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Old 4th Jan 2016, 00:22
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ForkTailedDrKiller
 
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Many years ago I was fortunate (or unfortunate[?]) enough to find myself with access to a brand new C150 Aerobat. Having completed a basic aerobatic endorsement in that aeroplane I decided to teach myself snap rolls - so off I went, climbed to a "safe" height with Aerobat in one hand and Cessna POH in the other, opened at the section on snap rolls.

Pre-aerobatic checks complete, I initiated a by-the-book snap roll entry ..................... and the world as I knew it went beserk!

I recovered from the spin after several turns and many hundreds of feet below where I had started!

So much for snap rolls - I resolved there and then to never do that again!

Dr

PS:Several years later I was somewhat surprised to see little brackets strengthening the tail of the C150A - the result of a mandatory AD.
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