Activity Guide
Tech-Design by Lab-Volt
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Flight Simulation
Slip and Loop-the-Loop
How to Perform a Slip and a Loop-the-Loop
Open the flight simulation software.
How to Perform a Slip
From the Main Menu, click on Free Flight.
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From the Free Flight screen, under 1. Current Aircraft, click on Change. Select the Bombardier
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Learjet 45 aircraft from the list and click OK. Under 2. Current Location, click on Change. Select a
location from the list of thousands of airports. Click OK. Change the 3. Current Weather to Clear
skies. Do not change the 4. Current Time and Season.
Click Fly Now!
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Fly to an altitude of 2000 feet or more.
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Turn the rudder all the way to the left or to the right. Notice that the plane is not flying in the direction
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of the nose.
How to Recover from a Slip
Turn the rudder in the OPPOSITE direction that caused the slip.
How to Perform a Loop-The-Loop
Fly to an altitude of 6000 feet or more.
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Push forward on the yoke into a nose dive. Keep diving until you reach 200 knots on the airspeed
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indicator.
Pull up steadily by pulling back on the yoke.
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When you see blue sky out of the windshield, apply full throttle.
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When the loop is 3/4 of the way through, bring the throttle back to idle.
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How to Recover From a Loop-The-Loop
As you begin to see the horizon, level off and push the throttle up to cruise speed.
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Practice slips and loop-the-loops.
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Exit the flight simulator (Flights>Exit). Click on Yes.
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Go to the next section in the multimedia presentation.
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