What is this manuever called??

[EtherealN]

I can see why someone might say it's a "combination of a loop and a roll", in that you do have back pressure through a lot of the maneuver, but it creates a mental image that just isn't correct.

 

Basically, it's a roll with positive G load. That defines it very nicely, since the positive G-load creates by necessity the maneuver that is a barrel roll.

 

You might as well say that the barrel roll is a combination of an immelman and a roll as a combination of a loop. Equally applicable, but also wrong for the same reason - both loop and immelman include changing direction of flight throughout the maneuver, whereas the barrel roll is about adjusting your position while maintaining direction of flight.

[fitness88]

I guess I was misunderstanding the use of the word 'loop' in the written definitions I read, made me think that my barrel roll was called somthing else.

 

Thanks all for the clarity.

[Jinro]

This is all so very complicated for such a simple maneuver......

[Geskes]

 

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[Bucic]

If you don't get your head around these things easily just reading about it doesn't make much sense. Plus you'll always get people discussing it instead of giving straight answers.

 

The most effective way for you to learn this maneuver is getting a track file from someone actually doing it around another aircraft's contrail or behind a tanker with controls position indicator turned on. Around another aircraft's contrail or behind a tanker is also the way to practice it.