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Thread: [Acro] Yet more questions from first-time Spor ...

Message: [Acro] Yet more questions from first-time Sportsman pilot

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From: "Ed Haywood" <haywoode at hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:56:02 UTC


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<P>I think I've got the 1 1/4 spin down good enough.  Thanks for all the tips.</P>
<P>The other thing I'm having trouble with is the 2 point roll at very slow airspeeds.  I can roll OK at 120, and even at 100, but when I try to roll at 80mph it gets ugly.  A few things I'm running into:</P>
<P>1.  I seem to routinely push neg 2Gs to get my nose up into correct inverted pitch attitude (I'm flying a Decathlon, which has a semi-symmetrical airfoil, and needs to be fairly nose high to for level inverted flight path).  I shouldn't have to push much more than 1G, should I?</P>
<P>2.  Sometimes when I am approaching 1/4 around the roll, in knife edge flight, and I apply heavy top rudder, the roll rate seems to slow or almost stop for a moment.</P>
<P>3.  I'm still gaining about 20 to 30 mph on the half roll at the beginning of the Split S, leading to some excess speed on the bottom.  I try to pitch the nose up a bit to start the roll, but that seems to make problem #2 worse.</P>
<P>4.  I'm coming off heading sometimes.  I think I know the cause of this one.  I'm starting my push too soon, or holding it too long, as I come around inverted.</P>
<P>Any and all tips appreciated.  Sorry if I'm boring you experienced flyers.  I don't have access to a coach at the present time.</P>
<P>On the plus side, I did the Sportsman known at box alt today for the first time, and bottomed out at 1800 AGL both times.  That made me pretty happy.</P></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2740??PS=47575" target="_top">Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!</a> </html>


                


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