I have to respectively disagree that this is not an aerobatic bird. When I was taking my flying lessons I went flying with the guy that "set the hook" so to speak in his RV4. He had two of them. I mentioned one day that I had seen the Blue Angels fly and it was neat to see some of the stuff they do. He invited me to go flying with him. He lined up on the runway and poured the coals to it. We hit top speed and he pulled it vertical. Then we went into a hammerhead and a bunch of other "aerobatic" maneuvers. It was a blast and the plane really flew the patterns well. This is a private pilot with over 16,000 logged hours and a self-taught aerobat.

Just wanting to point out that the "real thing" is an aerobat.

Cheers,
Andy