goals for the break
FWIW my personal goals at the home airport is to use the overhead break for engine out safety and practice(pluss it's a blast) My home pattern Alt is 8,000 feet at KFLG so things are a little different...
-160KTs at the 3 mile initial.
-1 mile initial- check traffic in sight or request with tower for change in plans
-reduce throttle to half just before break (depending on traffic)
-count 2 seconds past numbers or more with more wind
- one last look for traffic, call tower "break"
-look for 2.5G and bank for speed bleed for first 90 of the turn
-2nd 90 is roll out to 30 deg bank looking for 120KTS speed and throttle now almost idle
-very short extend to the perch, 3 seconds max, looking for 100kts, 7,800ft
- last 180 deg turn to the numbers, throttle idle
The sequence practice will be very different, a longer initial and "perch" with a fixed pitch prop and at sea level. That CS prop acts a break when at idle.
As in aerobatics, this maneuver should be presented by an instructor. I'm lucky where ya can't swing a dead cat without hitting an X A6-intruder jock up here.
My goal is the last 90 turn at idle and no added power adjustments and touchdown where I planned to be.
Sometimes it actually all works out