I was told by some people who know what they're talking about, that the days of biplanes are over, as they roll too slow because they have "all that wing". I would have thought smaller length wings and 4 ailerons would equal more roll, but apparently not.
Not a Biplane to be seen this week at WAC apart from the one that ferries judges up and down to check the cloudbase. Biplanes do quite well at Standard and Intermediate levels but hardly feature at Advanced and Unlimited levels
There are several reasons
Biplanes have more drag.
Biplanes are small so cannot be seen as clearly as the larger monoplanes.
I'm sure there are other reasons.
Its not just about roll rate, but the ability to stop precisely as well. The CAP222 had a roll rate that was too fast to stop accurately and Alan Cassidy reduced the stick movement to slow it down and make it more controllable
I think Stiks point was that the first roll was sloooooow and the 2nd one was fast. How fast depends on how fast you can say elephant.!!!
It does sound like they all had a good time, which is the main point.
ZA