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First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:03 am
by Commie
;D 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.  ;D  Anyone else here had aerobatic experience?

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:19 am
by ozzy72
Did my first aerobatics with me at the controls aged 15 in an RAF Chipmunk trainer. I still feel happiest upside-down ;D

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:35 am
by || Andy ||
Did mine in the Grob Tutor, im the same dude, wont go near a rollercoaster.. but planes are 10000x better..

lucky, using a decathlon  ;)

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:59 am
by beaky
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!! ;D ;D ;D
The only thing better than getting upside-down in a plane is getting upside-down in a plane... with your hand on the stick!!!
;D

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:53 am
by Commie
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. ;D

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 6:02 am
by C
Lol ;D 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!

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:21 am
by Citationpilot
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.

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 1:44 pm
by || Andy ||
I tell you, I expected for the pilot to smoothly pull into the loop...nope! YANK! 4 g's for the most part.


I got that..... but 5 1/2... lol...

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:26 pm
by beefhole
Ha!  I beat you all.

First aerobatics in an F-260, dogfighting.  Booyah!

Fun, innit?

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 9:33 pm
by Ben_M_K
First aerobatics in a...hmmm...wait, I've never flown aerobatics before. ;D ;D

Glad you had fun Commie! :) :)

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 11:18 pm
by Rocket_Bird
Nice!  Glad you had fun!  My only upside down aerobatic experience was in a cheesed up F-18 simulator.  Didnt feel right... ah well  ;D

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:38 am
by C
[quote]Ha!

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:11 pm
by || Andy ||

Dogfighting in an Alphajet and Hawk was quite fun. Thankfully we were only using 6G...


Alright for some  :P (  ;) :D ;D )

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:41 pm
by flyboy 28
Nice. I did my first two years ago in a Decathalon over Pensie. Veeeeeery fun. :)

Re: First Aerobatics!

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 6:39 pm
by beefhole
Dogfighting in an Alphajet and Hawk was quite fun. Thankfully we were only using 6G...

I pulled 5 in the 260.  Can't wait to do it again! :D