Re: Aerobatics and your plain old C150
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:01 pm
If a picture is worth 1000 words, a video is worth a million!
[youtube][/youtube]
Every pilot ought to be able to do that, IMHO.
PS The altitude gain during a wingover is up to you. The
more altitude you gain at the apogee, the slower the airspeed
will be.
Also, the rate of bank change - and the maximum bank -
are similarly up to you. There are no "right answers" and a
lot depends upon your initial energy which is your airspeed.
Note at the beginning of the video, the IP trades off a little
altitude for airspeed. Pigs and sausages, I say.
All you can really say for sure about a wingover is that your
- entry and exit altitudes are the same,
- altitude is gained and airspeed lost during the first 90 of heading change,
- it is symmetrical,
- the ball is in the center, and
- you exit with a heading change of 180.
Bonus points for doing it inverted - an "outside" wingover ^-^
[youtube][/youtube]
Every pilot ought to be able to do that, IMHO.
PS The altitude gain during a wingover is up to you. The
more altitude you gain at the apogee, the slower the airspeed
will be.
Also, the rate of bank change - and the maximum bank -
are similarly up to you. There are no "right answers" and a
lot depends upon your initial energy which is your airspeed.
Note at the beginning of the video, the IP trades off a little
altitude for airspeed. Pigs and sausages, I say.
All you can really say for sure about a wingover is that your
- entry and exit altitudes are the same,
- altitude is gained and airspeed lost during the first 90 of heading change,
- it is symmetrical,
- the ball is in the center, and
- you exit with a heading change of 180.
Bonus points for doing it inverted - an "outside" wingover ^-^