Sorry forgot, it might also help to trim the aircraft tail heavy, i.e. it wants to pull up all by itself so you don't have to fight the plan to get that upward momentum going and sustaining it.
Just tried to do some half loops up and the lowest entry speed I managed to complete the maneuvre with was at around 350 kph, trim up by 2.0, prop at 10:00..ish (didn't want the revs to be too low), throttle at 100%.
As I pulled up I put the prop pitch lever up/towards fine and left it there until I came out of the half loop and rolled over to level flight, then put the prop pitch lever towards coarse again until I had a 10:00 setting.
I am curious if anyone is doing this particular maneuvre in a different way with more success, i.e. entering at a lower speed and with different settings, since I do not really consider myself a very seasoned flyer.
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08-17-2011, 04:00 AM
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