Cirrus N210MS
Charter Member
Last Night i got to fly with Lotus in L-39s great to talk to him on teamspeak and did some formation flying :ernae:

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Can you give me some tips on formation flying? I am having a really hard time with it.
Indeed, jets are harder to keep formation with as a general rule, and the L-39 is at the hard end of the jet scale due to the slow spool time. It's pretty satisfying though when it works out. As Kiwikat said, practice (plus good communication and steady flying from your lead) makes all the difference.
For ease of station keeping you can use just a smidge more power than the lead as well, 1-2%, and fine tune your position with a dab of airbrakes now and then.
Have fun!
-Mike