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Old 04-19-2008, 10:38 AM
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Flying Bison
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Default help with lazy eights and steep turns

finishing up my CFI and getting all the maneuvers perfected but today i went solo and for the life of me i couldn't figure out what i was doing wrong. when i do a lazy eight to the left, as im descending and rolling out, in order to decend to the initial alt, and turn to the correct heading, the final portion of the maneuver is more or less a shallow bank shallow decent turn and it seems sloppy. if i am uncoordinated its fine but if i keep the ball center its a mess, i dont know what im doing wrong

also steep turns to the left, when i roll into it i always climb quite a bit, aircraft is trimmed properly but i just cant keep her level.

im assuming this may be because im so used to flying the left seat, but i cant for the life of me perfect these two things. any pointers?

btw im in a arrow, doing 20mp/22rpm in the lazy 8s and in the steep turns i initially am at 19mp/22rpm

i appreciate any advice, sorry if my wording is confusing but its somewhat hard to explain...
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