Do Ya'll ever wish you could torque roll?

NO!

Don't you wish you had unlimited horsepower? Or could do 2000' loops? (at half throttle) Or fly at 200+ mph? Or do 1/2 mile slow rolls? (at 200+ mph) Or........ do a whole lot that mortal prop planes can't ever dream of doing?

That's a freakin' jet! 199 mph (ama# 691276) low pass down the center...then straight up, into a heavenbound vertical spin that can get completely out of sight if you're not careful. All accomplished in 5 seconds. Now that's fun. I do however, enjoy the scale flight of an extremely well detailed propjob. For you torquerollers, that means hammered tin louvers on that Sukhoi cowl, buddy...no plastic film covering here. But there's nothin' like seein' fiberglass haulin' *****! (Shaun, workin' hard at gratuitiously abusin' that apostrophe jis' fo' you). Speaking of Shaun Evans...I shot some impressive video of his Simjet powered Y/A Starfire today. Just awesome. Wish we could post video.
Anyway, the main thing, with all the different areas of interest in this hobby is to have fun, and it makes ot even more fun when you POST IN THE CORRECT FORUM!

Eddie Weeks's Rig will do dat! Hee Hee Torque ROLLin a horizontal plane! That is.

the new rookie from Composite ARF come pretty darn close to pulling off a torque roll !!! it will do the 199+ mph deal also when pointed laterally


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gu44S99S4

Voy

Voy,

That is an incredible video!! I'd be happy to just do some slow high alpha's over the runway!!

Raf

Hey whats up???

Dave whats up?

No, I don't wish I could torque roll. I can torque roll... but not with my jet.

That's what ailerons are for!

Why can't you post video? I'd like to see it.

If VTOL is possible, Torque-Roll is possible.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...575481790417666

Link does not work. What is it?

Try it
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...98454581901107

Good link, now is some one making a Harrier jet.....

i suspect you are sooner likely to see a EDF harrier over a turbine one ... not that it cant be done on turbine power, but there are ducting and heat distribution issues that would have to be dealt with .... Would be interesting to see if one could be made to fly smooth and stable ... even though cool, a Harrier flailing around and bouncing all over would just not look right


Voy

without heli looking props on the wingtips and/or tail or nose? yes, Ewald Schuster has made one, [link]http://cpl.usc.edu/eschuste/[/link] ..but has he got it vtol-ing yet?. I don't think so, someone correct me if I'm wrong.. I agree with voy, a pure jet vtol is going to be very difficult and expensive, if it is done.. and if it is done will they sell them? Yea, for $100,000.., who all wants one?

I believe the rig in the video is what Skymaster is testing for their Harrier.