Displacement during snap rolls (was Why is it so quiet?)

[Bob Richards]

Tim.
 
Reminds me of an old saying: "Even a blind pig can root up and acorn once in a while." :-)
 
Bob R.


Tim Taylor <twtaylor at ftc-i.net> wrote:
I remember that airplane, as I recall you cleaned up with it as everyone just shook thier heads. IIRC you and Bob Lane were the only ones doing a outside snap too.
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From: Bob Richards 
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Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:46 AM
Subject: RE: Displacement during snap rolls (was Why is it so quiet?)


Dean,
 
I flew an underpowered Cap 21 in pattern years ago (I know, call me crazy!). I had to do an outside snap in the avalanche, otherwise it would exit the snap with the nose way down. With the outside snap, the nose came out perfectly on heading. And, yes, it was flying very slow before entry.
 
Flying the Cap in pattern was kinda fun. I think it earned a few sympathy points. This was in the days when trike retracts and two stroke .60s were still king. (Before all-turnaround) Flying a scale looking fixed gear taildragger with a four-stroke was blasphemy!!! Guess I broke the ice and started a trend!!! :-)  Yeah, right!
 
Bob Richards.

Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote:
Jerry,
I have no problem with a dead slow snap, as long as all the elements are there.
An outside snap at the top of an inside loop may be very slow, if the plane is decellerated to near the level flight stall speed, at the top.
If you do a snap at just above landing speed, how fast is the rotation? Relatively slow, I'll bet.


Bob Richards
bob at toprudder.com
http://www.toprudder.com
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