Is a real hammerhead possible?

[Tr1gg22]

Just a little curious can anyone perform a correct hammerhead? I cant pull it off. I was told by a few people that AH flight model wont allow it to be done correctly...If u can post a film and give some pointers....The closest I can come is while flying a hog.!!S!! and good luk...

[toonces3]

I believe I also read that the flight model will not allow it.

There's one or two planes in the game where it IS possible through some quirk in the flight model.  I don't remember what plane(s) they were though.

I'm pretty sure I read this a few months ago...one of the pros will chime in I'm sure.

[BiPoLaR]

i seen a post of some guy doing it in a 38

[SunBat]

I'd like to know the plane/planes that it is doable in.  I have tried several times with no luck.  I can get a 38 to do a pretty good vertical flat turn but it is not a real hammerhead...

[hitech]

I know I have done them in the RV, P51,SPIT, KI,A6M5, not sure I have had any It could not be done, some are much more difficult than others.

Also can you describe exactly what you think a Hammer head is?

[-pjk--]

I have never succeed to do hammerhead in 109, tryed 100`s of time, but no way to do it in AH/ WB.
What i mean as hammerhead is same as todays aerobatics.
Have done it in RL: c150 ,Eagle, Pitts and Rv4

[mechanic]

have done them in mosquito many times, some more pretty than others. other planes i have done loose and tight hammers in are the p38, f4uD, P47D40 and spitV. maybe some more.  it is all in the throttle work and torque management, plus you must initiate the start of the flip a fraction before you reach critical stall speed or you are more likely to half roll and pull some sort of wingover.

[Shuffler]

Hammerhead Maneuver

http://www.fightercombat.com/clips/hammerhead_high.wmv

[moot]

I've never been in a plane that made a hammerhead, but a someone who was says they just don't happen in AH as they should.  As far as I understand it, a hammerhead is flipping around a yaw axis at the top of a vertical, with the axis somewhere between the nose and tail of the airplane.
I can do it in the game, but it's pretty slow compared to almost every hammerhead I've seen on video, although those real planes are probably a lot lighter than the fighters in AH.  
The most efficient hammerhead in AH, in my experience, is one where the stall horn never sounds.

[Strip]

I have done it once in a 38 almost exactly like the video.

ONCE......never could do it again.

Strip

[moot]

Hehe, I think a 38 might just be able to do a 360+180 hammerhead

[Shuffler]

 

[Mr No Name]

used to do those in 190s quite a bit but it seems the FM was changed awhile back... not really a complaint since they do turn better than they used to.

[hubsonfire]

I was riding with Nath as a gunner when he did a nice hammerhead in a B17. It was bad azz.

[Emu]

If anyone could post some AH II film on how they did it, it would be great. I've tried, and they are sort of hammerheads, not pretty to look at; however, I may be doing them wrong.