How do you make a glider fly in circles?

Answer 1

Is this a trick question? Is it a real glider or a model/toy? It's tough enough flying powered aircraft in actual closed circles in the sky, much less a glider. The best you can regularly expect from a glider is a tight corkscrew up or down. A true, closed circle in the sky by a glider would require some VERY accommodating updrafts. But assuming you have that VERY rare condition...

You roll the ailerons into the turn, stepping on the appropriate rudder at the same time, being careful to maintain the aircraft in a coordinated attitude, reach the angle of turn you desire, center the rudder, check for aircraft coordination. If it is coordinated, great. If not, adjust with judicious use of the rudder. Hold that pose. You are now in a turn, making circles, until such time as you command another control input... or your rare updrafts quit on you and you run out of altitude... whichever comes fist.