At 18:41 24 March 2019, Terry Pitts wrote:
On Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 11:12:31 AM UTC-4,
wrote:
Said to be a recent aerobatic accident in Germany. No known
details.
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n you translate what is said at the end of the video? What is
the glider
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ype? =20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DPm66k3F1bv8


Everything I've read about aerobatics in German and English
says:

1. Always follow the rules (he was too low for legal aerobatics
coming off
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the winch).

2. No aerobatics in non-aerobatic aircraft (unless you're Bob
Hoover).

3. Don't exceed limits - yours or the aircraft's

A low pass requires speed. Speed requires altitude. Did you see
how low he
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was as he crossed the trees between aerobatics and starting the
low pass?
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e barely cleared THOSE trees.

Vocabulary thought - is a low pass an aerobatic figure? I think
this is a
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anding accident after an aerobatic flight, not an "aerobatic
accident."

Properly done aerobatics have a decent safety margin. When
the margin is
go=
ne, so is the safety.

The report says they came off the winch at 300m. I plan for an
average
heig=
ht loss of 200 feet (70m) per figure. EASA prohibits aerobatics
below
450m.=
Two loops and a hammerhead/stall turn consumed the better
part of 200m.
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is was an accident waiting to happen long before it happened.

The report includes screen captures from a previous iteration of
a low
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where the pilot has exceeded Vne...

This sort of garbage is why some clubs oppose aerobatics.

Terry

Terry

I believe P2 got away with a broken arm.
There is a facebook link for those that use it.
https://www.facebook.com/.../a.17862...6584948633142/...
shows a man with an arm in a cast but no proof that its accurate