Kyle Boatright wrote:
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in
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What was his "out" once he was inverted and slow?

I assume the proper recovery is to pull back the power to a manageable
level, unload the airplane, and get the nose below the horizon in
order to build some airspeed. Once the airplane is flying again, feed
in the power while rolling level, then pull...


Yeah, exactly. Can't see any other way out at the top, but I would have
thought he should have recognised the mess a lot earlier, i.e., at or
before reaching 90deg.
Looks like he was braving it out for the benefit of the crowd.

A bit like this guy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUzjLxqHy5g

The show must go on, huh?

Bertie

The strange thing about the Yak near-pancake is that the guy comes over the
top with plenty of airspeed, gets the nose down, and then doesn't pull
enough G's until very late when he's past the vertical. Another quarter or
half G after he'd gotten the nose down and he wouldn't have had a memorable
recovery.

KB


This is why the top gate is so important. You only have so much g you
can pull on the back side depending on the altitude and airspeed you
have when you initiate the down line. Pull too hard and you take the
airplane into drag rise then into high speed stall. Even into drag rise
you can have so much g on the airplane it denies you recovery room.
The Yak clip has been widely distributed in the Warbird community. The
truth is it just doesn't get any closer than this guy had it with a walk
away in your future.
DH

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Dudley Henriques