How to do touch and goes

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Im doing the circuit pattern visually but always overshoot the turn? i really want to rack up on hours and landing to get expert

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I think what would be helpful is reviewing the procedures for pattern work, something I’ve been studying recently.

This video its good for pattern entry:

And this is good for flying the actual pattern:

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very good video for beginner 👌

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I love some good ga pattern work 😎

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Here’s a good vid if you wanna do the flying in a commercial aircraft

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Hi! Nice to see that you’re into pattern work. Here are some tips so you won’t overshoot the turns:

  • Depending on your position in the circuit, your speed may vary, but I recommend you to go 250kts on downwind, then when you’re about 1 minute into the base turn, reduce speed to 200kts.
  • On base, set flaps to maximum and and reduce speed to approach speed (e.g. you’re flying A320, so you have to reduce your speed to about 140kts), then just before the cone, turn to runway heading.

Since you’re doing the pattern work at 1,500ft AGL (about 4NM final), before you takeoff, ensure that you pinpoint a waypoint that is about 4NM final (usually from waypoint RWYxx). That’s your reference point when doing a base turn. One thing is, since any vehicle create a curvature when turning, you’re only turning to base after passing that reference point.

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Hello hello, I’m practicing the same thing, I never know when to turn final. If I’m aiming for RW27L I end up straight on RW27R lol.

Having a waypoint that’s 4nm final helps, I’ll try that.

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Thats fr with me to

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It’s easy with fighter jets since you can turn hard but with commercial, it’s tricky to chase the threshold lol

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And SLOW!!!

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Until you get used to the combination of timing, speed, and space while keeping clean corners, try:

keeping the pattern a bit wide, and turning a bit early, so you can have more control over varying a more gradual bank angle as you complete the turns, to get the alignment you desire.

The above allows you to have plenty of time and spare bank angle (to stay away from steep bank angles, and rolls into and out of the bank more rapidly than you can assess) to make adjustments as you watch your progress in aligning as you desire with the correct leg.

After you do this enough times, the muscle memory you build allows you to tighten up the pattern.

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Yes that makes sense. I imagine it’d be more manageable to handfly the final turn manually.

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