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Old 08-06-2012 | 10:37 PM
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Default RE: Can a 757 do rolls?

Roll the 757, course you can, done it many times, (in the sim,!) but Tex Johnson rolled the B707 prototype in the air "selling airplanes". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_khhzuFlE

Dont recommend it with pax if you value your job !

757 roll: Start at 250 plus knots, apply full power, pitch up to 20 degrees, full aileron, bit of back pressure to keep the G positive, power off as she comes over the top , keep rolling to wings level, nose will have dropped a little below horizon, recover to S +L simple !! Perhaps Beave can try it on his next sim. Concorde has been rolled too, as have Vulcan and Victor !

Now, if you want to see a stunning 757 near-aerobatic display, go see the RNZAF 757 display, quite brilliant, but doesn't QUITE roll it past 100 degrees !!

regards ,

David.