From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Aerobatics
To: lml
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:38:32 -0400
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Posted for "Bruce Gray" <Bruce@glasair.org>:

Hi Steve,

You can probably roll your Glasair all day long without any problems,
but if you screw up a maneuver things can go from bad to terrible real
quick. The biggest hurdle to overcome is that most untrained pilots when
hanging upside down with the nose pointed down at a 45 degree angle want
to haul back on the stick and split 's' out of their screw-up. That
could be the last act of your life. Our Glasairs, even with their high
Vne speeds (GIII is 291 KIAS) will blow by that in about 5 seconds, so
your only choice is to pull power and G's and pray you have enough
altitude.

At acro school you'll learn, unless you're 90 degrees nose down, to push
to the closest horizon. Hard habit to learn, most of us don't like
negative G's, but it will save your life. It's best to learn these
habits in a draggy airplane, not our slick Glasairs.

Bruce
www.glasair.org