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What it is:
A continuous tail-over-nose descending
flip. It's not a loop, but the aircraft actually flops around
its canopy.
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How to do it:
Start relatively high. At low throttle,
gradually pull the nose up until it's near vertical. Just
before it stalls, add full down and full power at the same
time. You have to continuously "fly" the rudder and ailerons
to keep the plane flipping over in a straight line. To do
consecutive Waterfalls, continue to hold full down and "fly"
rudder and ailerons, and chop the throttle as the nose comes
back up to vertical, then add full power as it flips straight
down.
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Trickiest part:
No doubt here- flying the rudder and
aileron correctly. You really have to "fly" them and make
constant corrections. The amount of rudder you add will vary.
If you don't do this, the plane will fall off into a knife
edge spin.
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Recovery: Basic-
Just neutralize the elevator and the plane
will quit flipping, but expect some over-rotation, so
practice high until you get the feel for it. Fly out straight
and level, or stop the rotation while pointed vertical and go
into a torque roll.
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Worst way to mess up:
Take it down too low, over-control your
elevator on recovery and snap into the ground. To avoid this,
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| 3D with Mike
McConville (Part One) |
| Written by: Mike
McConville |
| Article Type: |
How-Tos |
| Posted: |
9/29/2000 |
| Copyright: |
Copyright © 2000
Horizon Hobby, Inc. |
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