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From: scw@cepu.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Stall, and Stall Again
Message-ID: <406@cepu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 16:25:34 EST
Article-I.D.: cepu.406
Posted: Mon Nov  5 16:25:34 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 8-Nov-84 00:44:23 EST
References: <142@tekred.UUCP>
Reply-To: scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods)
Organization: VA Wadsworth Med. Center; LA CA
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Summary: 

In article <142@tekred.UUCP> normb@tekred.UUCP (Norm Babcock ) writes:
>
>Incidentally, in a movie I saw a biplane make a strafing run
>on the bad guys, pull up to vertical at the end, kick the rudder
>at the top (just before stall?), and the a/c pivoted (still
>nose up),returned to level flight, and was ready to make another 
>run. What is this maneuver? Is it as simple as it looks?

(Begin war story) When I was in 'Nam the OV-10's that used to support
us used a similar manuver when attacking ground targets, they'd make a
run, pull up into a hammerhead stall and then make a run in the reverse
direction.  A feature of the A/C that helped them to do this was the
fact that it's a twin engine (turbo-prop), what they did was to pull
the pitch control back on one engine just as they were ready to pitch
over (really wipped around there). The B-57 (Canabera) a twin engine
jet was capable of doing about 2-3 rotations around its yaw axis by a
similar operation.
-- 
Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology)
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