It’s been over a year since I flew a plane upside down, let alone tried a competition loop or tried to keep my lines sharp on a hammerhead. So whilst I was in Sydney over Christmas I booked an aerobatics refresher flight with Red Baron Flight Training to shake off some rust. We started with […]
[VIDEO] Aerobatic flight – loops, stall turns, wingovers, slow rolls and barrel rolls
Had another aerobatic training flight today in the Robin R2160. This time we were focussing on tidying up my stall turns and slow rolls and adding them into sequences. Key learnings were: MORE POSITIVE on the rudder (still). Getting better at slow rolls but still need more rudder input at the 1/4 and 3/4 positions. […]
Aerobatics, a pilot’s eye view, head mounted GoPro
I thought I’d give head mounting my GoPro a trial today for an aerobatic practise flight. I’m not all that happy with the result to be honest. Either I mounted the camera incorrectly (most likely explanation) or head mounting isn’t the best view for aerobatic flight. Either way, the resulting view isn’t as good as […]
Aerobatic pre-solo checkride complete
Today marked the final dual flight before a big aviation milestone for me – my first solo aerobatic flight. For today’s dual consolidation lesson we went over the main ‘Advanced Aircraft Control’ maneuvers once again just to confirm to the Chief Flying Instructor that I was (in his eyes) competent to go out there and do […]
Aerobatics Consolidation Lesson – my 4 big mistakes
According to the schedule I’m now 2 lessons away from being able to fly a checkride for my Advanced Aircraft Control (AAC) aerobatic endorsement with Red Baron. However it’s been almost 3 months since my last aerobatic flight and I was feeling a little rusty to say the least, so my instructor Matt and I […]
Aerobatic sequence – loop aileron roll wingover steep turn – cockpit view
Here’s a short video of the aerobatic sequence I’m currently learning from two different views. The first looking forward with all turns to the left, the second looking back into the cockpit with all turns to the right. Filmed on two GoPro HD cameras flying in VH-ZXY with Red Baron in Sydney out of Bankstown […]