I finally got Laid!!!! LOLH:D
Sht who am I kidding, this was almost as good as the first time I got laid hahahaha.
Definitely a Dream comes true!!!
Last week I was in Daytona where I took my first week of Pitts S2B acrobatic and spin training as well as learning how to take off and land it. 
The perfect prelude...
My girlfriend and I started out in Captiva for a few days, so we flew into Ft Meyers Wednesday. Saturday we left Captiva and were driving up to Daytona. We were on Rt 75 when we hit traffic south of Point Charlotte. All of a sudden I see these two dots moving in the sky making loops of smoke. Unbenounced to us the Blue Angels were in town flying the Bounta Gorda air show. Fk ya!!!! So we spent the rest of Saturday watching the show. I have some great pics I'll post this week some time.
Needless to say I could barely contain my excitement, knowing just 24 hours later I would be doing some of the same manuevers I was watching.
Ok, Sunday morning.
It's true when they say you don't get into a Pitts, as much as you actually strap it on. It is easier to get into the front pit with the chute already in the plane. Easier does not mean easy though lol. Granted by the end of the week I it was old hat. hahaha
Once you get in the plane, you have to wiggle your shoulders into the chute shoulder straps, then reach down and clip the leg straps in and finally clip the top belt across your chest. Now you are in your chute. The next thing is to connect the lap belt ratchets and shoulder harness and ratchet your arse down into the plane. Now do this all in something the size of a garbage can lolh.
“Clear Prop!”
The anticipation is rushing through me as the 260HP IO540 kicks over and the 3 blades go spinning through the air. A few pops and she is purring like a cat. We serpentine to the hold short line, do the run up and announce our intention to take the runway.
"All set?" Greg asks. (Greg is the instructor)
"Ready", I reply as the thoughts of all the things I have read about the S2B on takeoff are running through my head. "Finally I get to see for myself", I’m thinking.
"Here we go." As Greg firewalls the throttle, the engine roars to attention and I am pushed back into my seat as we accelerate through 80mph in about 3 to 4 seconds and we are away.
As Greg turns us to our initial heading, out of the pattern he says, "It's your plane".
Like a kid at Christmas, I take the controls. The slightest movement of the stick and rudder are translated into the slightest movements of the Pitts. I was surprised to see how powerful and sensitive that big rudder is. Just a little deflection and the nose yaws left or right. As I push on one pedal I am pushing against the other to keep from over doing it. It's not like my 152 where you push on the pedals and the nose lazily moves one way or the other. You kick these pedals and you are pinned against the opposite side of the cockpit like a steal ball sucked against a powerful magnet lolh.
Greg starts to point out the area to me. Saying things like; "Head for those large fields over there.", "Follow those power lines until they cross that highway.", "See that area? That’s the Inner Coastal water way, that's our practice box." He points out the limits of the box. All the while I am feeling out this new beast. What a feeling, knowing any little reaction I put in translates into a new position of the S2B.
He says, "My plane." and I instantly understand that command from my primary days and release the controls.
"Before we start our maneuvers we need to make sure we are ratcheted down tight enough", he says.
"We are going to do a two point roll and pause at the inverted position."
This is to allow us to see anything that may be floating around loose and to check if we need to tighten up the harness. As Greg rolls inverted, I instantly fall into my shoulder harness and out of the seat a fraction of an inch. Greg completes the two point roll back to upright and I start tightening my lap belt lol.
Greg say's "I'm going to show you a loop." and explains...
“We start by diving down to get to our entry speed of 160mph. At 160 pull the nose up to level, pause a second and then pull back to about 4Gs and hold it. Keep your eyes on the nose and correct any movement left or right with rudder. At about 30 to 45 degrees transition your eyes to the left wing making sure you are not rolling or yawing. As you loop over past 90 to 100 degrees start to relax the back pressure slightly to allow the plane to float over the top between 0 and 1 G.”
If this is done correctly you will feel the pressure of the 4Gs slowly dissipate as your body becomes light until you are below 1G and you can feel yourself float over the top weightless for a few precious seconds.
He continues… “You will need a little right rudder to counteract the forces at the top of the loop, while keeping the wings level. As you float over the top into the third quarter of the loop, stretch your head back to look out the top of the canopy so you can keep the loop strait and make any corrections. As you come down the last 3rd of the loop, start to increase the back pressure on the stick as you pull the plane around the loop, your eyes following the nose, keeping it strait.”
Again you can feel the weight of the Earth pulling you back down into the seat as you end the loop at 4Gs right where you started.
Greg dives down, pulls back to level then, Pow! 4Gs the loop starts. I feel myself being smashed into the seat. 45 degrees look left as we come around the pressure lessens, things slow slightly, we float through the loop. Over the top, we are now, weightless. Look back out of the canopy; I can start to feel the Gs again, past 270 degrees, now they are ripping through the bottom back to 4Gs strait and level.
Greg says, "Your plane, go ahead."
I grab the stick, give it a little wiggle to let em know I'm in control. Pow, 4Gs around we go, I look left, watching the wing over the top we go, float it. Dam there goes the nose off to the left a little as were coming over the top and down the other side. I pull it through, slammed back into 4Gs and level.
I hear Greg on the mic, "You forgot the right rudder as we neared the top, that’s why we weren't strait and were off heading. Try it again."
Pow in we go. This time I give it a little right rudder and she goes around nice and strait and I have just completed my first decent Loop in a Pitts S2B.
I think to myself... "***** Sweeeet!!! What a machine!!!!
That was only the first 10 minutes.
To be Continued...
