CO104

• Airspace set aside for military aircraft to accomplish maneuvers in the lateral, vertical and horizontal planes.
• Controlled by ATC, using IFR rules

airspace with defined dimensions which contains a high volume of military or civilian pilot training or an unusual type of arial activity

altitude

airspeed

• Takes less time and distance
• Saves fuel
• Demonstrates proper judgement

• Trade altitude for airspeed
• Aircraft pitch angle must be steep enough to allow the airspeed to constantly but safely build

• Full power dive
• Canopy bow on horizon (10° nose low)
• 50 knots/1000' altitude lost

• If you need a slower airspeed prior to entering a maneuver, trade extra speed for increased altitude
• PCL - no change
• Level off at desired airspeed and begin maneuver

an outline of the sequence of events from time you leave the building to go to the aircraft until you return to the building after landing

• Pulling Gs and descending at low power or losing airspeed, you are loosing energy
• Accelerating or climbing with greater than one G, you are not gaining the most energy possible

The sequence of maneuvers that you will perform in the working area

Sequence area profile maneuvers so the each maneuver builds, maintains, or loses energy as required to do the next maneuver

• Try to maintain a "working" energy level during your area profile until you are ready to depart the area.
• Conserving energy

• The aircraft completes the maneuver at a higher total energy state than at the start of the maneuver
• Power-on stalls
• Nose high recoveries
• Climbing aerobatics

• The aircraft completes the maneuver at roughly the same total energy state as at the start of the maneuver
• Inverted recoveries

• The aircraft completes the maneuver at a lower total energy state than at the start of the maneuver.
• Traffic pattern stalls
• ELP stalls
• OCF recoveries
• Spins
• Nose-low recoveries
• Slow flight
• Descending high G aerobatics

• altitude/airspeed combination that will allow you to trade altitude and airspeed to accomplish any maneuver and stay within the altitude block
• Middle of block
• 180-200 KIAS working energy level

• Energy gaining
• Neutral
• Energy losing

• Losing
• Neutral
• Gaining

• 1. Where am I?
• 2. If I start the maneuver from this position, can I safely finish it, stay within my area boundaries, and set up for another maneuver?
• 3. Should I reposition the aircraft before this maneuver or modify my profile and do a different maneuver?
• 4. What is the next maneuver in my profile that I will do from my projected aircraft position?

• Know where you are
• Know the boundaries of your present working area
• Knowing the flight paths and required airspace for planned profile maneuvers
• Knowing and compensating for winds at altitude in your area

• Use ground references near the center of the largest amount of clear air in the area
• Use ground references that define the area boundaries and work between them
• Use you EHSI to stay between the radials and DME

• Know the direction and velocity of the wind in your area
• Displace your "working" area reference point upwind from you area's geographical center
• Fly your maneuvers into the wind and upwind from your "working reference"

• 30-60% torque
• 1500' above floor
• 3NM ahead; 3NM in direction of planned turn
• Energy gainer

• Power as required
• 2000' above; 1000' below
• 3NM in all directions
• Energy gainer

• Power as required
• 1000' above; 2000' below
• 3 NM in all directions
• Energy loser

• Power as required
• 2000' above and below
• 3NM in all directions
• Can be gainer, loser or neutral depending on what pitch angle when started

• Airspeed/power as required
• 1000' above; 3500' below
• 1NM ahead, 1NM in direction of turn
• Energy loser

• Airspeed/power as required
• 1000' above, 3500' below
• 1NM ahead, 1NM in direction of turn
• Energy loser

• Not planning enough altitude and area to complete the stall series
• Failing to check area orientation after each individual stall

• Final turn stalls - 120 KIAS; IDLE
• Landing attitude stalls -  5-10 KIAS above final approach speed; IDLE
• 2500' below
• 3NM in all directions
• Energy loser

• Clean glide: 125 KIAS
• High key to low key: 120 KIAS
• Low key to runway: 120 KIAS
• 4-6% torque
• Full stall series may take up to 4000'
• Energy loser

• 80-85 KIAS flaps LDG
• 85-90 KIAS flaps TO
• 90-95 KIAS no flaps
• Power as required
• 500' above and below
• 2NM ahead; 2NM in direction of first turn
• Energy neutral if done from a traffic pattern stall
• Energy loser otherwise

tells you where to do a maneuver