Va and negative g's & fun non-acrobatic maneuvers

For added effect use an aerobatic plane and bank to just over
the 90 degrees. Got my g-meter up to about 3 pulling out of
one of those.

Paul

"One's Too Many" wrote in message
om...
From level flight at slow-normal cruise, with plenty of altitude to
spare (i.e 5000 AGL), pull the power back to idle and bank the thing
over to almost 60 degrees letting the nose fall over in a slow steep
banked 180 degree turn. Watch your airspeed and make sure it stays at
or below Va. Level out and then do it again in the opposite bank, to
make a big falling slow figure-8 pattern as you descend. Keep your
bank at or below 60 degrees and the nose down angle less than 30
degrees and you're still legal. Because you're not maintaining level
flight in the 60 deg banks, you're not really pulling any Gs in the
banks either. The most Gs you pull is when you level out after you're
done with the steep banks. Maybe 1.5 Gs at the most if you're sloppy
about it. One of my favorite "fun" things since you get a windshield
full of straight-down plus a wee bit of almost-zero-G feeling without
hardly any stress on the aircraft at all.

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message . ..
For added effect use an aerobatic plane and bank to just over
the 90 degrees. Got my g-meter up to about 3 pulling out of
one of those.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
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Ralph Buick

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in
message ...
For added effect use an aerobatic plane and bank to just over
the 90 degrees. Got my g-meter up to about 3 pulling out of
one of those.


What plane was that?
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Paul

"One's Too Many" wrote in message
om...
From level flight at slow-normal cruise, with plenty of altitude
to
spare (i.e 5000 AGL), pull the power back to idle and bank the
thing
over to almost 60 degrees letting the nose fall over in a slow
steep
banked 180 degree turn. Watch your airspeed and make sure it
stays at
or below Va. Level out and then do it again in the opposite bank,
to
make a big falling slow figure-8 pattern as you descend. Keep
your
bank at or below 60 degrees and the nose down angle less than 30
degrees and you're still legal. Because you're not maintaining
level
flight in the 60 deg banks, you're not really pulling any Gs in
the
banks either. The most Gs you pull is when you level out after
you're
done with the steep banks. Maybe 1.5 Gs at the most if you're
sloppy
about it. One of my favorite "fun" things since you get a
windshield
full of straight-down plus a wee bit of almost-zero-G feeling
without
hardly any stress on the aircraft at all.

(One's Too Many) wrote in message . com...
Because you're not maintaining level
flight in the 60 deg banks, you're not really pulling any Gs in the
banks either.

Unless something has changed since the last time I studied Newtonian
physics, this statement can't be right. If you're banked 60 degrees
and the ball's centered, you *must* be either pulling 2 G's or
accelerating vertically (i.e., picking up airspeed). There is no
other possibility (and this kind of misunderstanding can be very
dangerous in the pattern).

Dave Russell
8KCAB