rocky

I'm getting it more right than wrong now. Thank you again Dawger. The advice and explanation you gave was right on to get me over this hump. There's still so much to learn and get better at but this journey is a fun one.

Thank you Dawger! This makes perfect sense. I will change up how I do my break turn and try to gain more distance from the runway. The tip about DDI is awesome. I will incorporate it into my training session!

Apologies. I should have mentioned it was for the Hornet. I saw there were other posts related to asking for help on specific aspects of flying in this section so I thought this was the correct forum section to place it in. If it is incorrect I can ask a moderator to move it to the correct place.

Hi everyone! I'm practicing how to do the overhead landing pattern but I keep missing the runway when I turn to final. The tutorials make it look doable, bank 30 degrees, throttle control to keep the vector around 2-3 degrees below the horizon and straighten out to line up to the runway after 180 degrees. From watching the videos and trying to dissect them and reading the documentation it looks like I'm within the margin of the marks leading up to the turn as they're described but when I turn into final by the time I straighten out I'm usually far off to the side of the runway. Very few times I've hit the line up zone but most times I don't. Between the successes and failures I can't really find the difference of why. I've attached track files of 2 failures and 1 success to show what's happened. Could I ask for some help to explain what I'm doing wrong and for some advice on how to get more consistent with getting the runway lined up once I start that final turn? OvrHeadLandMissionAlMinhad30AoBMissExample.miz_29061426_11-22.trk OvrHeadLandMissionMissedRunwaySmooth30AoB.miz_28062022_11-22.trk OvrHeadLandMissionAlMinhad30AoBGreatLanding.miz_30061248_11-22.trk