Is a real hammerhead possible?

[B4Buster]

I know you're capable of piloting a plane Banshee

[Banshee7]

I know you're capable of piloting a plane Banshee

pfft...i get in the cockpit and see all those buttons...i throw in the towel 

[B4Buster]

pfft...i get in the cockpit and see all those buttons...i throw in the towel 

Well what type of plane are you talking about? Little 2 seaters are pretty straight forward.

[Banshee7]

Well what type of plane are you talking about? Little 2 seaters are pretty straight forward.

My whole life I've only ever SAT in one aircraft's cockpit (a little 2-seater) and I was in the 5th grade then.  I've never even been off the ground.

Just getting the opportunity to even try to fly one would be awesome

[B4Buster]

It's a blast. call up your local airport. Alot of places will offer an hour for $50 or so. It's great to see the familiar places in your community from the air. Flight time is more expensive if you decided to get your license...belive it's around $100/hr and you need 35-40 hours of flight time.

[Banshee7]

It's a blast. call up your local airport. Alot of places will offer an hour for $50 or so. It's great to see the familiar places in your community from the air. Flight time is more expensive if you decided to get your license...belive it's around $100/hr and you need 35-40 hours of flight time.

oooooooooorr....call up my state trooper friend that owns a two seater and see if he'll take me up.  Why did i just think of this now...man im such an idiot  <searches for face palm smiley>

[SectorNine50]

I always seem to end up doing hammerheads by accident in stall fights in the B-pony.  It's usually because I've chopped my throttle and am ruddering to keep from winging over and stalling and it tends to just fall sideways beautifully.  One time, however, I had it where the plane did half of the hammerhead, and then just fell to the earth sideways.  Have never been able to replicate it, was a very strange spectacle from the cockpit view.  Must've started doing the "hammerhead" after I was a bit too slow.

[rvflyer]

My whole life I've only ever SAT in one aircraft's cockpit (a little 2-seater) and I was in the 5th grade then.  I've never even been off the ground.

Just getting the opportunity to even try to fly one would be awesome

Come to Oregon, I well take you for a ride in my RV-6 for free, hope you have the stomach for aerobatics :-)

RV6Flyer

[rvflyer]

Reminds me of getting my thumb on the up trim button in my RV during hammer heads with out noticing. Makes you push really hard forward on the way down. First time it happened scared me.

HiTech

When I was learning them in my RV-6 got to slow at the top and and just barely made it around (lucky no tailslide) and just had to sit there and wait till the nose came down and got some flying speed. Without an inverted fuel system the engine quit and prop stopped, with the original wood props on RV's it is hard to air start without a lot of speed,
finally had to hit the starter button to get the engine turning again.

RV6flyer

[Scotch]

Come to Oregon, I well take you for a ride in my RV-6 for free, hope you have the stomach for aerobatics :-)

RV6Flyer

You ever be interested in trading a plane ride for a commercial fishing boat ride?<g> 
See who can make the other sick the quickest? 

[oakranger]

You can't do it in a P-38, A-20, or 110 by cutting power in one engine and full power on the other?

[mechanic]

You ever be interested in trading a plane ride for a commercial fishing boat ride?<g> 
See who can make the other sick the quickest? 

plane ride can make you sick at the touch of the controls, ships need wind! I'm putting my money on the plane ride unless you go out in a gale force wind.

[B4Buster]

You can't do it in a P-38, A-20, or 110 by cutting power in one engine and full power on the other?

watch my video. When you go to try it in a 110, Moss, etc just remember the props aren't counter-rotating

[Ack-Ack]

You can't do it in a P-38, A-20, or 110 by cutting power in one engine and full power on the other?

you can but it's not necessary to do one properly.

ack-ack

[Scotch]

plane ride can make you sick at the touch of the controls, ships need wind! I'm putting my money on the plane ride unless you go out in a gale force wind.

Try bar crossings.




no more thread hijacking though...but i want a plane ride!