Steep Spiral Commercial Maneuver

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San Diego Flight Instructor Garry Wing demonstrates the Commercial Pilot flight maneuver, Steep Spiral, in this 5-minute in-flight maneuver video.
When you're trying to get the airplane down in a limited area, due to terrain or clouds, the Steep Spiral is the maximum performance maneuver that will help you achieve that.
Steep Spiral is a visual maneuver that requires dividing attention between flying the airplane within +/- 10-kts. target airspeed and correcting for wind while staying an equal radius from an object on the ground. Don't forget to count how many turns you've made; rolling out after a preset number of turns on a designated heading --- +/- 10° --- is part of the maneuver too! For more flying fun and excitement, head over to the website, www.FlyTheWing.com

[@abbieamavi]

These are so helpful, I don’t know if you realize but your videos are the best in the game when it comes to explaining, showing, and understanding these maneuvers. Thank you so much!

[@tobysmith4662]

Love your channel!!!

[@PenAirPilot]

Garry, you do a really wonderful job with these PTS related videos. Great cadence and editing. Great content. No BS. Good things like common errors etc. I havent done these maneuvers for 10+ years but I enjoy reliving them through your great channel. Keep it up sir!

[@jeffburns986]

Great video and well explained!

[@737pilot7]

Thanks for all the great content Garry. I just passed my commercial checkride Thursday and your videos definitely helped me get through my training. Keep up the great work!

[@GarryWing]

Demetrius Ingram Congrats on passing the commercial, Demetrius! Like the examiner told me after my checkride, "congratulations; now you're a Commercial pilot, and they'll try to blame everything on you". Be careful out there!

[@shahzadnaqvi2070]

STUDENT PILOT.

[@noonelimits]

I would just remember to practise Engine burst every 360 degree for maintain engine warm

[@alvinlal85]

Great video once again sir. I just did my night xc for the commercial req to KPRB. Your concise explainations on the ground and in the air are great. I might even steal some of them for my checkride! Safe flights and blue skies..

[@GarryWing]

Steal from me, and you're stealing for the third time:)

[@bombud1]

liked and shared

[@nintendokings]

Ah man, I miss flying in the states

[@aj-sk2nf]

More great content Garry: I regularly view your videos before going out to practice - really helps my focus and flying technique. For Steep Spirals, are you using zero (idle) throttle throughout, other than momentary engine clearing on upwind? Are you using any flaps? I hear different things from different folks: wonder if that's all a matter of personal preference, or if it depends on the particular aircraft you're in?

[@GarryWing]

Yes, power to idle (fixed pitch prop in descent still idles about 1,000 RPM). I'm probably flying this slower than most would; Vbg in C172N is 75KIAS, but that's at MGWT, and I was hundreds less than that; hence I picked 65KIAS. You can hear the stall buzzer a couple times in the video on the steepest banked turns, even though I am still 5-10 kts. above stall. I just wanted the demonstration to be clearly different than Emergency Descent Maneuver, which you can fly with or without flaps and descend at much greater airspeed (Vno, Vne or Vfe depending on configuration).

[@sabhaythukral]

Is that a picture of Blythe airport at the back

[@hmollin]

Can you explain why you lower the pitch during the steepest bank and raise the pitch during shallowest bank to maintain a constant airspeed?

[@badgerfishinski6857]

ACS lists STEEP SPIRAL and EMERGENCY DESCENT. They are listed as different maneuvers. Questions to ask yourself. What situation would warrant using a STEEP SPIRAL vs EMERGENCY DESECENT. What are the main differences on how you perform each maneuver?

[@alqumran5379]

I have never had to do the spiral let down. Dangerous maneuver, as it really stresses the airframe if you hit turbulence.Not to mention having a head on with an Eagle!!

[@jamesm7649]

How does doing a descending turn at best glide speed stress the airframe? You should never pull more than 2 g's during this maneuver

[@nightwaves3203]

If getting down quick in a real emergency like fire forget the not slipping.

[@mytech6779]

Emergency decent is a different maneuver.

[@Dub4Yah]

Ya still around Gary ?

[@GarryWing]

Yes.