Before start, we radio ground and request start and taxi for circuits. Have to request start in this case in case circuits are full. He will give clearance to start or start and taxi.
After start, we request clearance to taxi. Since we were on runway 24, we taxi'd to ECHO. We know where ECHO is because it runs L to R down the runway from 6.
Do the run-up etc, taxi to echo, stop, get clearance for circuits, enter runway.
Full throttle, no flaps, manage runway yaw with rudder until 60kt. Then slight back pressure to lift nose (in the 172N, the 172S just goes anyway)
Establish best rate, 74kt. Continue climb at best rate. (At 300ft, do some sanity checks - forgot acronym, trim for best rate)
- Watch the fucking YAW from prop at full bananas
At 800ft (230ft aerodrome height + 500ft rounded up) begin 20 deg turn from upwind onto crosswind. Lookout.
Continue crosswind until runway is at rear 45. Trim again? Prob 100ft now, still climbing at best rate.
Begin banked turn onto downwind. Watch for 1300ft and level plane. Cut power, set attitude and trim.
Request clearance from tower for another touch and go. Tower will ack or clear. If they ack, they will radio to clear again soon.
- On free space on downwind leg, do "bumfish" - brakes, undercarriage, mixture, fuel, instruments, switches, hatches/harnesses
Watch altitude here, wanders.
At rear threshold / piano keys, cut throttle to 2000rpm, reset attitude and trim. 10 deg flaps.
As piano keys enter rear 45, throttle to 1500rpm, flaps 20, begin turn onto base leg. Can be steeper if needed (no climb affecting stall)
Allow to lose altitude. Maintain ~70kt. Keep trimming. Start lining up runway altitude even though around corner.
- DO NOT LOOK AT INSTRUMENTS.
Flaps to 40 when on base leg and everything is ok. Nose back down and trim as flaps affect.
Roll onto final. Small adjustments. Speed drops? DROP NOSE. Nose too low? MORE POWER.
- DO NOT ADJUST BY INSTRUMENTS.
Watch piano keys for movement, make sure we are inline. Keep bombing piano keys. Check speed at times, 65kt. Keep trimming.
Under 50ft - roll out.
Roll out pt 2
- CUT POWER COMPLETELY
- PULL UP NOSE TO STALL ATTITUDE. Far more than seems necessary.
Flaps to zero, *RESET CONTROLS, full beans and go again.