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Old 10th July 2001 | 23:19
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Tinstaafl
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The light aerobatic aircraft I've flown used about 3g to get around a loop. Even 2.5g if you didn't care about it being very round.

It's a +3g limit on transport category from memory so it might well be possible with a slight dive & full thrust to build up enough energy to get around the loop.

I wouldn't like to try it though.
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