Originally Posted by
zondaracer
I also keep an eye on altitude throughout the maneuver. If you have turned 90º through the maneuver, you should have lost half of your altitude. Don't rush the maneuver. Often times rushing leads to turning too quickly before you have lost enough altitude, leading to being high.
For comparison, here's a jet doing a SFO pattern. The altitude checkpoints during the maneuver are called "high key", "low key", etc.
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