I really enjoyed it. I had to cancel my trip next week because of being called back to work. In three months or so I'll be driving down to the BBNP/BBRSP area. Good video. Thank you.
Good on Ya Paul. Just got an Rv8A. Ex military pilot and have done the acro, but it’s been a few years. Done the rolls, but no loops yet. Walk me thru it, altitude, speed and g’s....
Loops are pretty simple in an -8...I like to see about 145 knots indicated at the start, pull to 2.5 - 3 G’s, and you’ll use 500 vertical feet or so. Probably about 90 knots at the top (I rarely look). Practice at least 3,000 AGL to see how it goes, and don;t relax on the backside - to builds speed REALLY fast if you relax with the nose down.
+Dennis Gentry The elevation is properly from the runway reference point. the runway could be 17 feet higher at the touchdown zone where he landed, and 30 lower at the other end of the runway.
In '07 I went on an Alaskan cruise; with various ports of call. One was in Skagway, where I took a Tubine Beaver floatplane ride into the back country to see a waterfall that black bear feed from for Salmon. I'm a licensed pilot w/ instrument. But of course, I couldn't fly this plane as I wasn't approved. So I remember telling the pilot "this synthetic visions stuff is really cool!" He said, "meh - I don't know how to use it ... I'm VFR only". They had a fatal crash a few days later. Hmmm.
very nice. only question for me, upon viewing this is, I thought with SVT, you also get a "Rwy Depiction" on the PFD. never saw that?? could be a bit confusing in IMC to Minimums, where, if your on Instruments (PFD) and don't actually SEE any "Virtual" Runway stretched out in front of you (again, on PFD) could get squirrely huh?
@turboromy Good question, my Sport model which is a later product, has shown the runway in black in all cases so far. Hey Paul, can you help on this, please.
Very informative. One question does this require WAAS type GPS resolution or will it work well enough with normal non WAAS resolution. The reason I ask is that WAAS isnt available everywhere, but a GPS signal is.
Yes, it does. You can see it nearly half way between the lower left corner and the center. It only shows up when outside his selected range points. I just got one and that is a nice feature.
