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Can a jet fly upside down

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Lead Sled said:
Would aircraft like an MU-2 or Beechjet (that use spoilers for roll control) still have roll control when inverted?

Good question! I suppose in stable -1G flight, they would act more like drag rudders (like the B2 uses) and would still work a little. You might be able to make use of the Beechjet's yaw/roll coupling, and use the rudder to roll out of it.

Or you could just Split-S out of it! :eek: :eek:
 
it would still have roll control even if it uses spoilerons.

I think a heavy airliners ability to sustain inverted flight is probably also a factor of how much stress its elevator or stab. can handle..
 
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Scale RC aircraft..wings

Even though were talking about full size aircraft, many commercial jets, fighters, and recip aircraft are built in the smaller RC form to exacting reproductions. Granted the weight to power ratio is more, but we have the luxury of flying many types of airfoils in all realms of flight.

Wings with High Dyhedral (sp?) or Swept wings dont like to fly inverted very long, without large amounts of up elevator (while inverted)...they tend to right themselves naturally, Swept wings tend to do nasty things weh inverted, like tip stalls where the aircraft will enter an inverted barrel roll and nose over steeply...

Semitrical wings will fly either way just fine, they dont care which way is up or down, again if they are swept though they will tend to tip stall as the washout no longer supports lift in the correct downward direction....

On the other hand, but enough horsepower behind a brick and it will fly as well...just my experiences with the RC world of flying. I know there are other differences from full scale aircraft, but the wings are surprisingly similar.
 
At least she is good looking, I like her picture. Looks like she would be a lot of fun to fly with. Because of that I will give her a lot of slack. Brown eyes and dark hair, I have a weakness for that too.
 
same difference!!.... a beechjet has spoilerons doesn't it? I really have never looked at the wing closely...i know the mu 2 just uses roll spoilers but not sure about the beech.
 
Sphrynxlla said:
same difference!!.... a beechjet has spoilerons doesn't it? I really have never looked at the wing closely...i know the mu 2 just uses roll spoilers but not sure about the beech.
To quote lead sled,"They don't use spoilerons, they just have spoilers" .
'Sled
Inboard and outboard.;)
 
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