Practice rolling the airplane into the turn slower, figure out the required
power and pitch. Keep in mind that if you start to climb or descend in a
60deg bank, the elevator won't do much. You either have to flatten out the
bank or get the pitch/power/bank right the first time. When you have that
nailed, start rolling into the turn faster. It gets fun. In real world
flying, you are probably better off with 45deg with flaps and a lower
airspeed then 60deg and a higher airspeed. Keep in mind that most planes
are rated to only +2G with the flaps extended, so don't do 60deg banks with
flaps.

Mike
MU-2

"Marc Lattoni" wrote in message
news:aJQ3c.73545$Ff2.46917@clgrps12...
I found a new rental opportunity at CYBW (Springbank, Alberta) with a
brand
new 172SP the other day and today went out for a Mountain check ride with
the chief CFI.

Now, I did two mountain courses over the past 18 months - one with my
original training outfit and one with the local flying club. All well.
Ridge
approaches, choosing the right side of the valley, updrafts, downdrafts,
lenticular clouds, rotors, 45 degrees turns, etc.

Today we did canyon turns, not at 30, not at 45 but more than 45 degrees.
Sort of standing the airplane on its wingtip as we turn.

YIKES. I just could not get it all together. What a mess. Any more of a
mess and it would have been a real mess, the kind you need soap and Lysol
for. So, no more mountain flying until I can get this right.

Anyways folks, any suggestions? I am going to try to get this right
another
day.

Marc