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Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.



 
 
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Old June 13th 07, 08:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.

Interesting. So if I enter a coordinated turn, the G force increases.
If I enter a descent, the G force decreases.

What happens if I do both of these things simultaneously?



On Jun 13, 2:31 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
Got it. What happens to the g force acting on me as a pilot if I start
in straight and level, unaccelerated flight, and then I use down
elevator and enter a descent?


As you descend, you are accelerated downward. This acceleration is subtracted
from the constant acceleration imposed by gravity. If your acceleration
downward is less than 1.0 G, you experience a diminished G force, unchanged in
direction. If it is equal to 1.0 G (which would be quite a feat), you will
experience no G force at all. If it is greater than 1.0 G (unlikely indeed),
you'll feel a negative G force tending to lift you out of your seat. These
changes persist only for as long as you are accelerating downward; once you
are descending at a steady rate, you will again experience exactly 1.0 G.




writes:
What happens to the g force acting on me as a pilot if I start in
straight and level, unaccelerated flight, and then I initiate a
coordinated turn?


The net force increases, as it results from both that induced by
gravity
(which is constant) and that induced by your acceleration torwards the
center
of the turn. In a coordinated, level turn, the force vector will be
normal to
the airframe, and so you will have the impression that you are
climbing
initially; when you finish the turn you'll have the impression that
you are
descending briefly. This assumes that you keep your head level with
the
wings.






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Old June 13th 07, 08:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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oups.com...
Interesting. So if I enter a coordinated turn, the G force increases.
If I enter a descent, the G force decreases.

What happens if I do both of these things simultaneously?


Blue Screen of Death?


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Old June 13th 07, 09:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.

On Jun 14, 7:08 am, "El Maximo" wrote:
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oups.com...

Interesting. So if I enter a coordinated turn, the G force increases.
If I enter a descent, the G force decreases.


What happens if I do both of these things simultaneously?


Blue Screen of Death?


ROTFL

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Old June 14th 07, 02:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.

'Some combination', 'several possibilities.' I'm confused by this -
can you be more precise? What are the possibilities?


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Interesting. So if I enter a coordinated turn, the G force increases.
If I enter a descent, the G force decreases.



What happens if I do both of these things simultaneously?


On Jun 14, 1:49 am, Mxsmanic wrote:

You get some combination of the above; there are several possibilities.



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Old June 14th 07, 09:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.

Hang on, let's keep things simple:

1. If I enter a coordinated turn, I experience an increase in Gs.
2. If I enter a descent, I experience a decrease in Gs.

If I do these two things at the same time, it is possible to enter a
descending turn without any change in Gs. Just as long as I
continously feed in enough down elevator to offset the increasing Gs
from the turn, the force on the airframe and me, the pilot, will stay
at 1 G.

Of course, all combinations are indeed possible. But this interesting
special case of the situation exists, doesn't it, in which there is no
change in the force felt by the pilot?


On Jun 14, 3:36 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
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'Some combination', 'several possibilities.' I'm confused by this -
can you be more precise? What are the possibilities?


You can move and accelerate in any combination of three dimensions, with any
combination of acceleration rates, almost. You have to calculate the
direction and magnitude of the net acceleration vector to determine exactly
how much force is acting upon the pilot, and in which direction.

Some of it is (or should be) intuitive. For example, if you turn the aircraft
to the right, you'll be accelerated to the right.



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Old June 14th 07, 10:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.

wrote:
Hang on, let's keep things simple:

1. If I enter a coordinated turn, I experience an increase in Gs.
2. If I enter a descent, I experience a decrease in Gs.

If I do these two things at the same time, it is possible to enter a
descending turn without any change in Gs. Just as long as I
continously feed in enough down elevator to offset the increasing Gs
from the turn, the force on the airframe and me, the pilot, will stay
at 1 G.

Of course, all combinations are indeed possible. But this interesting
special case of the situation exists, doesn't it, in which there is no
change in the force felt by the pilot?


On Jun 14, 3:36 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
'Some combination', 'several possibilities.' I'm confused by this -
can you be more precise? What are the possibilities?

You can move and accelerate in any combination of three dimensions, with any
combination of acceleration rates, almost. You have to calculate the
direction and magnitude of the net acceleration vector to determine exactly
how much force is acting upon the pilot, and in which direction.

Some of it is (or should be) intuitive. For example, if you turn the aircraft
to the right, you'll be accelerated to the right.



There is a special case where you can unload the airplane in roll to
increase the roll rate. It's done in fighters all the time in ACM. You
can experience it in your everyday light aerobatic airplane by doing an
aileron roll from a nose high roll set position, then as the airplane
goes past the first knife edge position, go forward on the pole to
unload the wings but not enough to go negative. Keeping the aileron in
hard while you do this increases the roll rate and as a side effect
flattens the roll in pitch at the same time making it prettier :-)

Dudley Henriques
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Old June 15th 07, 02:46 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.

Dudley Henriques wrote:

There is a special case where you can unload the airplane in roll to
increase the roll rate. It's done in fighters all the time in ACM. You
can experience it in your everyday light aerobatic airplane by doing an
aileron roll from a nose high roll set position, then as the airplane
goes past the first knife edge position, go forward on the pole to
unload the wings but not enough to go negative. Keeping the aileron in
hard while you do this increases the roll rate and as a side effect
flattens the roll in pitch at the same time making it prettier :-)


Why does this work?

Matt
 




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