Simviation Forum - My Second Flight

Aug 4^th, 2009 at 2:53am

Layne. Offline
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Had my second flight today...

Flew in VH-THF a great Cessna 152 Cheesy

It was really windy and rainy, had crosswinds at Tyabb today.

http://i1.planepictures.net/35/84/1120803315.jpg
Picture of the plane. Not taken on the same day

I did the takeoff and base - final approach, steep turns and my highlight a barrel roll and got to look out of the sunroof while doing so Cheesy

Very bumpy ride though when we got over the water it was all good

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Reply #1 - Aug 4^th, 2009 at 3:56am

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A barrel roll? Man that sounds sweet! But for the love of god, please tell me you were in an aerobat with chutes???

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Reply #2 - Aug 4^th, 2009 at 4:04am

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Yes i was lucky enough to be instructed by the Aerobatics Instructor at Tyabb Peninsula Aero Club... No i didn't have a chute because all we planned to do is stall recovery, a loop-de-loop, steep turns and a wing-over but it got too windy so we had limited things to practice next flight in Q4 Cheesy

Edit- The barrel roll i did was different as we had to dive down then pitch u then roll then level off i hit 3G's max in the pitch and -1G on the pitch down

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Reply #3 - Aug 4^th, 2009 at 5:42am

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Wow. That's lucky. Wish I could do that!

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Reply #4 - Aug 4^th, 2009 at 5:04pm

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Thats pretty cool. 3.5 is about the most I've hit so far, but hopefully thatll change if I make it into the Air Force. Neg G's are definately fun though, however I don tget the stomach thing ever anymore like I did in the beginning, which took a lot of the fun away but added a new level of precision to my maneuvers, which is cool. Im wondering how Ill do next time I ride a rollercoaster. Hopefully I can still get a kick out of it. Your lucky you get to fly aerobatics!

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Reply #5 - Aug 4^th, 2009 at 9:53pm

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A barrel roll is a purely positive maneuver. Perhaps your intrepid instructor was demonstrating a slow roll - or maybe not.

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Reply #6 - Aug 5^th, 2009 at 2:26am

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olderndirt wrote on Aug 4^th, 2009 at 9:53pm:

A barrel roll is a purely positive maneuver. Perhaps your intrepid instructor was demonstrating a slow roll - or maybe not.

We pitched down (almost straight down) then pitched up about 20 on the artificial horizion then rolled it for what seemed like it never ended

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Reply #7 - Aug 5^th, 2009 at 2:38am

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Sounds like you had a good time Layne.

Tunnel vision at 5G's is interesting and flying inverted for about 5 minutes is fun, you've got to go for a proper aerobatics flight in a Pitts. Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Aug 5^th, 2009 at 5:02am

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Mitch. wrote on Aug 5^th, 2009 at 2:38am:

Sounds like you had a good time Layne.

Tunnel vision at 5G's is interesting and flying inverted for about 5 minutes is fun, you've got to go for a proper aerobatics flight in a Pitts. Cheesy

Nice work Mitch Cheesy

Yeah even that barrel roll was fun but i was freaking out i must admit, i still didn't let go of the yoke which is an accomplishment for me Cheesy

BTW This is the Cessna 152 i first flew in so i love this one Cheesy

Anyway i think the Airforce will have much more in store for me Cheesy

P.S: I love the skyroof on the Aerobat's awesome when inverted

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Reply #9 - Aug 5^th, 2009 at 10:37am