ORIGINAL: sensei
ORIGINAL: john josey
ORIGINAL: sensei
ORIGINAL: john josey
ORIGINAL: bogbeagle
Well, there's only 4 aerobatic manoeuvres, that I know of.
Roll.
Loop.
Stall turn.
Spin.
Everything else is a variant of these.
I have no idea what might be considered the ''most difficult manoeuvre''. There's plenty that I can't do with finesse. I did once see a guy do a rolling loop, if that helps. And, it wasn't a whizzy-whizzy blur of activity, either ... it was slow and measured.
Yeah, this is the thing, the rolling loop is similar to the rolling circle, it 'can' be completed by carefull well timed elevator only inputs. For me the holy grail of manoeuvers is the one roll rolling circle. Ever since i watched Hanno prettner perform it at sandown park in the 1980's i have been obsessed, but to no avail so far.
The difficulty lies in the fact that all four controls have to be varied constantly from start till finish at around 8 seconds. If it's flat calm you might get off lightly with the throttle.
I have to agree, the one roll circle is one of the coolest things to see. I practiced that maneuver seams like thousands of times on the simulator before I could ever get it done on a real airplane. Here is a short video of a demo flight I was asked to perform at a memorial fly back in 2008, and the wind was blowing around 20 mph. Anyway someplace in there is a one roll circle. The airplane is a 40% Carden 260 I built on an extreme diet and placed a DA 100 in it, so keep in mind that it flies allot like a 33% airplane instead of a 40%er.
http://www.icanflyrc.com/JRFlyin/JH_...es/Bob260.html
Bob
Bob.....Respect !!! Two things i've realised from your post, the first is i'm making the circle too small and not giving myself time to make the subtle corrections.At the moment i'm one or two moves behind as i really need to be that in front. The second is the simulator, i've had a go on them but cant keep focused for more than a few minute's. I think i'm just old fashioned and prefer to turn fuel to smoke.
Yes, allowing the airplane to extend out in the roller gives you more time to work with it. I am with you, it is a real discipline forcing you to sit in front of the computer and practice for hours at a time, I remember aggravating the He!! out of myself trying to get something through my head at times. [&:]
Bob
I'm going to make a determined effort to master this move this year bob, i will invest in a sim and even just spend 30min a day from now till march when the weather gets a bit better here. I'll try and post some video of my progress as we go.