Originally Posted by
AerocatS2A
A slow roll rate need not be a problem. Just get a good bit of speed, raise the nose nice and high and allow it to drop through the horizon as you roll. You'll get Gs around 1.5 from the initial pull, down to 0.5 or so going inverted and you'll recover at your entry altitude with speed for another manoeuvre. Of course, then it's no longer a 1g manoeuvre, though it's still well within limits for most non-aerobatic aircraft.
One thing to be wary of with rolling manoeuvres. The g force experienced in the cockpit may be quite different to that at the wing tips. The up-going wing in a manoeuvre involving rolling and pulling, such as a barrel roll, may have significantly more loading than the fuselage and you may be exceeding limits without realising it.
Indeed, I think a few people have their barrel and aileron rolls mixed up. Do an aileron roll (not a barrel roll like in the vid) in a 707 and you'll stress the wings. Not to mention that doing a
proper aileron roll with a roll rate so slow, will definitely not be a 1G manoeuver!