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Old 28th Feb 2017, 04:42
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Some power on, rapid stick back and simultaneous full rudder. Flick roll. Sad. Awful.
I don't know about "sad - awful" but the manoeuvre described above was often demonstrated by our instructors on the Wirraway during the pilot training course. It was demonstrated because, among other high "G" manoeuvres, a harsh pull-out from a loop or dive bombing could result in a flick roll. I vaguely recall the Wirraway had a 7 G limitation. You could use the flick roll manoeuvre at the top of a loop to make it a roll off the top. Good fun for 20 year old trainee pilots training for a war.
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