Simviation Forum - knife edge

Aug 30^th, 2007 at 7:11pm

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How to perform a knife edge, ive been trying to practise it for ages now,but i still cant do it, can anyone help, many thanks

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Reply #1 - Aug 30^th, 2007 at 7:32pm

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how to perform a knife edge.....uhh.....1 quarter roll to the left or right...so youre wings are vertical.....then apply enough rudder to keep youre altitude!

eg. rolling to the left requires right rudder
rolling to the right requires left rudder

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Jet Fighter School II
More Training for Computer Fighter Pilots
by Richard G. Sheffield

Knife Edge Pass

Pull the nose up slightly and roll until you're flying perfectly sideways. Use forward pressure on the stick to maintain a constant heading. Hold this knife-edge position for several seconds. Keep your eye on your altitude

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Reply #2 - Aug 30^th, 2007 at 7:40pm

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if you fly online.....i could show you how to do a knife edge

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Reply #3 - Aug 31^st, 2007 at 4:28am

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Blade01 wrote on Aug 30^th, 2007 at 7:11pm:

How to perform a knife edge, ive been trying to practise it for ages now,but i still cant do it, can anyone help, many thanks

That might be a problem if you're in an aerobatic display team Wink

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Reply #4 - Aug 31^st, 2007 at 5:08am

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Look under FS2004 on this page http://www.simviation.com/fshelp.htm for my aerobatics tutorial which covers everything you'll need to know Wink

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

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Reply #5 - Aug 31^st, 2007 at 5:10am

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Another thing...why is this in multiplayer...shouldnt it be in flight school....and is there not already an identical thread over there started by fsnovice???

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Reply #6 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 8:41am

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I don't think that FS flight models are accurate enough to be able to fly a nice knife edge. There may be some add-on aircraft that are able to do it though... I've been trying to fly knife edge lots of times, but even full rudder won't keep my nose from dropping down. Very different from the stuff you see at aerobatics shows. Undecided

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Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 8:55am

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Sytse wrote on Oct 1^st, 2007 at 8:41am:

I don't think that FS flight models are accurate enough to be able to fly a nice knife edge. There may be some add-on aircraft that are able to do it though... I've been trying to fly knife edge lots of times, but even full rudder won't keep my nose from dropping down. Very different from the stuff you see at aerobatics shows. Undecided

I doubt the lift component generated by a fuselage on its side would have been modelled with any degree of accuracy in FS.

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Reply #8 - Oct 3^rd, 2007 at 1:47pm