The Smooth Turn strategy is a 3D strategy, operating in the wind frame, in which the aircraft performs a turn in the horizontal plane with a smooth onset of load factor and roll rate.
Turn
Select the Heading The direction that the aircraft is pointing. change that describes the direction and extent of the turn. You can select to control the Load Factor or Roll of the turn; the maximum rate of the selected property can be derived from the current Acceleration performance model or you can override the model and enter a manual value.
Flight Path Angle Mode
The Flight Path Angle Mode control enables you to control the aircraft's flight path angle. Two options are available:
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Hold Initial Flight Path Angle - Maintains the initial flight path angle. This is the default control.
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Level Off - Levels off the flight path angle. The aircraft's acceleration is controlled by the procedure time constant.
Airspeed
Select a method to define the aircraft's airspeed for the maneuver from the drop-down menu and define any related properties for it.
The Min Speed Limits and Max Speed Limits properties control the behavior of STK's Aviator capability if the aircraft violates the minimum or maximum airspeed during the maneuver; select Constrain if Violated to force the aircraft to obey the limit and continue the maneuver (possibly violating physical laws), Stop if Violated to stop the maneuver at the minimum or maximum airspeed, Error if Violated to make the procedure invalid, or Ignore Limits to ignore the speed limits.