flyeyes
Well Known Member
Kevin's event has made me wonder again about something.
I have an IO-360 C1D6 with basically a stock setup. I don't have a flop tube or inverted oil system.
I have no interest in sustained inverted flight.
What I am interested in though is brief episodes of inverted flight, like doing a "real" slow roll as opposed to a sloppy aileron roll, or firmly establishing a line on a cuban eight.
While doing trail acro, I have occasionally had to "push" a little negative to keep lead in sight if I picked a bad line at the start of a maneuver. I haven't seen any drops in oil pressure (and the EFIS hasn't either, although the one-second intervals on the datalogging could easily miss a brief drop)
I didn't consider the full inverted oil system to be worth the weight and expense, but I'm wondering if an accumulator might meet my needs.
What say the engine gurus?
I have an IO-360 C1D6 with basically a stock setup. I don't have a flop tube or inverted oil system.
I have no interest in sustained inverted flight.
What I am interested in though is brief episodes of inverted flight, like doing a "real" slow roll as opposed to a sloppy aileron roll, or firmly establishing a line on a cuban eight.
While doing trail acro, I have occasionally had to "push" a little negative to keep lead in sight if I picked a bad line at the start of a maneuver. I haven't seen any drops in oil pressure (and the EFIS hasn't either, although the one-second intervals on the datalogging could easily miss a brief drop)
I didn't consider the full inverted oil system to be worth the weight and expense, but I'm wondering if an accumulator might meet my needs.
What say the engine gurus?