Date: 7/11/2026 11:01:49
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2446312
Subject: re: Spiny's thread of occasional interest
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Hey, SN,You’ve probably already seen this, but…
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.
Not surprised. Cockpits can be difficult to see out of.