Turns around a point fail on checkrides because of one geometry problem: students react to wind drift instead of anticipating it. Here's how bank angle and crab work together.
PatternMaster turns around a point by matching bank to groundspeed - steepest on downwind, shallowest on upwind - to fly a true circle, not an egg.
PatternRadio Hangar explores Turns Around a Point, the Ground Reference Maneuver Where the Wind Does the Grading and Most Students Fly a Circle That Isn't One.
PatternMaster turns around a point by understanding how wind changes your groundspeed and bank angle - steepest downwind, shallowest upwind, all the way around.
PatternMaster S-turns across a road with these five common mistakes to avoid and the wind-awareness techniques that impress examiners.
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