Originally Posted by
FlyingKiwi_73
Ok i knew this may have incited a few responses like this, i was not trolling at all!
The Tommie is not placarded for anything other than flaps up spins, hence my question.
I would never-ever-ever perform any aerobatic maneuver in an aircraft unless it was in the right category and i had been instructed thoroughly in the maneuver.
I have chandelled and looped gliders before and i'm aware of what can go wrong with the maneuvers, i imagine the energy which could build up in a powered aircraft would be substantial enough to be structurally unwise :-)
I have flown the tommie as my primary aircraft in training and after my PPL and i know how quickly it can pick up speed!
Sincerely chaps i was not seeking advice for sneaky loops in a club aircraft
As usual some very helpful and informative replies- and if you watch that Iron Eagle Vid you'll see the tommie nearly falls out of the sky at the bottom of the roll!
In your original post you are basically asking "was anyone stupid enough to disregard the clearly articulated restrictions in the limitations sections of the POH as well as having so little common sense that they performed an aerobatic manoever in an aircraft that would potentially suffer catastrophic airframe failure if they got it wrong"
Have people done loops and rolls in a Tommie, YES. Did it prove anything other than they were stupid, NO.......so what is the point of the question ?