Play date with an RV-7

[Darren S]

Something's messed up with my video. It doesn't load from iPads or iphones. The video seems to be viewable from all other computers.

It says "the author of this video (me) doesn't permit viewing on this device" or something like that.

I didn't intentionally put any restriction on the video, but it's there.

I can't find any settings on YouTube to correct this. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Darren

[WAM120RV]

Hi Darren and Mark

Both great videos.

One of the things that impressed me about Darren was the good lookout he made before each manoeuvre.

[sandifer]

Darren, nice to see some more video!

Originally Posted by Darren S

In Sportsman I think I have to.

For sure!

Originally Posted by Darren S

I haven't done a lot of them and don't know why I keep doing them to the right...

Maybe because with the stick in your left hand it's a little more natural to turn your head to the right than to the left. Try flying from the right seat with the stick in your right hand as god intended.

Originally Posted by Darren S

I'll practice more to the left as it does take a bit of time to rotate.

Don't practice more to the left, practice them all to the left! ...that is until you upgrade to a Yak or Sukhoi. It'll make your life much easier. You just won't get a good looking pivot to the right. You can see how the plane just sorta hung there until it started falling sideways and the relative wind flopped the nose toward the ground. The Pitts won't hammer to the right at all with full power. As mentioned, get some ground critiquing so you can learn how the plane feels at the precise moment it's time to pivot. This is probably the hardest thing to initially learn about the hammer...and the cues are very aircraft-specific. Some airplanes will buffet a bit at a certain vertical airspeed. Most pilots in high-performance planes gauge the timing by the amount of aileron and right rudder it takes to control torque roll and slipstream yaw as vertical speed slows. By the time you reach a certain amount of deflection, you know it's time to pivot. You just need to learn what it is for your plane. It's a very consistent method once you get a feel for it. As you probably already know, the ASI is pretty much useless! Have fun.

[Darren S]

Hi again Eric,

Thanks for chiming in. You were of great help to me this past year when I dove in to the wonderful world of aerobatics this past year.

Come next year I will hook up again with some of the aerobatic community and get the needed ground critiquing. For now I'll practice solo and hopefully not develop too many bad habits

I am undecided on an inverted oil system or as I read here on VAF, using a pre oiler canister to shoot some oil into the engine if the pressure drops.

Sportsman doesn't have any longer inverted segments than Primary and I really don't think that I am harming anything with the quick inverted 45 that is needed on the 1/2 Cubans.

So maybe I'll just put in a smoke system over the winter and forego the inverted system. What are your thoughts?

Darren

[sandifer]

Originally Posted by Darren S

So maybe I'll just put in a smoke system over the winter and forego the inverted system. What are your thoughts?

Smoke would be fun! As long as you've got potential oil loss managed, no need to modify your oil system for Sportsman level acro if you're only concerned with hurting engine...you're not, given the very short exposure to negative G. So you don't NEED it if you're focused on Sportsman competition, but only if you want to mess around with inverted flight/spins/pushes, etc. would you need it. As far as competition goes, you wouldn't actually NEED inverted fuel/oil until moving up to Intermediate. But then, you might want something besides an RV at this point anyway.