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 Posted: Sep 12, 2005 - 03:34 AM
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| Sorry Habu, its late over here!!!!!!! Couldnt get that uniform out of my head! I could just see Brains and Virgil climbimg into their F-18s!!!!!!!! |
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Habu
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Posted: Sep 12, 2005 - 06:05 AM
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Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 12:39 AM
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| Couple of years back I got a ride in a Pitts S2B. AWESOME! Although I'm aware that it is not able to hold its own in modern aerobatic championships. Saw the Red Bull Air Race in Rotterdam. The Americans kicked butt in their Edge 540's! That Pitts friend of mine used to fly the SU26/29 but got a little nervous when about 5 out of 20 aerobatic pilots bought the farm in Sukhoys within about two years. It can do a lot but seems a whee bit too tricky... |
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Habu
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Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 01:08 AM
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| And I hear the Caps are having spar troubles right now. Dunno the specifics though. Well any one of those airplanes can bite you withouth the proper respect. |
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Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 08:17 AM
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| That's absolutely true! They're made to be very very sensitive, resulting in a very fast reacting nervous personality... |
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Habu
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Posted: Oct 20, 2005 - 05:47 AM
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| Well they're designed to have neutral dynamic stability. So whatever attitude you put them in, they'll tend to stay that way. Some more than others of course. But it's necessary to have the response they have. |
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Posted: Oct 20, 2005 - 07:06 AM
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| Otherwise the Red Bull Air Race would become quite a drag... Not that any Pitts takes part in that one , though... |
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Habu
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Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 05:31 PM
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Ya know I have yet to see that. They did it at Reno, but I was walking around the statics getting detail shots at the time  |
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Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 08:54 PM
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| Red Bull Air Race is dominated by the Edge 530, Extra comes in second, Sukhoi third and Cap about last. Depends quite on the pilot too... |
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Habu
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Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 10:31 PM
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| The Edge dominates most things |
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Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 10:34 PM
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| Saw that first hand, forgot about the name of the American pilot who won the Rotterdam leg but he was one hell of an aggressive dude flying corners and cutting edges literally.. What a show! |
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Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 10:39 PM
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| Found him on Airliners.net: Mike Mangold. Some paint job! |
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Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 11:56 PM
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| Yup! Mangold was at Reno this year, so wan Mike Goulian. Chambliss was also there of course. All of them fly the Edge. Kirby used to fly the CAP 231, but switched to the 540 recently. |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2005 - 07:16 AM
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| And he took his Edge to Rotterdam, finishing second after Mangold. Our Dutch contender Frank Versteegh ended up in the rear. He flies an Extra 300 twoseater and is more concerned in style of flying than of winning, I guess. A great pilot who used to be a dance instructor... |
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Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 10:53 AM
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| Some of the most capable aerobatic aircraft in production are the MXS, Edge 540, E-300S, CAP-232 and the Sukhoi's. |
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