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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:40 am Post subject: Looping Cherokees and RV parachutes |
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I'd always assumed that since the FAR's define aerobatic flight as attitudes "not necessary for normal flight" (as I recall, anything exceeding 60 degrees bank or 30 degrees pitch) and a Cherokee isn't certified in the "aerobatic" category, that a loop would therefore be illegal; is there some definition I'm missing? Any sort of weed that has better info please chime in...
More on topic; I've heard nobody's ever bailed out of an RV, but does anyone know of an accident where someone tried? My concern's always been either structural failure (over G'ing the airplane accidently, or maybe a bird strike). For that matter, anyone know of a crash caused by structural failure aside from the RV-8 demonstrator a few years ago? My feeling has always been that was an overload from too eager stick movement...
Brian V
RV-6
31 hours (still phase 1)
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