Flying the VFR pattern, in preparation to landing.
Trying to spot the direction and position of the threshold of the runway when banked over, and transitioning from "downwind" to "base" to "final"; in 90 degree turns...
...especially in a high-wing aeroplane, when visibility of the runway is blanked off by the lowered wing!
Position, airspeed, altitude and timing is critical at those points if one is not to overshoot the turning points and fail to make the landing, (go around).
This difficulty often encourages me to by-pass the safety rules of flying the pattern, eg; observing traffic, both in the air and on the ground, noting wind direction if possible, etc, etc...resulting in me preferring to fly in a straight line towards the threshold of the active runway instead, which for various reasons, may not be a good idea!
Pattern Perfection!...>>> http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/tip- ... ct-pattern
What are your pattern experiences in the Flight Sim?...
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