Full scale torque roll?
 

Anybody ever seen or heard of a real plane do a torque roll or other 3d stuff. Till I see a real one do it, watching models do it time after time at the fly-ins looks rediculous. Maybe I'm just too old!

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

Kirby Chambliss does this pretty well. Not all day long like we can with RC models but he can do it for a few rotations or so. Also does a good knife edge spin, harrier (cobra).

BTW, there was a long thread on this recently, you might be interested.

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

At an airshow last summer I saw a Yak-54 doa couple rotations before he started tailsliding. Tailsliding with full smoke. Looked wicked.

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

I'm sure watching gets boring after awhile, doing it however ain't easy and it's very gratifying once you can do it. I understand why others enjoy it because when you finally get the hang of it you are not thinking and just doing it, a very zen experiance. Other manuevers take a lot of concentration for me but if I start concentrating during a torque roll it works against me.

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

There is a french guy called Xavier De Laparent who flies a Sukhoi 26 in breitling academy colours, I've seen him do about 5 or 6 torque rolls whilst holding altitude.

I think the only reason he stopped was because it was getting boring for spectators, oh and his engine was probably close to expiring!!! lol.

Apparently, during his 3D display, and i do mean all 3D, he runs the engine absolutely flat out and it can't cope with it. It needs a rebuild every 3 or 4 shows, so I've been told anyway.

If anyone can find any videos, post them here, the only footage I have of him is on VHS.

He does, harriers, inverted harriers, rolling harriers, torque rolls, prophanging, flat spins. He actually does a sort of harrier landing, but he pushes out of it at about 50 feet to land, still impressive to watch though.

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

Will curtis does all the 3d with his uprated sukhoi. 12 g walls, harriers, elevators, prophanging, and can sustain torque rolls. he also did a perfect rolling loop.

Think he will be at the southern model show again this year.................

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

If you've ever seen a full size airplane do a torque roll with smoke on you wouldn't call it boring :)

Full size planes have been doing them for years, usually during a tail slide.

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

Perhaps boring was a strong word. I just mean that he keeps his display varied.

Too somebody who appreciates it, you could watch a full size torque roll all day, i could meself, but to the general public, you gotta give them variety.

RE: Full scale torque roll?
 

I saw Will Curtis doing TR's, walls, harriers etc at the weekend, it was pretty much the only thing I found interesting in the whole show (apart from the RAF Falcons hercules doing a really low pass just after they had landed!:D) He was even talking to the audience at the time![X(]