Originally Posted by B2N2
Airplane ends up inverted and nose down. “Pulling through” as if flying a part loop will over stress the airframe and take a tremendous amount of altitude. Rolling upright and pulling out of the dive will overstress the airplane and run out of altitude.
Not if you don't pull too hard. And neither will, in every case, cause you to run out of altitude (as appears to be the case here, if indeed the leveloff was deliberate). Besides, why are you rolling upright if you're vertical?
Originally Posted by Iknowhighschoolmaths
This gives us a terminal velocity of 170 m/s or 330 knots.
Are you serious? A Cessna 172?
As for your comment
You are exaggerating the 4-5 times,
43Inches gave you 5000fpm for an Emergency Descent (which in my experience is about right). You're stating the terminal velocity of a C172 is 330kts. That could be in no other condition except
straight down. That's 33,000fpm (and would be much more in a 737). That is MORE than
43Inches "4-5 times".
I doubt your username.
