[sandifer]

FYI - We had a practice session at LKR on Saturday and Ron "Smokey" Schreck (RV-8) showed exactly how well this system works when doing aerobatics by beautifully flying the Sportsman sequence with no "cheats" associated with eliminating the brief negative G portions. The flights would have scored well at a contest. With fuel injection and his accumulator, fuel and oil pressure were maintained throughout. No need for a full inverted system for an RV to be competitive.

See this recent thread for details on Ron's setup:

www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=51286

 

[mv031161]

Eric...

Ron (smokey) sure flew a gourgeous Sportman routine and it was one of the best I seen. The RV8 sure can stay inside de 3D Aerobatic box well !!!

This was a practice session for our chapter club in preparation for our competition year.....only one RV showed up and "Smokey" gave us his best!!!
(All Sporstman competitors are in trouble now)