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Approaching ROLLOUT from a 360° steep turn, the pilot should begin reducing bank approximately

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exactly at the original heading.
Rolling out at target heading overshoots due to roll-rate inertia.
✓ at half the bank angle before the original heading.correct
Start the rollout at half the bank angle before the original heading: for a 45° bank turn, begin rolling out 22-23° of heading before the target. Standard rollout lead: bank angle / 2 = degrees of heading to lead by. For a 45° bank, start rollout 22° before target heading. For 60° bank, lead by 30°. This compensates for the time it takes to roll out and stop the turn. Precise rollout is part of ACS standard for steep turns (within 10° of entry heading).
after passing the original heading.
Rolling out late always overshoots.
rollout doesn't matter for steep turns.
Precise rollout is in the ACS standard.

Why

Start the rollout at half the bank angle before the original heading: for a 45° bank turn, begin rolling out 22-23° of heading before the target. Standard rollout lead: bank angle / 2 = degrees of heading to lead by. For a 45° bank, start rollout 22° before target heading. For 60° bank, lead by 30°. This compensates for the time it takes to roll out and stop the turn. Precise rollout is part of ACS standard for steep turns (within 10° of entry heading).

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