AlexPeterson
Well Known Member
I saw something this week at Oshkosh that I've never seen before - negative g (non-lead) formation flying. I'm not saying it hasn't happened before, I've just never seen it.
The Collaborators did a maneuver with all four members pushing hard negative g's while in formation. While it is common for the lead to be negative, I've never seen wingman negative (I might have seen a Blue Angel two ship with wingman negative, but not too close and directly behind lead). This would seem to be more difficult than it appears , since the wingman has to bank "toward" lead to move away. In other words, if aileron is used, the stick would be moved towards lead in order to move away. I'm wondering if the wings are simply kept level, and perhaps rudder is used to move closer/further from lead.
Anyone know how they do this? BTW, I have no interest in doing this...
The Collaborators did a maneuver with all four members pushing hard negative g's while in formation. While it is common for the lead to be negative, I've never seen wingman negative (I might have seen a Blue Angel two ship with wingman negative, but not too close and directly behind lead). This would seem to be more difficult than it appears , since the wingman has to bank "toward" lead to move away. In other words, if aileron is used, the stick would be moved towards lead in order to move away. I'm wondering if the wings are simply kept level, and perhaps rudder is used to move closer/further from lead.
Anyone know how they do this? BTW, I have no interest in doing this...