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View Poll Results: Would you be interested in attending a RV-specific aerobatic clinic.
Yes, and I can bring a parachute (my own or borrowed). 58 28.02%
Yes, but I can't bring a parachute. 93 44.93%
I'm interested but need to know more. 39 18.84%
Definitely not interested. 17 8.21%
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Old 11-26-2014, 09:06 AM
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Default Aerobatic Clinic

I'm interested and have chute!
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Old 12-02-2014, 06:06 AM
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All,

The IAC has announced the PRIMARY sequence for 2015. Here it is:

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Old 12-02-2014, 06:28 AM
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Not interested in competition but would like to polish the rough edges of of my feeble attempts at acro. Will need a chute, already have the pip pins in the canopy. Thanks for working on this bro.
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Old 12-03-2014, 05:47 AM
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All,

The IAC has announced the PRIMARY sequence for 2015. Here it is:

Super RV FRIENDLY sequence! Ron let me know if you need a safety pilot for anyone participating during the clinic or if you want to use my aerobatic practice area at KLKR
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Old 01-07-2015, 11:27 PM
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I would love to attend. No interest in competition but would like to properly fly Acro in my plane. Have benefited greatly from Formation Clinics.
No chute but would buy one. I'm told by a jump master that using a chute for the very first time in an emergency is mostly to provide padding on impact. I have jumped twice for the experience not training.
Count me as interested. Hopefully out west.
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Old 01-08-2015, 01:32 AM
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Just bought an emergency chute. Did the initial parachute training and one free fall jump a couple of years ago. Gold Coast Skydiving in Lumberton, MS is very good IMHO. They take you to 14,000' in their Twin Otter so you get a good ride. The instructors and photographers are amazing.

Was wondering if a G meter is necessary?

John
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Old 01-08-2015, 05:17 AM
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Default G meter reqired fpr aerobatics?

John, from my experience, the G meter is not required. When I'm flying a sequence, I don't look at it until I finished the sequence. Between maneuvers, I'm usually looking at the airspeed and altitude. I have two G meters in my airplane. One is in the Dynon 10A and a GT50 which shows time, stop watch, voltage and Gs (current, min, max). I reset the GT50 after every flight or between sequences, but never change the Dynon which records the max plus and minus Gs of the airframe. There is an aerobatic box in Hattiesburg, MS that we used for an aerobatic workshop last summer. E-mail me and I can give you a POC for the box, when they are practicing, etc.
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Old 01-08-2015, 08:39 AM
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Was wondering if a G meter is necessary?
IMO, it's a nice thing to have for initial aerobatic training just so you know where you are, and for getting a feel for what 2.5 vs. 4.5G's feels like. Beginner acro students will find 6Gs extremely uncomfortable, and will not be willing to deliberately put near that much load on the airplane. Once you get a feel for what works, there's not much reason to look at the G meter, except maybe between figures or after the flight for curiosity. For really basic messing-around RV acro, a G meter has little value once you develop a basic feel for G-loading. This could be accomplished in another aircraft, RV or otherwise.

Though with precision acro, the G meter can be a useful training tool. I've had folks reference their G meter after a figure while coaching them. If they're not pulling hard enough in the first quarter of a loop to make it round, I'll have them keep increasing their pull until it looks good, and then have them note the G load so they understand where they need to be for their entry airspeed. Probably N/A for nearly everyone in RVs, but the G meter can also be useful for helping to analyze rolling turns. A good 'roller' should show an equal positive and negative G load when completed. Pilots typically start off pulling harder than they push, and the G-meter can be one way to measure what's happening, and to develop a better feel for the maneuver.
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Old 01-08-2015, 09:20 AM
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I've already replied "yes, but no chute." Any idea re probable location(s) for clinic? My -7 is hangered in MD.
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Old 01-08-2015, 05:04 PM
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i am interested, Only thought I have heard is that acrobatic are really hard on the engine and prop and that most serious acro pilots tear diwn their engines annually or semi annually, Is this correct?
Jack
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