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I have found that you can fly a nice sized pattern in a CT if you watch your airspeed and keep it coordinated. It is also somewhat dependent on how the idle speed is set.

For me and my airplane I fly about a 1/2 mile wide downwind, and plane base so I fly a 1/2 mile final, and depending on wind conditions I may make it a little bigger yet.

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Thanks again to all the contributors to this thread. Especially thankful to Mike Koerner for taking time to put in all that valuable detail. And, I was very tickled by the specifics that Andy Walker gave about when he cuts to idle, trims, etc. I will strive to create my own habits along the same lines. I tried cutting power abeam the numbers, but I like doing a long downwind so that was too soon for me. I will attempt to shorten my downwind to make that work for me.

 

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At approximately 45 degrees to the numbers, off my L or R shoulder I cut the power and turn to base. (under most circumstances).

 

Cheers

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