Thread: Looping a 152
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Old December 17th 15, 06:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dudley Henriques[_3_]
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Default Looping a 152

On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 10:55:13 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Well I guess bob Hoover was also a moron. He looped amd rolled everything he flew and also said any airplane could be rolled or looped as long as the g limits of the plane wasn't exlxceeded. And the positive g for the 150/152 is 4 g's im sure he didn't exceeded them. I have a 150h and I haven't looped or rolled it but I have done rolls,loops, and hammer heads in an RV6 and entered the loop at around 200 and pulled pretty hard going into the loop and never even hit the 2g mark and on rolling the rv never got above 1.5 g's and the most of that was pulled coming out of the roll. It isn't legal to roll a 150 or 152 that isn't an aero bat but it's perfectly safe as long as you don't mess up. If you do then your in trouble because you don't have that 2g cushion that an aerobat has and yes you will probably die


Hoover was right. Done correctly a loop or a roll can be performed within the g limits of a normal category airplane. The problem occurs when a maneuver is done incorrectly. That coupled with the asymmetrical g loading associated with rolling pullouts can easily exceed normal g limits.
Regulation wise of course, what is illegal remains illegal.
I would add that I do not recommend at any time attempting aerobatics in any airplane not certificated for aerobatics, nor do I recommend performing them in certified airplanes without proper instruction from an instructor qualified to instruct in aerobatics and that isn't your everyday CFI.
Dudley Henriques