ORIGINAL: whstlngdeath
Jim,
I hear ya on this cold front. I'm up in the Tulsa area and it was 22 this morning. Where's Dayton, Tx? I'll be heading south to San Antonio for Thanksgiving and some deer hunting, so I kinda hope it stays cold down there. There's nothing worse than deer hunting in late November and it's still in the 80's. [:@]
About the cartwheels, I suppose the CG would have to be a ways back to make the plane unstable enough to do it. Recovering from it is what would concern me. The method described above of entering it from a climbing knife edge might be safer than my cartwheel "spin", but I think the plane would tend to snap into a Lomcevak maneauver, which is a sorta-cartwheel.
Anywho, I'm sticking to the simulator for such flying, as I don't even have a plane that can attempt 3-D[X(]
Jesse
Hi Jesse, it's supposed to stay cold here for a few days so don't dilly dally. Get on down here and shoot a deer. Check the local weather forecast for the S.A. area. That should tell you what's gonna happen. If you can believe the weatherman.
Dayton it about 30 miles East of Houston on Hwy 90. Nice little community but I have to travel a million miles to get to my LHS.
We are going to be in Austin for Thanksgiving. Lots of food and football, probably not gonna get to do any flying. Oh well, there's always next week.
I can do the Lomcevak, no problem. It's just that I have never seen or heard of a knife edge cartwheel. It ought to be interesting. If I crash, so what, no plane lives forever. Like the guy said, all planes come with an expiration date, we just don't know when it is.
JimRoss