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 Posted: Nov 25, 2005 - 09:40 PM
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Posted: Nov 25, 2005 - 08:40 PM
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| Recently I travelled to Moscow for a two week assignment and came very close to taking a ride in a MIG 29 for approx $10K. Given that I have no acro experience something tells me that my ride would have been very similiar to this one. I'm happy I saved my money! |
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Posted: Nov 25, 2005 - 09:38 PM
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Well, I have no acro experience as such, but the times I've been up in light aircraft, we've either wound up doing knife edge or flying through some pretty good turbulence and I was fine! I've also been on more rides than I can imagine and no problems there, either. I've just about gotten bored with rollercoasters - they're on a gosh darned track after all! I'd love to go up, but I just don't have the $$$.
Now, I just want to say that my roommate gets motion sick so easily that she gets queasy in cars if she's not driving and I can understand how bad it can be. I mean NO disrespect to those who have motion sickness - it just ain't their fault! |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2005 - 06:50 PM
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| I bet there are a fair number of people who pay a lot of money to go up for acro in a mig and end up telling the pilot to return to base. I will still go up in my lifetime but I will make sure that I'm ready for the flight before shelling out that kind of dough. |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2005 - 07:33 PM
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If I got a ride in a mig, this is what i'd do-
If I were going to spend that kinda money I would get ahold of a book or manual that had all of the aerobatic manuvers described. I would read up on all the manuvers I can and learn them, and have as good of an understanding of them as possible before I got in the airplane. Thats the way it works in the "real world",- you learn the procedure before you go out and fly the airplane. Besides that you can get alot more out of the ride if you can tell the pilot "hey man- lets do an immelman, split S, cloverleaf, etc, etc and when we get back to the base, lets come up intial at 350 indicated". Also, if you have that kinda money to spend, why not go to your local FBO and rent a decathalon or whatever kind of aerobatic trainer they have and take it up with an instructor a couple of times. That will give you an honest appreciation for how acro feels. (it takes a bit of getting used to at first) Then if you do fly in the Mig, you will have something to compare it to and realize how much performance an airplane like that has. |
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