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Old July 23rd 03, 11:41 PM
Sridhar Rajagopal
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Default Acro time!

Oh man, it was awesome! Had a 2 hour ground session from 10-12 on
Saturday. My actual flight was at 6 in the evening(last in the line! :-)
). I flew a Super Decathlon, which is a high-wing, symmetric airfoil,
fuel injected (so we could do inverted flight), constant prop (had to
fiddle around with rpm and manifold pressure controls, along with
mixture), tailwheel plane.

We started off with some steep turns (he said "make it as steep as you
want it"), and of course, we started losing altitude like crazy, because
I was not pulling up enough. It takes some getting used to the stick,
and it being in your right hand, and the throttle being in your left hand.

We also did some rolls (aileron rolls, snap rolls, and barrel rolls),
loops, spins, inverted flying, and an Immelmahn.

I actually got to do the flying enroute and back, and also try out the
maneuveurs myself (vs. last time, where it was more of an intro flight,
and I was more of a spectator). We pulled +4.5G, and -2G (vs. +3.5 and
-2 last time).

All in all, it was a great experience, and my adrenaline was pumping,
long afterward! :-)

-Sridhar

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Old July 24th 03, 12:27 AM
Doug Carter
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Sridhar Rajagopal wrote:
Oh man, it was awesome!


Nothing like it Just make sure and get good solid spin training,
both upright and inverted. Beggs Mueller won't always work in the
Decathlon. The procedure in the manual does work.

Have fun!

Doug Carter Pitts S2-C

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Old July 24th 03, 02:48 AM
Jay Honeck
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Oh man, it was awesome!

Cool!

Aerobatics training is on my (long) list of "things to do before I die" --
your post just moved it up the list a few more notches!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


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Old July 25th 03, 10:04 PM
Cecil E. Chapman
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On the other hand - I had always been *very* gentle during ASEL
training when doing unusual attitude recoveries. Now, I know what
(give or take) 3 Gs feels like, and if I was ever in an emergency feel
much more confident that I could pull up quickly


Okay,,, now I am commenting seriously....

I would watch about being overly comfortable 'pulling up quickly', beyond
the issues of stress loads on a non-acro plane there is that big nasty
accelerated stall just waiting to bite you really good if you are overly
agressive...

Just my two cents....

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

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Old July 27th 03, 04:40 AM
Jay Honeck
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Last weekend we flew to IOW in the family sedan for lunch (Baron).
However,
otherwise I was planning on going out in the sports car (Extra 300), so

you
could have gotten a ride- there's nothing like it! We'd probably have to

fly
first and then go to lunch at El Ranchero's, not the other way around! It
still may happen if we get another CAVU day like last weekend.


Awesome! After we get back from OSH 2003, here's the deal.

You fly down for a night on the town with Mary and me. An hour of acro
training in the Extra = One night in the honeymoon suite for you and your
honey!

We better split dinner at El Ranchero's, no? (BTW, that's where most of the
pilots staying with us tonight went to eat. Good thing we don't have those
"low-flow" toilets, eh?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


 




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