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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like some advice on the best way to perform a
symmetrical Cuban Eight with a strong head wind.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I was out practicing and was struggling with
trying to keep the two halves even and the center downlines at 45 deg. and
crossing in the middle. Obviously the wind is pushing the plane back when going
into the first 1/2 Cuban so I know that it is necessary to drive into the wind,
but to do this I need to keep the plane's nose forward for a longer period of
time than normal (on the upline). Then when it's time to come around for the
down wind portion it seems that I have to flip the plane a bit too abruptly in
order to get the 45 deg downline centered before the wind pushes me back to far.
It's at the transition between driving into the wind and reversing directions
that I'm not sure about. Is it acceptable for the plane to relatively quick go
from nose forward to nose backward? If I don't do this I get blown back to
quickly, but doing so doesn't look very graceful. Also, in doing this it's hard
to keep the loop perfectly round through 5/8ths.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When going into the second 1/2 Cuban after
completing the centered downline I want to make the 5/8th loop nice and smooth,
but if I don't pull pretty hard at the bottom of the downline and get the nose
pointing up then backwards the wind will take me too far down field. This pull
up does not look as smooth as I think it should and for a long time I practiced
it with a smooth pull up and would go to far down field. To keep the
halves even, left to right, I have to pull much more than is visually
appealing. Of course, by doing this is also looks like I'm pinching the bottom
loop but in reality the loop is probably more even than it looks. I'm just
concerned that this approach does not look very good and may end up getting
downgraded. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any advice or comments would be
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Black</FONT></DIV>
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