Re: Va and negative g's & fun non-acrobatic maneuvers

For added effect use an aerobatic plane and bank to just over
the 90 degrees. Got my g-meter up to about 3 pulling out of
one of those.

Paul

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> From level flight at slow-normal cruise, with plenty of altitude to
> spare (i.e 5000 AGL), pull the power back to idle and bank the thing
> over to almost 60 degrees letting the nose fall over in a slow steep
> banked 180 degree turn. Watch your airspeed and make sure it stays at
> or below Va. Level out and then do it again in the opposite bank, to
> make a big falling slow figure-8 pattern as you descend. Keep your
> bank at or below 60 degrees and the nose down angle less than 30
> degrees and you're still legal. Because you're not maintaining level
> flight in the 60 deg banks, you're not really pulling any Gs in the
> banks either. The most Gs you pull is when you level out after you're
> done with the steep banks. Maybe 1.5 Gs at the most if you're sloppy
> about it. One of my favorite "fun" things since you get a windshield
> full of straight-down plus a wee bit of almost-zero-G feeling without
> hardly any stress on the aircraft at all.