Eights on Pylons or Pylon Eights, is a ground reference maneuver where an aircraft is flown in a figure eight pattern around two selected points on the ground (the pylons).
Pylon: The support or mast for the rotors of a gyroplane or helicopter. Pylons are also occasionally used to brace, from above, the wings of a wire-braced monoplane or to protect the pilot from injury in a crash should the aeroplane overturn.
Pylon
The part of an aircraft's structure which connects an engine to either a wing or the fuselage.
Pylon - All aboard!
Radar - An extremely realistic type of video game, often found at airports. Players try to send small game-pieces, called "blips," from one side of the screen to the other without colliding with each other.
PYLON - Structure attached to wing or airframe to carry load, e.g. engines or weapons.
RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force.
Pylon, on a point and about a point turns
In turns on a pylon, altitude, airspeed, bank angle, and distance from the pylon all change throughout the manoeuvre. In turns about a point, altitude and airspeed are supposed to remain constant.
Control pylon of elevator showing wire control cable and hard wire bracing.
Testing stabilizer attachment to fuselage.
Control horn of rudder showing double control cable, clevises, and hard wire bracing.
The eights-on-pylon maneuver consists of a turn on one pylon followed by an opposite-direction turn on another pylon, as shown in figure 16.10.
5-mile racetrack of inflatable pylons just 10-30 feet above the water. Their only goal: to be the fastest. The more experienced pilots make it look like no big deal, but the flying-which at times spikes up to 12 G's-is anything but that.
Hardpoints: 4Ã- under-wing pylon stations can be fitted to carry 600 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks or weapons, each with a capacity of about 5,000 lb (2268 kg).
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