seems to me the owner's manual on our Mooney says limits are 60
degrees bank and 30 degrees pitch. It also says the airplane should
not be spun.

I could be wrong about that.

As for practice of these manouvers? Do whatever you like. Probably it
would not be wise to post here, though, except as a hypothetical
question. There's nothing like a written record to influence courts or
insurance companies.

T




On Jun 24, 11:30 am, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:15:25 -0000, wrote:
Be sure your airplane is certified for 60 degree pitch!

No airplane is "certified for 60 degree pitch". Sixty degrees pitch qualifies
as an aerobatic maneuver. Airplanes *are* certified for aerobatics, but that is
solely a limitation on G-loading. Dick's description of the maneuver ("...60*
pitch & 60* bank at 90* point to entry. Then at 0 mph, the nose falls...")
sounds unlikely to exceed the positive G limits for normal category.

Finally, the maneuver where Dick describes reaching 60 degrees of pitch is a
blind canyon escape maneuver, where you suddenly discover you've got granite
ahead and on both sides. It's the choice of the maneuver or going
two-dimensional on the canyon wall. Might I gently suggested that if you're
ever faced with the choice between A) Death or B) Violating FAA regs, that you
select B)?

Ron Wanttaja