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Old 01-19-2003 | 01:25 AM
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Default Geeees!

Harry's comments again are right on. Rule #1 in basic aerobatics is to never split-S out of a busted slow roll or inverted flight practice. You're usually at cruise or full power and at cruise speed or faster entering the maneuver.

With the exception of the planes stressed to more than 10 G's and high Vne like the Extra's and Sukhoi's, most planes will experience a structural failure on the pullout, due to G or airspeed overload, or both-----if that fortunately doesn't happen, G-LOC is waiting to do the final number on you, especially after prolonged inverted flight practice, all due to the velocity/G relationship being a square function.

It also relates to airspeed in turbulence, with gust G-loading running up the G's to the structural failure point, almost instanly, one of the significant contributing factors in thunderstorm penetration accidents.

Fortunately, our high performance sport jets like the HotSpot, Bandit, etc. are really built to take the G's. I really am interested in how many G's we really are pulling. In addition to the JetCat GPS unit, Tony Tehan of Mini-Hobbies, had a tiny recording G-meter at Superman this year for sale.

Tom