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To: SkyDancer
Just a point you made re: 9g's ... if you read it you'll know it wasn't all the time. You pull a turn trying to get inside the other pilot's turn you will pull up to that much. Secondly there's a lot of huffing and puffing when you do it. The plane i flew was a Marchetti S.F.260

In any event those planes do +9, -3 G's. You don't fly that full envelope. It's just what it's capable of and sometimes you almost get up there and do that.

Where did you find a model with a 50% bonus on G's?

It flies like a jet at speeds up to 271MPH, has a very light feel on the dual control sticks, can carry a tremendous amount of weight for its small size, and its ability to withstand aerobatic flight loads of +6/-3 Gs while maintaining a very low operating cost compared to jets.

http://www.skythrills.com/our-planes/marchetti.html

347 posted on 06/16/2012 3:42:58 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: eartrumpet

You don’t fly 9g’s all the time.Okay? You may pull them in a tight turn but when you start tunneling out you back off. What I said was the plane was capable of pulling +9g’s and - 3. They were or are still used as close support a/c in some SA countries. You look up the stats. But yes, you can pull up to +9gs - just hope your safety pilot is there and awake.


351 posted on 06/16/2012 3:50:34 PM PDT by SkyDancer
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To: eartrumpet

PS - no fuel in the tip tanks either.


352 posted on 06/16/2012 3:51:28 PM PDT by SkyDancer
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