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Old 26th Aug 2015, 17:36
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Mach the Knife
 
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There is more than one way to fly a 1/4 clover. Some advocate a wings level pitch to about 60 nose up and then a roll to the 90 axis ( a point on the wing tip) before stopping the roll and completing the manoeuvre as a loop. This is the way I teach new aerobatics pilots to fly this manoeuvre as it helps with definately achieving the gate height and speed. A more elegant way is to start rolling at the pitch up point to achieve 90 off the original heading at the gate height and speed. It looks smoother but is harder to fly and much easier to arrive at the inverted position low and or fast, ie below gate; if this happens an escape manoeuvre needs to be flown. If not the pull through will result in a base height bust or impact with the ground unless you have an incredible amount of flex in the display.
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