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Im7shannon(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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450KS first 15 hour report is as follows:
1. Vertical rolls are the most fun so far.
2. Hey Smokey how many can you do?
Kevin
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smokyray(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:39 am Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Three, but the third ends up vertical in the other direction 
Smokey
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Subject: first10 hr report
To: rocket-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 1:32 AM
450KS first 15 hour report is as follows:
1. Vertical rolls are the most fun so far.
2. Hey Smokey how many can you do?
Kevin
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jrstone(at)insightbb.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Anyone able to do a nice Hammerhead in their Rocket? If so please describe how you do it.
Thanks,
Jim Stone
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kahuna
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Pull up at any speed over 100.
In the vertical look straight out the wing and keep yourself 90 to the ground all the way up. Elevator used only to maintain the vertical.
Casual glances at airspeed, but always looking straight out that wing. I look left only from habit in an Extra that had the triangles on the wing left side. Just pick a side and stick to it.
~40kts feed left rudder, right aileron (NO ELEVATOR)
Relax stick as the nose swings around.
When you get better, let the speed get slower and slower and make your control inputs more kicking em in rather than feeding em in. Eventually you want to be stopped at the top and kick in the inputs. Thats when they look and FEEL beautiful. It is a very rewarding maneuver.
Also as you get better, you will need opposite rudder when the nose swings around and points down. Opposite rudder stops the nose from swinging past the vertical down line.
Mike
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Thanks,
Jim Stone
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Awesome, thanks,
Jim
Louisville KY
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smokyray(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Jim,
I practice hammerheads often, perfecting them requires a good feel for when to kick rudder.Waiting too long and it stalls vertical with a pronounced nose drop. Too early and you skid uphill with a vertical rudder turn.
I start from a vertical pull, crosschecking the wingtips and canopy rail 90 degrees to the horizon reducing throttle to 1/4, not idle. As airspeed decays to a "potatoe" prior to dead stop I add power and kick full rudder and full opposite aileron. The big IO-540 does the rest, bringing the nose around to pure vertical down, add power, recover.
Smokey
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Subject: Re: first10 hr report
To: rocket-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 11:59 AM
Anyone able to do a nice Hammerhead in their Rocket? If so please describe how you do it.
Thanks,
Jim Stone
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CalBru(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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I am assuming that the vert rolls and hammerheads require inverted fuel and oil systems?
Cal B.
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vft(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:05 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Please, please be careful about learning this stuff on your own. I love acro but I've also lost a few friends to it. Hammerheads can end up as a very interesting entry into an inverted spin if you get too slow at the top and don't use enough opposite aileron. Get some training from a qualified acro instructor. It will be the best money you have ever spent and a real hoot to boot.
Sermon over
Danny Melnik
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jrstone(at)insightbb.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Thanks Smokey,
Full rudder into and aileron opposite sure sounds like pro spin controls but I do realize they are momentary and must be neutralized. Keeping the elevator neutral will help with avoiding a spin. Thanks for your technique and I may strap on a chute soon and give it a try.
Jim
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jrstone(at)insightbb.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Inverted oil, fuel and perhaps a counterweighted prop would be good.
Jim Stone
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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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Well, you attached seven pictures and they were all blank. But then the file names werer "blank" something, I should've known.
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:58 PM
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Please, please be careful about learning this stuff on your own. I love acro but I've also lost a few friends to it. Hammerheads can end up as a very interesting entry into an inverted spin if you get too slow at the top and don't use enough opposite aileron. Get some training from a qualified acro instructor. It will be the best money you have ever spent and a real hoot to boot.
Sermon over
Danny Melnik
F1 N14ZM
Rocket Factory
Melbourne, FL
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:53 am Post subject: first10 hr report |
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One other thing to consider about safety, you're all gonna think I am a dumb ass when you read this but take the rear stick out first before you do anything other than straight and level. My back seat cushion went wandering around by itself in the cabin the other day and wound up lodged between the stick and the side of the fuse. I did not know what was going on until I landed, I thought I bent something in the airframe, but I had to fly home 30 miles pushing the stick left very hard to stay level. It was an interesting landing too, lucky there was no wind!
I took the rear stick out and went flying again just to make sure my airplane still worked!
be safe out there guys and make sure you have plenty of altitude to recover from anything you are unsure of.
Kevin Shannon
18 hours and the grin keeps getting bigger..
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Three, but the third ends up vertical in the other direction
Smokey
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Subject: Rocket-List: first10 hr report
To: rocket-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 1:32 AM
450KS first 15 hour report is as follows:
1. Vertical rolls are the most fun so far.
2. Hey Smokey how many can you do?
Kevin
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T.gummo(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject: first10 hr report |
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I always remove the lower rear seat when flying solo. It is just held in place with Velcro. The rear seatback is held in by connecting the shoulder hardness and seat belt.
Tom Gummo
Apple Valley, CA
Harmon Rocket-II
do not archive
http://mysite.verizon.net/t.gummo/index.html
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