Today was my first time flying for a grade. I performed all the maneuvers I usually do and was given a grade out of five for each maneuver. I got mostly fours, one five, and four threes, for a total overall grade of 3.67.
My lowest scores were given for my ground reference maneuvers,emergency procedures, and my power-off stall. For my S-Turns, I had trouble losing altitude. For my turns around a point, I kept drifting in towards my point. Because I was so worried about how I would do, I accidentally started my turns around a point to the right (I'm used to doing it to the left). I got a three on my emergency procedures because I didn't use the checklist. I bombed my power-off stall because I pulled in the flaps too quickly on the recovery, before I had gained enough speed.
All in all, the primary reason I didn't do well on those maneuvers was because I was nervous. Had I just relaxed as usual, I would've done much better.
Ironically, I was most worried about maneuvering slow flight, and that's what I did best on.
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