Has anyone here ever rolled an airplane???

[crzepilot]

You can roll anything once

 

[Lostdog65]

BTW...a 400 series Cessna is not a good airplane to roll in any sense of the word...any idea why Bob Hoover liked the Aero Commander so much????

Didn't say any 400 series...just the 402C...

Eric

 

[$$$4nothin]

I have never rolled a C-310, baron, navajo, steerman, cherokee 140, cherokee 6, or saratoga, and i have never been in a Leer while it was rolled. Oh the FO wasnt sleeping while it happened either

 

[FlyingFisherman]

A C-310R doesn't roll nicely. Neither does a AA1A Yankee. These were not approved aircraft to roll and I can only assume that means THEY don't ROLL NICELY.

 

[yasir1212]

I rolled an ERJ and it flew pretty nicely (ofcourse it was done in the full-motion sim)

 

[81Horse]

Beech 99's, not being approved for it, also would not roll well.

 

[NoPax]

Airplanes are not "approved" to roll, they are however, prohibited from performing certain maneuvers, and/or have limitations placarded for other manuevers..ie

Snap Roll - entry speed less than XX KCAS
Accellerated Stalls - prohibited.

Just make sure that everyone is wearing a parachute if you are going to perform an aerobatic maneuver.

 

[81Horse]

Airplanes are not "approved" to roll, they are however, prohibited from performing certain maneuvers, and/or have limitations placarded for other manuevers...

Standing corrected on the proper terminology.

Just make sure that everyone is wearing a parachute if you are going to perform an aerobatic maneuver.

Not that you'd want to bail out through the "crew door" of a Beech 99.

 

[NoPax]

Not that you'd want to bail out through the "crew door" of a Beech 99.

Exactly...or a Twin Commander's crew door!

...and it would be a very dire situation to make me want to bail out of anything.

 

[G21Agoose]

I agree with the safety issues expressed- if you don't know how DON'T.
But I knew a guy in Africa named Rob Tasker who used to roll lots of types- after shooting approaches in a B-55 he would barrel roll it beautifully.
He used to wear white leather gloves and would roll the Baron from the right seat with the control column still on the left side. BUT he was an ex-Rhodesian Air Force fighter pilot and a test pilot for the RAF.

I am a corporate pilot and the only thing I roll is my chart case- and I crash that quite often!