Originally posted by dedalos
Twice in the last two days I managed to stal a SpitV, at the top of a loop. I ended up upside down floating slowly to the grownd and nothing I did could recover it. What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to recover from that situation? I even tried moving the beer case towards the nose to make it havier but it did not nose down.
Sudgestions please
Possible recoveries:
1. Maintain entry airspeed high enough not to stall.
2. lower flaps, gear, try full delflection of all controls, pulse the throttle, whatever will get enough airflow over a control surface to get roll, pitch or yaw, but mostly, follow the 3 rules for flying a P-51...
Rule 1. Don't go too slow.
Rule 2. Don't go too slow.
Rule 3. Don't go too slow.
BTW, I have a friend who flies an F8F ( in real life ). He was discussing aerobatics and mentioned that one of the critical check list items in the airplane is: when looping, at the top when inverted, check your airspeed. If 108 knots or less, pull through. If 109 knots or higher, roll out, you accelerate too fast to pull out ( before you hit the ground ).
Sometimes you just get outside the envelope and there is nothing you can do. The answer is "Don't do that!"