Simviation Forum - First Aerobatics!

May 29^th, 2005 at 5:03am

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I went up as a passenger in the decathlon that my flying club uses and we did some loops and rolls etc. To put it bluntly, IT ROCKED! Kind of ironic that I loved it, is the fact that I wont touch a roller coaster. Grin

Anyone else here had aerobatic experience?

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Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2005 at 5:19am

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Did my first aerobatics with me at the controls aged 15 in an RAF Chipmunk trainer. I still feel happiest upside-down Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2005 at 5:35am

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Did mine in the Grob Tutor, im the same dude, wont go near a rollercoaster.. but planes are 10000x better..

lucky, using a decathlon Wink

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Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2005 at 5:59am

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One hour of dual in a very nice new Zlin 242... barrel and aileron rolls, loops... no spins or hammerheads as the horizon was a little too hazy that day, but... woohoo!! That Zlin is not the world's most powerful or fast aerobatic bird, but I couldn't have cared less!! Grin

The only thing better than getting upside-down in a plane is getting upside-down in a plane... with your hand on the stick!!!
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Reply #4 - May 29^th, 2005 at 6:53am

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I tell you, I expected for the pilot to smoothly pull into the loop...nope! YANK! 4 g's for the most part. I'm quite pleased at how I handled the g's actually. Not to bad for someone that used to have a chronic fear of heights. Grin

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Reply #5 - May 29^th, 2005 at 7:02am

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Lol

Fun isn't it. Like Ozzy, by first experience of aerobatics was in the good old Chippie. The most interesting was a loop in the Jaguar - not much change from 12'000ft bottom to top!

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Reply #6 - May 29^th, 2005 at 8:21am

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It's addicting isn't it! I had my first taste of aerobatics when I was 11 in a Pitts and haven't stopped since, although I have down graded from a Pitts to a Yak 52 and Nanchang CJ-6. The only thing cooler is doing it with another plane three feet off your wing.

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Reply #7 - May 29^th, 2005 at 2:44pm