"Viperdoc" wrote in
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Let me know what she says- I've spoken with her a number of times, at
OSH as well as St. Augustine (I doubt she would remember, but I have
the photos). I flew with Phil Knight in some of my intro flights in
the Extra, as well as Nicolai Timofeev on several occasions for
instruction. Phil was much more aggressive, but he had me pulling on
looping maneuvers (full, half, and quarter pulls to vertical) pretty
hard, just to where the stick pressure got "soft" at the edge of a
stall, in all of the looping maneuvers. With a reasonable pull, this
was around 6-7G, as were the pulls to vertical, after doing a bump to
load the G. In general, my impression of the same figures in the Extra
were around 2-3G more than the Super Decathlon I flew prior to getting
the Extra.

Klein G, who is on the board of the IAC and frequents this NG, also
owns an Extra, and may have a different opinion.

In an early contest after getting the Extra, I flew it in sportsman
with around the same pulls as with the Decathlon (4.5-4.5G), and the
figures were of course a lot bigger due to the higher speed, but
didn't present well. It seems that with a high performance monoplane
it takes more g to keep the figures tight and present better.

However, I'm far from an expert, and now I fly acro for fun- it's just
as enjoyable, without the compulsion to make everything perfect. It
had started to get to be too much of an obsession, and the fun factor
decreased. At this point I figured that if I was looking for stress I
could park the plane and go back to work!

I would be interested in Patty's comments, but my guess is that
looking at the tight corners she pulls that they're at least 7G,
particularly when entered with a lot of energy.




Oh my God. I'm getting a headache just reading this! I suppose it;s not
so bad when you're semi reclined, but still. I've rarely been over five
even in square loops.

Bertie