cessna just cancels itself!!

So, I need two hands to draw lines on the map when I am usually lost. So I have to let go of the controls, everything being in trim this is not a problem, but it just won't circle.

any ideas?