Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #53721
From: Keith Smith <keith.smith@gmail.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: clarification on 'aileron roll'
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:04:43 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
To anyone confused by my reference to a 'strict' or 'pure' aileron
roll vs something that is aileron roll-ish, I apologize.  Based on my
readings years ago, I was under the impression that aileron rolls were
done with minimal change in pitch (consequently, incurring -1G for a
brief moment during the inverted portion), involving forward pressure
on the elevator.

Checking the IAC web site, I see their definition of an aileron roll
allows for massive changes in pitch, starting with a large pitch up,
full aileron deflection, allowing the nose to fall throughout the
process.  This changes the profile substantially, then, and is
basically what I flew the second time around.

I'll stop referring to it as a pseudo aileron roll, then, and just
call it an aileron roll since my definition of a pure aileron roll was
different and incorrect.  That said, I'm still not using full
deflection, but that isn't material here.
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