Chandelle

The Chandelle (French for "candle" ) is an aerobatic figure. The figure is not included in the Aresti catalog, consequently therefore no competition figure. Therefore, it is also defined nowhere, as the has to look "correct" version, and there are over according to divergent views. The maneuvers listed below are all more or less often referred to as " Chandelle ", but also carry their own names, with which they can be defined better.

Climbing Turn

In the German-speaking area is understood with simultaneous elevation gain ( engl. climbing turn) under a Chandelle usually a reverse curve. Here it comes, the curve with constant cross slope to fly (or, depending on the interpretation of constant radius) and to plan the gain in height so that the airspeed is at the end of the curve as close to the minimum speed. The success of the figure thus depends on a forward-looking energy management. If the airplane is very powerful engines, this figure is rather pointless, as the plane barely loses ride during the climb. If the airplane, however, motorized weak or a glider, the Chandelle is to develop a valuable exercise to get a feel for the energy management.

Raised trip curve

The Raised trip curve on a glider, a standard method for rapid transition from straight flight in the slow, steady circling in a thermal updraft. Once the aircraft is flown into the updraft region of the thermal bubble, a sharp right or left turn is flown and the journey through the elevator again " pulled out " and converted into height. This has the advantage that one before reaching the updraft area does not lose as much height as when one is flying slowly in the thermals. The disadvantage of this maneuver is that you need to know quite exactly where the thermals is because you will lose quite a lot of height, rather than to reduce the loss of height.

Even when learning aerobatics, this figure will be trained so that you get a better feel for the energy management of an aircraft. Usually the raised ride curve is then designed as a 180 ° course change what the glider aerobatics requires a high degree of skill. In addition, relatively high G- forces occur for aerobatics newbie, what gives a good picture of how strong centrifugal forces affect the body.

Wing Over

Also, the "wing over" is in some places called Chandelle. In this type of figure you win first ride, the nose moves to 45 ° upwards and then initiates a 180 ° turn. After the release of the curve, the nose shows again 45 ° downwards, so that the aircraft is controlled at the end by simply pulling back on the elevator back to straight and level flight.

The "wing over" feels as if you tilt " over the wing " in the descent. In fact, however, it is important that the curve is completely flown and the aircraft (which would acknowledge many aircraft models with spin ) is not " inside tips " of itself in the downward movement. This maneuver is the basis of quarter - clover, which is based in part on the "wing over".

Quarter - clover

The quarter - leaf clover consists of the loop and thus a combined "wing over". This figure is initiated by 1/4 loop is flown. While the elevator is pulled, is simultaneously initiated a rolling motion by pressing the cross and rudder. At the end of the figure, the aircraft has changed course by 90 ° and the figure is terminated by the neutral position of elevator, aileron and rudder in the following straight flight.

The "quarter - clover" is the basis of " Lazy Eight", which is partly based on this figure.

Full cloverleaf

The full cloverleaf consists simply of four successively flown quarter shamrocks. The "trick " in this figure is exactly the same four quarter - leaf clovers to fly after another. At the end of the figure, the flight must be continued at the same point at which you initiated the figure. Also, this maneuver is not a competitive figure and is rather used for training purposes, since it already requires a considerable degree of coordination to this figure to fly clean.

Lazy Eight

This figure is a combination of the " quarter - clover" and the wing over. First, the quarter - leaf clover is flown, to then be combined with a wing over. This figure looks like the symbol for infinity (), which also carries the name " Lazy Eight" in the English-speaking world.