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Thermal right, land left
This past year, I have stuck to a policy of making all thermal turns
to the right only. The airport I fly out of has left turns in the pattern. My idea is I am developing the habit of turning slow to the right only. All left turns are made at higher pattern speeds. With the condition I am just recreationally flying locally (don't have to be that efficient and can burn a turn to center each thermal by going the "wrong way"), I found that thermaling for a while to the left, then landing made the high speed left turns in the pattern feel a bit "different". This was especially noticiable after not flying for awhile. The result was babying the plane thru the turns instead of "bank and yank". Does this make sense for low-time pilots, or pilots who take time off from flying occasionally? Seems like if you have not flown for awhile, then thermal a few dozen slow left turns, you would naturally tend to prefer slow left turns in the pattern. That is what you were just praticing to do, after all. Is there safety benefits to thermaling only to the right, and landing only with left turns? Will a pilot develop habits or preference for slow speed right turns and high speed left turns? John |
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