Dont forget that the fuel is gravity fed to the engine. Stay upside down
too long and your gonna lose power.....


Tim

"Scott Lowrey" wrote in message
om...
If I'm crusing along at 100 KIAS in a 172 in clear air and I roll left
while maintaining neutral rudder, what will happen if I don't
neutralize the ailerons?

I'm picturing the plane rolling on to its back while losing altitude
and either completing the roll (doubtful) or stalling into a dive and
recovering in the other direction , right side up. (BTW, that's a
split-S, isn't it?)

I wouldn't anticipate a spin unless some serious rudder was cranked in
the direction of the roll.

-Scott "I feel like REALLY flying today" Lowrey