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Old 2nd October 2005 | 22:03
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Funkie
 
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Managed to get the flying clubs Grob 115D up for a blast last weekend for some aero’s, all part of the class rating of course…!

Had a bash at sustained inverted flight for the first time and was generally surprise by the amount of forward elevator input required to maintain altitude. I know you had mentioned this Speed Twelve when we last spoke, but it still surprised me.

Back to the point of the thread, the 115D uses a Lycoming 320AEIO which is fuel injected and has a wet sump with pick-up lines at the top of the engine and within the sump, which do exactly as Pitts2112 explains.

Just out of curiosity and not that I would really want to try it, can the C152 aerobat achieve sustained inverted flight?

Cheers!
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