Can anybody tell me who is correct?
Thanks all,
Roy
It all depends on the aircraft. Planes with a very high thrust:weight
ratio could do so, if they have the control authority. Problem is -- at
zero airspeed, neither stick nor rudder-controlled surfaces have any
authority, as they depend on airspeed to make them work.
The maneuver you describe is the "tail slide," where the engine is the
only control left and the plane starts to roll due to torque.
You are correct about the rolling torque.
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On Nov 18, 6:06 pm, Surreyrider <surreyri...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Roy, I have only performed the stall turn or hammerhead in a couple of
aircraft, a Decathlon and my Jungster II, both with 150 hp. It has
been my experience that you had better kick rudder before the aircraft
stops or you will experience the thrill of a tailslided and a whip
stall. You can tell when you are about to run out of steam by watching
your wing tip, that also keeps the ship from rotating. I always pick a
road intersection so I can keep the wings aligned with the crossroad.
Neither of these aircraft had the poop to hang on the prop.
Ed Sullivan
You need two things to make it work. More power (thrust) than 99.9% of the
(full scale) aircraft out there, and ailerons that extend all the way to
the wing root to keep it from rolling.
It's done by a few airshow pilots and is reasonably common in the radio
control aircraft crowd. You could probably find some RC examples on youtube
with minimal effort.
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