Aerobatics Endorsement

[FL_RoofTop]

Gotta LOOOOOVE this topic!

Seems that you Aerobatic freaks are just as happy to slag each other on the PC as you are at the airfields at which you fly!

Don't go leaving any sharp implements lying near your aircraft coz someone will stab you in the back with it!

[AcroAce60]

Was chatting toa mate on the weekend. Said he saw some-one in a hot monoplane do aeros down low over Knox City some time ago. Didn't think there was any open space near there?

[AcroAce60]

A few months ago I said:

Back to the Yak 52 that some-one mentioned. .... Burns 150 litre per hour when working it though

and several people said that was wrong.
From the June 1997 issue of Sport Aerobatics, the 360 hp M-14 engine in a Yak:
"100% RPM and full throttle for aerobatics .. forget economy ... 40 gph" That's US gallons. I'll leave it to the experts to convert that to litres per hour.
"If you like, you can practice your acro at 82% and drop the fuel burn to 25-30 gph."

[Evil Ultralights]

Those of you who think Pip is in it for the money are just plain wrong. Simple as that. This is a guy dedicated to his passion. Flying and his planes. The money Pip gets from his performances pay for his flying habit. He is hardly making a motza from the airshow/performance circuit. I'd think he is lucky to cover his costs which I would assume are substantial. To say he was only there for the money is simply wrong.

I was at Avalon everday and say Pips displays. I have to wonder whether we were at the same show Squawk! He didn't leave straight away everyday. I saw him around. Maybe you were just looking in the wrong places or perhaps he did not want to be found easily by some people? By the way do you reckon Pip organised the sun to be there? If so can he come and organise some for my christmas party? I'd hate it to be dull weather for that. Come off it. Like he had any say in what time he was going to be on!

As for the Yak burning 150 litres per hour. Crap crap and more crap. I KNOW this is not right.

Evil

[remofo]

Aerobatic ultralight

For an aerobatic ultralight....

The Rans S-10 Sakota

Low-cost, taildragger, kit form only

http://www.rans.com/s-10.htm

[Evil Ultralights]

"100% RPM and full throttle for aerobatics .. forget economy ... 40 gph" That's US gallons. I'll leave it to the experts to convert that to litres per hour".

That is not what the flight manual says. Max manifold pressure and 82% rpm for all manoeurves except spins.
Max rpm must not exceed one mintue.

That is from the approved flight manual, not some yank magazine written by a know-at-all PPL whose experience in a Yak 52 is limited to 10 mintue joyflight.

EU

[bwm85]

Anyone suggested a Mig-28? Rumour has it they have a problem with their inverted flight tanks. "Apparantly" it won't do a negative G push over. However a friend and I happen to see one do a 4g inverted dive so i thoroughly recommend it for your endorsement.

[Horatio Leafblower]

You were in a 4g, negative dive with a MiG 28?

What were you doing there?

[bwm85]

Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. I was, uh, you know, giving him "the bird."

[AcroAce60]

Thanks for the info on the -52 Flight Manual, Evil Ultralights. My apologies, all of my info on fuel burn for that engine has been for other model Yaks. (I guess that you have more than a PPL coz you can read the Flight Manual.)

remofo, the Rans S-10 Sakota looks nice. Is it permitted to do aerobatics in Australia? Being a PPL I can't read the Flight Manual to find out.

[Mere Mortal]

TeleMaPhone, how did you get on with your aeros endorsement?
Evil Ultralights, some ppls can read flight manuals, and as for the ones that can't, they're called AEROCLUB PPLs (this will start a wind up).

All the best TeleMaPhone, have fun with your aeros whether its in -150 or F-18.
MM