"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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swag writes:

This is actually a maneuver that's demonstrated and practiced very
early in flight training, so I'm sure all pilots and student pilots
have experienced this. But your calculations are fairly correnct--a 2
minute turn won't cut it. It's usually demonstrated with a 60 degree
bank turn. I'm not sure of the timing, but i'd guess 30 sec or less.

Don't you have to descend to catch the wake? Downwash should be moving
downward at a few knots and IIRC the vortices do as well, so after two
minutes
at, say, 12 knots, the turbulence would be almost 2500 feet below you, if
you
are staying at altitude. I don't see how you could run into it.

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Wakes are complex in their action. Consistently cutting your own wake in
360s and figure 8s is a mark of good technique--and the altimeter reading
will remain unchanged.

Since they are covered extensively in both flight and ground instruction,
there seems little need here.

Peter