Downswing (aerobatics)
The downturn (French and in German-speaking Switzerland return ) is an aerobatic figure that can best be imagined as a half loop down from inverted flight to normal flight position. For this purpose, in inverted flight at stick but pulled uniformly determined. The stick is returned to the neutral position when the normal flight position is reached.
It is important that the input speed is selected low enough, otherwise the aircraft will be overloaded by exceeding either the maximum speed or the permitted G-load due to the start of the journey in the half loop.
The figure is also performed from the normal flight attitude in connection with a previously flown half roll. This combination is called the left or right downturn, depending on which direction half the roll is being flown. With this combination, the difficulty arises that in some aircraft the speed for half the roll must be higher than it may be afterwards when initiating the half loop. In this case, the nose is taken higher above the horizon in order to reduce speed by increasing the flight path. This is particularly important for gliders, because their aerodynamic quality allows them to pick up a lot of speed during the half loop.
The downturn is an aerobatic figure from Aresti's catalog .
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Simple aerobatics: Chandelle | Lazy Eight | Looping | Spin | Turn
Advanced figures: downturn | Barrel roll | cracked role | controlled role | Humpty Bump | Immelmann | Loopingacht (Cuban eight) | Male (Tail-Slide) | Knife flight | Role circle | Inverted flight | Back circle
Special maneuvers: Autumn maneuvers | Cobra maneuvers | Kulbit | Lomcovák | Torquing | Zwirbelturm