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Old June 12th 07, 07:28 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Mxsmanic
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Default Myth: 1 G barrel rolls are impossible.

Jim Logajan writes:

Drop the nose straight down so as to make the plane & pilot weightless.
Then start doing horizontal loops so the centrifugal force yields the
equivalent of one gravity of weight.


The total force on the aircraft will still be above 1 G unless the entire loop
is in free fall.