Advanced Training

Welcome to The New Hampshire Flying Tigers Advanced Training Program. This program has been formed in an effort to help beginning and intermediate flyers hone their skills. The advanced training program is open to all proficient pilots. Our first session will be held on April 20th weather permitting and will continue on Wednesday eavnings for the rest of the season.

The following is a list of some aerobatic manuvers with their Aresti* symbols and a description.

Inside Loop

 The maneuver starts with a pull-up. Once past the vertical, the backpressure on the elevator is slowly relaxed to float over the top of the loop to keep it round. Past the top, the backpressure is slowly increased again throughout the back part till horizontal flight. The plane has to stay in one vertical plane with the wings horizonal to the flight path. Rudder is used to maintain the vertical plane of the figure and ailerons are used to maintain the orientation of the wings.

Half Cuban Eight

 Five-eighths of a loop to a down-line at a 45 degree angle. The plane is inverted at this point. Centered on this downline is a half roll from inverted to upright. A pullout to horizontal completes the figure.

Roll

 The maneuver starts by applying either left or right aileron and holding till the aircraft has returned to an upright wings level position. The roll rate has to be constant and the longitudinal axis of the plane has to go straight.

Immelman

 This maneuver starts with a half loop to inverted flight. A half roll then results in horizontal upright flight. This is one of the maneuvers that was used in WW I to reverse direction.

Split S

 This maneuver starts with a half roll to inverted followed by the second half of a loop downward. This is another maneuver that was used during WWI to reverse direction.

Hammerhead

 This maneuver starts with a quarter loop into a vertical climb. When the plane stops climbing, it pivots around its vertical axis (which is now horizontal). The nose moves in a vertical circle from pointing up through the horizon to pointing down. After moving vertically down to pick up speed again, the maneuver is finished with the last quarter of a loop to horizontal flight.

Reverse Half Cuban Eight

 This maneuver starts with a pull to a 45 degree up-line. Centered on this line is a half roll from upright to inverted. A five-eighths of a loop completes the maneuver to horizontal flight.
Note for an explanation of the Aresti symbols please click here