Solo Phase Check Maneuvers (Cessna 172)

Start All Maneuvers:

1. Level Trimmed Flight

2. 2000 RPM

3. Choose an Altitude and Heading

4. Clear the area (180º turn, S turns)

Slow Flight

Single heading, single altitude (Look out the window)

Entering Slow Flight

1. Power to 1500 RPM

2. Raise nose to maintain altitude

3. For Slow flight with flaps:

Lower 30º flaps when airspeed is inside White Arc,

4. At  55kts, (or stall horn)  Add power

without flaps: 1700-1700 RPM

with      flaps: 2000 RPM

(Add right rudder with power)

5. Use pitch to control airspeed

Use power to control altitude

Recovery from Slow Flight

1. Full Power (right rudder)

Flaps to 20º

Lower nose to maintain altitude

2. At ~65kts, flaps to 10º

At ~70kts (before end of White Arc), flaps to 0º

Approach to Landing Stall (Power-off stall)

Single heading (unless turning)

Stall plane in landing configuration

Entering Stall

1. Reduce power to 1500 RPM

2. Raise nose to maintain altitude

3. Put in 30º flaps inside white arc

4. Stabilize at 65kts descent

5. With turns

Start a 20º bank turn (<20º if requested)

6. Pull power to idle

7. Transition to stall

Stall Recovery

1. Reduce angle of attack (pitch forward) (right rudder)

Full power

2. Then, pitch up to climb at 55kts

Immediately flaps to 20º

3. Establish climb

4. +300 ft, reduce flaps to 10º

5. +500 ft, flaps to 0º

Power on Stall (Takeoff stall)

Single heading (unless turning)

Stall plane on simulated takeoff

Entering Stall

1. Power to 1500

2. Raise nose to maintain altitude

3. At 65 kts,

Add Full power, pitch up (right rudder)

4. Climb at 65 to 2-3 seconds

5. If turning, enter 20º bank

6. Pitch up to reduce speed ~1kts/sec until stall

Stall Recovery

1. Pitch down

2. Accelerate to V_y (73kts)

3. Climb at V_y

Steep Turns

Constant airspeed, constant altitude, 45º bank turns

1. Begin to turn to 45º Bank (use rudder)

2. At 30º bank, add power (maintain airspeed) and pull back (maintain altitude)

Reduce to neutral rudder in turn.

3. Roll out

Bank to 0º (use rudder)

Reduce power

Pitch forward

Turns Around a Point

Enter circle on downwind (not required)

Altitude +- 100ft

Airspeed +- 10kts

S-turns Around a Road (linear reference)

Road direction should have some cross-wind component

Enter perpendicular to road

Rectangular Pattern

Enter downwind on 45º