VFR Traffic Pattern
Take-off: Smoothly apply full power
Check engine gauges, max power set, airspeed alive
Rotate: 59 KIAS
Climb out: 66 KIAS
Departure Checks:
Flaps up, fuel pump off
Set climb power - 25" mp, 2500 rpm
Pattern Altitude:
Manifold Pressure: 18" - 20"
Airspeed 100 KIAS
RPM set for cruise
Downwind:
Mixture full rich
Fuel pump on
Manifold Pressure: 18"-20"
2400 rpm
Airspeed: below 108 KIAS
Abeam the Threshold:
Manifold Pressure - 13"
Flaps: Take-off
Speed: 80 KIAS
Base/Final:
Flaps: Landing
Approach speed - 75-80 KIAS
Final Approach:
Mixture/Propeller controls: full forward (full RPM)
Flaps: Landing
Speed: 70 KIAS over the numbers