Date: 7/11/2026 10:58:15
From: captain_spalding
ID: 2446311
Subject: re: Spiny's thread of occasional interest

Spiny Norman said:


captain_spalding said:

Hey, SN,

You’ve probably already seen this, but…

https://packaged-media.redd.it/spqs8hs9yjzh1/pb/m2-res_480p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&var=sgpssan&v=1&e=1794024000&s=ce1c4d4222814e269e122d4db6825f3070cd4dd1

Yep! Looks like a lot of fun. The inverted thing is normal when going over the top of a mountain like that as it keeps positive G’s on the pilot. Humans can’t take a lot of negative G’s so that’s why in pretty much every dogfight you’ve ever seen they roll into a turn right side up to pull G’s.

A mate in the FAA told me that when they were doing air-to-ground missile runs with things like Zunis and Mighty Mouse, they’d often roll inverted as it made it easier to see if they hit the target or not.

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