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Old 08-26-2004 | 09:20 PM
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Default RE: lomcevaks ???

OH Boy,,, yeah you can do a maneuver that looks exactly like a lomcevak but its not aerodynamically the same by definition. There is no gyroscopic precession according to our resident astrophsysicists because the prop is too light,, but whatever...

Need to be aft on teh CG for it to work..

1. At about 3/4 throttle, Pull up on a 45 degree upline and roll onto knife edge canopy facing you. I prefer to do this from my right to my left across the sky...
2. On KE rapidly drive the sticks straight to the lower inside corners. (Chop Throttle, right rudder, left aileron, full up elevator... all at the same time))
3. The plane will start to tumble after about 1/2 a blink of your eye so at that point, continue to hold the sticks in to the center and push them straight up (full throttle, right rudder, left aileron, full down elevator.))

If you get the timing right the plane will suddenly snap end over end and finish with the plane upright flying backwards,,, tailfirst. About 3 revolutions is about as good as I can do... Even though you are finishing at full throttle the maneuver is so violent that the plane still come to a stop in the sky and fall out. SO you have to get off the throttle and then ease it back in as you roll it back into control and fly off.. Its a really cool looking maneuver even if it isnt a TEXTBOOK Lomcevak...