The Raven
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Joined: 1/6/2005 From: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Status: offline
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Well, about a month or so ago I saw one of our hotshot pilots taking his superfast stick out to the runway. On the way out I said "Show us your roll rate" having seen the plane roll at well over 1080 per second. On takeoff he did just that...starting 4 feet off the ground. He got through the first roll, wobbled badly on the second, and splashed in along the runway on the third (total disaster). Feeling guilty I went out to help pick up the pieces, we found the engine 60+ft down the runway.... He wasn't sore at me because he said he was the fool at the sticks, still I felt bad. Next time I took my sorta 'fast' plane up he yelled out "Show us your roll rates" which I did (from an eye straining altitude)...
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