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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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Patty of course flies a bevy of mounts. Her personal plane is an
Extra 300S. It's got a Lycoming modified to 350hp and a roll rate
of 420 degrees/sec.
Patty works out constantly and is probably in the same shape as an
Olympic athlete. She's also flying Jim Beasley's Mustangs.
...and she's pretty too!!! :-))


You'd have to be in good shape for that. I've been doing a bit in
anticipation of the arrival of the Citabria (now pushed back yet
another month because of the crap Wx in PA) Just watching those red
bull guys gives me a hedache.


Bertie
We have several Red Bull Pilots in the workgroup. I'm with you.
These guys are redefining flying as we knew it.
What are they doing to the Citabria..fabric or engine work or both?
The weather's beginning to break in Pa. if that helps any.

Yeah, the guy doing it wasn't able for the weather, he's very old.
And you can't paint in sub zero temps.
It's a complete rebuild. I didn't have time to do it so I got a
friend who owns an airport to do it for me. It'll be a virtually new
airplane when it's done. It's a KCAB so it will be a good sport
machine. Actually, I have a query for you. My understanding is that
the aerobatic category requires a load of +5/-3 and my memeory of the
airplane is that is what it was rated for, but I just bought a flight
manual for it that says +5 and -2, but it says the airplane is
aerobatic. The new ones seem to be the same, so presumably it was
always that way. Any idea?


Bertie

Actually, if the airplane is a production model the limits for full
aerobatic category are +6 and -3.
My understanding on the Citabria at +5 -2 I believe had something to
do with the wood spars. Also, the Citabria is licenced as a production
airplane with a Limited Aerobatic Category rating at +5 and -2. The
Decathlon has a FULL Aerobatic rating at 6/3.

So, was it changed at some time in the recent past?

I've never actually looked it up but the full details are probably in
FAR's 21 and/or 23.

I haven't had much to do with Citabria's for quite a while so my
information might need a bit of updating :-)

Me too. It's pretty obvious that it has always had limited aerobatic
capability. that;'s just the kind of airplane it is. But I don't
remember the G restriction on it. Maybe it's a concession due to the
spar AD.
Our's has wood spars, which I prefer anyway, but they're new and STC'd
with several mods provided by a guy in Oregon who has thickend them up
in both thickness and height. and they have improved, feathered, doubler
plates, so the psar issues should be no problem with this airplane. Also
there will be only three of us flying it so it shouldn't get any knocks
that we don;t know about.


Bertie