Immelmann Turn. This maneuver is a half loop with a roll at the top. It is used to change directions quickly and is handy in a dogfight. When an aircraft performs an Immelmann turn, move the vehicle’s counter to the square immediately behind its starting position and turn it so it faces the opposite direction. This counts as three squares of movement. An aircraft performing an Immelmann turn during combat can climb up to ____ meters or dive up to ____ meters. This turn is named after Max Immelmann, a German ace from World War I.

Climb. A climb maneuver is shown in figure 6 where the climbing aircraft moves four squares in a straight line and then can move as desired. During tailing, the minimum climb is ___ meters. In non-combat situations, the maximum climb is the rate given for the aircraft, and it is not necessary to move four squares in a straight line.

Dive. The aircraft performing a diving maneuver moves four or more squares using any combination of straight flight and 45 degree turns. A craft involved in tailing must dive at least ___ meters. The maximum (controlled) dive is that listed for the aircraft. The dive is not illustrated.

Stall. Shown in figure 7, a stall is performed by moving forward one square and counting it as five squares of movement. An aircraft can move out of a stall straight ahead or at a 45 degree angle, though if they have slowed down enough, jetcopters and aircars can perform a 180-degree pivot.

An aircraft can only perform one stall per turn. Stalling is a reversal maneuver. An aircraft that uses a stall during tailing can climb up to ___ meters.

Loop. A loop is performed by placing the aircraft counter one, two or three squares behind its starting position without changing its facing (see figures 8 and 9). Moving through a one-square loop counts as four squares of movement. A two-square loop counts as six squares, while a three-square loop counts as eight.

An aircraft can turn 45-degrees  at the end of the loop. Top speed can be used if the aircraft does not turn during the movement. Loops are reversal maneuvers. If a looping craft is being tailed, the tailing aircraft must perform a loop of the same size or larger than the target aircraft’s loop or it will be reversed (see Tailing). During tailing, the maximum climb and dive in a loop is ___ meters.

An aircraft can make only one loop per turn.

Split-S, Tail Spin. The split-S and tail spin are diving maneuvers that can be performed by aircars, glijets and fixed-wing aircraft. Jetcopters cannot perform these actions.

Both maneuvers are made by moving forward one square and then turning out in any direction. See Figure 10. The aircraft dives almost vertically for several hundred meters before pulling out and resuming normal movement. Count each full 50 meters dived as one square of movement. Then add the diving bonus squares.

The difference between the two maneuvers is that the divingbonus from the tail spin is only half the usual diving bonus. Add only one bonus square for each full 100 meters dived in a tail spin. An aircraft doing atail spin or a split-S must dive at least 250 meters. It can lose more altitude by diving farther during the maneuver or by making a normal dive after the maneuver.

Tail spins in this case are a controlled maneuver as opposed to a flat spin, where an aircraft is falling almost horizontally.  

Barrel Roll. This maneuver can be conducted by jetcopters and aircars. Figure 11 shows what happens when an aircraft only performs one barrel roll. However, the craft can do more than one roll in a single barrel roll maneuver if the rolls are continues and are in the same direction, as shown in Figure 12.

Each roll counts as two squares of movement. An aircraft can turn 45-degrees to the right or left in the square where the maneuver is completed. The maximum climb or dive allowed in a barrel roll during tailing is 50 meters.