from the peanut gallery
Good flamefest, but I liked Okie's observation and the input from our rotorhead Wolf.
Seems to this old and not so bold fighter type that 99% of everything ever capable of sustaining flight obeys the same rules, gliders included.
- It's damned hard to stay in a stall at zero gee.
- Zero gee reduces induced drag and allows your thrust to have an effect on your speed.
- Forget all the somatogravic illusion crapola. We were all trained and routinely flew IFR when our inner ear sensors and butt told us we were inverted or in a left turn or..... I would submit to this august body of experts that the fighter types had to overcome the physiological stuff more frequently than most of the heavy pilots.
- Jiminy Cricket can suggest that you lower the nose, but the other guy has to do so and not continue an unreasonable stick input. So crew coordination and a clear chain of command comes into play, ya think?
WRT to Okie's observation: I was priveleged to check out dozens of USAF Reserve and Guard pilots that had a day job flying heavies. Think Vipers and Sluf's. I had zero problems when they came outta that telephone booth wearing their cape and then we briefed and flew an ACM or ground attack mission. I always thot that they would be the ones I wanted to fly with seated back in row 26B when something bad happened. So salute to them.
WRT to Wolf's observation: Yep, those rotors are simply moving wings and behave just like the ones that don't move. Only biggie is unloading those suckers unless you were in one of those "rigid rotor" types we tested years ago.
Back to the peanut gallery...