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Sean Tucker aerobatics in his new Challenger III Biplane cutting ribbons at KHWY on 5/19/11 (15 min 7 sec)

Sean does put on a great show!

Originally Posted by Mithrandir

Did you mean this?

Sean Tucker aerobatics in his new Challenger III Biplane cutting ribbons at KHWY on 5/19/11 - YouTube

Sean does put on a great show!

Yes!!!! That video.

what do yuh call the thing he does at 3:00?
is that a "Pop-Top"??

WOW!!

What is the whineing sound his plane makes when he is diving down at the speed of heat with the throttle WFO???

Wierd to watch 3D at full throttle.. (From a GS 3D point of view)... really illustrates how little power they have compared to RC!

Yes at 3 minutes its a pop top. Its a good one to. Its awesome to see full scale pilots flying hard like this. Every now and then I come across a video that I would like to share.

In the full scale world they call it a spiraling tower, not a pop top.

What is the whineing sound his plane makes when he is diving down at the speed of heat with the throttle WFO???
The whineing sound is the flying wires singing.

What do you think the CHTs are by the end of that routine? He never gives it a break.

What is a "Zworbal Turn"? (Spelling?)

I would love to see that performance at an airshow. One of the best demo flights I have seen, those tumbles make my stomach churn!

Originally Posted by dhawks

What is the whineing sound his plane makes when he is diving down at the speed of heat with the throttle WFO???
The whineing sound is the flying wires singing.

What do you think the CHTs are by the end of that routine? He never gives it a break.

Also might be a little bit of the prop tips exceeding the speed of sound.

Originally Posted by Mithrandir

What is a "Zworbal Turn"? (Spelling?)

Zwirbelturm...means "spiraling tower in Swiss. Invented by many-time Swiss and European Champion Eric Muller in 1974. Starts with a vertical roll (to the right with Lycoming powered engines), then a series of negative ascending spins (flattened outside snaps), until at the highest point when all acceleration is lost the plane hangs for a bit in a horizontal pirouette before descending in an upright flat spin.

Sean's was nicely done at the top, but I seen them done with a bit more altitude that then lets the pilot push the descending upright flat spin into an abrupt inverted flat, which really ends the maneuver with a flair!!

Earle

Originally Posted by BOSSIER_ROB

In the full scale world they call it a spiraling tower, not a pop top.

Yes, that's because full scale guys are intelligent and don't want the names of their maneuvers to sound like some ad-lib a three year old made up while rolling around in dog poo.

Originally Posted by Flyfalcons

Yes, that's because full scale guys are intelligent and don't want the names of their maneuvers to sound like some ad-lib a three year old made up while rolling around in dog poo.

LOL! Just last weekend I was hanging around the local airport with a group of guys. One was getting ready to make a practice run of his airshow demo and said after so and so maneuver, he was going to try the "indo flip". I asked him what an indo flip was, if it was a waterfall. He said "W.T.F's a waterfall?". Turns out, it is the same as a negative push waterfall. lol They also refered to a positive waterfall as a micro loop.

Obviously those full scale fella's need some learnin' the proper nomenclature for these stunts we have been doin fer ten years!!!!! Lol