Level 5: Basic 3D
9,600 XP + 3,600 bonus0% Complete
Level overview
Level 5 is where the program becomes recognizably 3D. Backward flight, tumbles, tic tocs, and aggressive collective management all arrive together, so practice structure matters as much as raw stick skill.
Prerequisites
You should already control inverted flight, flips, and sport aerobatics with enough height and bailout margin to recover reliably.
Practice expectation
Expect roughly 35 to 50 flights to make these maneuvers repeatable and not just survivable.
What you'll learn
- •Fly backward upright and inverted patterns with controlled entries and exits.
- •Perform tic tocs, tumbles, death spirals, and knife-edge style transitions.
- •Use altitude, spacing, and bailouts intelligently while pushing harder maneuvers.
5.1
Sustained Backward Flight
5.2
Backward Figure 8
5.3
Backward Inside Loop
5.4
Traveling Backward Rolls
5.5
Sustained Backward Inverted Flight
5.6
Backward Inverted Figure 8
5.7
Inverted Autorotation
5.8
Knife Edge Pirouette
5.9
Death Spiral
5.10
Tic Tocs (Skids Out)
5.11
Vertical 8
5.12
Tumbles