My brother witnessed a fatal crash today...

[tonycondon]

wow, incredible. my little hometown of 6000 had at least two ambulances.

 

[Matthew]

What is the name of that tumbling maneuver he was doing?

 

[PittsDriver]

What is the name of that tumbling maneuver he was doing?

There are various names for it but the most common is a Lomcevak. It's a tumbling maneuver that uses the gyroscopic effect of the the prop to get the airplane to tumble. Roughly translated into english it means headache or hangover. Personally I think they're more fun to fly than to watch but I think that about most aerobatic maneuvers.

 

[Matthew]

There are various names for it but the most common is a Lomcevak. It's a tumbling maneuver that uses the gyroscopic effect of the the prop to get the airplane to tumble. Roughly translated into english it means headache or hangover. Personally I think they're more fun to fly than to watch but I think that about most aerobatic maneuvers.

Thanks - I've seen them done a couple of times now. The first few times I thought, "did I just see what I think I did?"

Do they finish up under control on their own, or does pilot input stop the maneuver? They seem something that would be almost impossible to time right for a consistent recovery.

 

[PittsDriver]

Thanks - I've seen them done a couple of times now. The first few times I thought, "did I just see what I think I did?"

Do they finish up under control on their own, or does pilot input stop the maneuver? They seem something that would be almost impossible to time right for a consistent recovery.

Not so much but I'm a tumble novice. I pretty much hold the inputs until it starts to run out of energy and then yank the power to idle and neutralize everythin. The nose falls down and then just wait for 100 mph. Timing it isn't too tough to end up in the same orientation but it's still basically a maneuver with some unpredictability to it. That's why I don't do them down low. I want to always be two mistakes high.

 

[Matthew]

At the airshow, that maneuver ended up in an inverted spin. I'm guessing from comments earlier, or on another board, that that was not intended.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

There are various names for it but the most common is a Lomcevak. It's a tumbling maneuver that uses the gyroscopic effect of the the prop to get the airplane to tumble. Roughly translated into english it means headache or hangover. Personally I think they're more fun to fly than to watch but I think that about most aerobatic maneuvers.

That's commonly pronounced "LunchComesBack".