Hi all,
I have started doing acro in my RV8. At first, I just wanted to get the basics done in phase I so I could do them later. Turns out, this is really fun. I am thinking about low level competition, for which I am sure my airplane will be fine.
I was practicing a roll yesterday and found myself pausing at the inverted part to sort out how much forward elevator I needed to keep the nose up. 1/2 second later it occurred to me that this was not a particularly good idea without inverted oil. Got back and was rewarded with a moderately oily belly.
I started thinking about putting inverted oil in. There are the Christen and Raven systems I have found. I have also found that there are some problems with the systems, stuck valves, etc.
The question I am posing is, how difficult is it to do the installation and how frequently to do problems arise? Is there a lot of additional servicing to the inverted system? Will it keep my belly clean?
I have started doing acro in my RV8. At first, I just wanted to get the basics done in phase I so I could do them later. Turns out, this is really fun. I am thinking about low level competition, for which I am sure my airplane will be fine.
I was practicing a roll yesterday and found myself pausing at the inverted part to sort out how much forward elevator I needed to keep the nose up. 1/2 second later it occurred to me that this was not a particularly good idea without inverted oil. Got back and was rewarded with a moderately oily belly.
I started thinking about putting inverted oil in. There are the Christen and Raven systems I have found. I have also found that there are some problems with the systems, stuck valves, etc.
The question I am posing is, how difficult is it to do the installation and how frequently to do problems arise? Is there a lot of additional servicing to the inverted system? Will it keep my belly clean?