Thanks B2N2.
Thats an interesting point about steep turning with teh instruments covered up. My instructor has not suggested this (although another instructor got me to fly in teh cct witout looking at the RPM and getting me to "feel" and hear the changes of teh engine rather than rely on instruments all the time...so I am trying to spend more time looking out the cockpit; as he said, the Instrument rating is a seperate one!) Why is this a good idea? Has anyone else come accross this ? I guess it may be so that I learn to jusdge the AoB, attitude, engine note etc all by feel just as I was told to for cct flying. Am I right?
I guess we don't actually do steep turns for teh full hour because we do work on flying on headings, ordinary turns, the emergency break (last time we flew) and then of course recover back to the airfield practising cx and my instructor is introducing me to different ways to join the cct. So there is a mix there.
Steep turns theory? Well, I sort of understand it about increased weight and load factor hence the 2g; also that one is flying nearer to the stall because of the high aofa of the wings; so therefore full power needs to be used (Lookout, power, roll, attitude, Bank and back pressure - or PRABB is my motto). I nevr was great at Physics so getting my head around this side does strain the grey cells - but am I along the right lines or is there something else which would hel that I need to know?