Your video reminds me of those 1930s instructional videos explaining mechanics, in the best possible way. You take a complicated topic and with the aid of simple, understandable models demonstrate exactly what it means wihout oversimplification. Top work.
Again a great video. Your instruction with the simple model and gyro is the best seen to actually show the gyroscopic properties and how they effect an aircraft!👍👍
Sent by Greg. I’ve been wondering how to do this for some time. I had been trying to make it happen by initiating a spin for the second rotation, but clearly I was wrong. This is the only information I’ve seen on how to do it.
Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos. As a proud new owner of a brand new Christen Eagle, with zero aerobatic and tailwheel time, I have a LOT to learn and a long way to go before I'm comfortable. I'm hearing terms like "adverse yaw" & "gyroscopic maneuver" from my instructor and mentors. All of my experience so far is with corporate jets and I have no point of reference for this stuff. And getting thrown around the cockpit, with someone else flying, only makes my head swim! So I just wanted to say I appreciate the knowledge you're passing along and the effort you're putting into these videos. It helps a ton!
2:45 its also why you can hold a spinning bicycle wheel on one side of the axle and wheel remain straight up and down like you're holding both sides of the axel.
Thank you Spencer for an excellent vid and description. And thanks to Greg’s Airplanes & Autos for recommending your site! Honestly It’s going to take a bit more study on my part to get my head warpped around GyroProcession and the double hammer, but the two of you have convinced me it isn’t just magic ;-)
Spencer thanks for the great double hammer video. I have tried to do these quite a few times over the years (G202) and never got close. Today I went up and gave it a try and although I didnt pull off a good one I got a lot closer, I think with some more practice I will manage it!
The secret to doing it well is the timing of when you kick and then when you shove that stick forward those are the two things you have to figure out and it's hard to tell you exactly what's right for your airplane you just got to try it a million times
Incredibly useful. Trying to put together a “scale” display routine with a big (91” RCA’s model. Difficulty is to set up power so it’s about 1:1 or slightly less, most models are way too overpowered…thanks for the help will catch up with your other vids 😎
Awesome video and explanation. Some videos the explanation makes sense while the person is talking, but then after the video I realize I still don’t get it. That was very clear though. Also brought here by Greg
The job of an air show pilot is to make the difficult look easy, the easy look difficult and never attempt the impossible. I'm not challenged by any of these maneuvers as they are just techniques; however, some airplanes respond better than others. They are ALL fun!
Nice demo. I was trying these the other day and failed miserably. After three attempts I gave up, but after talking with some folks and like your demo, I really need to be a bit positive on the up line. I noticed you pulled the power after about 3/4 of the second hammer rotation. Is this done to help avoid a flat spin when trying to arrest the second hammer?
Good observation! On the last part of the maneuver I have found the pulling some power helps the nose drop to the downline cleanly otherwise it hangs due to rigidity then finally the plane torques around 180 degrees on the roll axis. I have never been involved in 260SD
Bryan will probably set the record, it's my understanding that he has a desk at the fsdo and as an added perk a coffee cup with his name on it. Maybe on a future visit he'll get a hat.
Is the right aileron during the right kick recovery (before the quarter turn) just to line up perpendicular with the runway or does it have to do with the recovery itself and staying coordinated? Great stuff by the way!! Fantastic flying and terrific to hear you talk about the physics of flight!!
That helps with controlling torque so the fuselage doesn't twist around, this is not a coordinated maneuver. Even in a normal hammerhead right aileron is used for that purpose.
G'day, Here be I, Sent on this path from Greg's Airplanes & Automobiles Channel. Apparently many people would like to observe you Fly the Manouvre in a Sopwith Camel...(?). Apparently the Kiwis will bespoke construct one a Brand new F-1 Camel from Plans, for a mere $500,000 worth of US Currency Which would, indeed, Be something spectacular to see... Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
Hello, Great tutorial! I’ve been doing this on Extra 300L. About 20 degree from vertical -> 50kt kicking left rudder -> slamming the stick forward at 45 degree yaw. I’ve done it with full throttle the whole time, but I saw you put it to idle when dropping the nose for the dive. Do you know does it make a big difference? I guess I’ll try that also…
Ok you explained it already for someone. So it is basically to prevent torque roll. Extra doesn’t really need that so I’ll stick to my already working technique. =)
As I write this, Spencer’s double hammerhead video has ~12K views in four years. Meanwhile, Greg’s Sopwith Camel video-which sent me here-has about 18K views in *five hours*. I think Spencer’s view count is about to explode. In short: “Greetings. This is Greg.”
Yes, what I do is at the extreme edge of the adrenalin envelope. Every pilot should take an upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) course. This will expose you to mild spins and rolls as training maneuvers to increase your airmanship, capabilities, and confidence in the plane. You never know...you may just come to enjoy the aerobatics...that's how I got hooked!
If I'm remembering my limited high school German, your last name roughly means southern person / southern one. It is a tad tricky to translate man. (If it were mann, then it would be a straightforward translation to man.) Anyways, came here from Greg's channel. :)
I'm here from Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles. Great explanation and demo.
No I'm Greggs, 🤣
Same here!
I'm hot on your tail!
Same here. Instant subscriber. Your videos are truly informative and make the airshow (and footage of) even more interesting. Thank you!
Same here. Thx for the great explanation!
Greg brought me here, and I'm happy he did :)
Love the Science. Came here from link in Greg's Airplanes.
Yep, thank Greg for a new subscriber.
Welcome!
Another guy coming here from link in Greg's Airplanes really helpful demonstration and explanation of gyroscopic precession.
Glad you enjoyed this video!
that GYRO explanation. was the best i've ever seen.....
I have had several requests to release just that part as a separate clip. Will do that over the weekend.
Right rudder! Right rudder! The gyro demo was worth the time - the helmet cam is icing on the cake.
I've read and heard many times people explaining gyroscope didn't understand it until just now. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
A beautiful explanation of something that you normally need to experience to understand
Love the Gyro explanation. Now I know how Airshow pilot Rob Holland does his Frisbee maneuver.
Very cool. I'm glad Greg mentioned this video on his Sopwith Camel review.
Your video reminds me of those 1930s instructional videos explaining mechanics, in the best possible way. You take a complicated topic and with the aid of simple, understandable models demonstrate exactly what it means wihout oversimplification. Top work.
Again a great video. Your instruction with the simple model and gyro is the best seen to actually show the gyroscopic properties and how they effect an aircraft!👍👍
Thank you for the kind words!! :-)
Thanlks Spencer, only you take the time, to explain.
the manueves.
Thank you!
You make it look so easy and graceful... physics simplified.
Great video and explanation. Thank you.
Nice explanation. Now I have something new to work on in my Skybolt!
Ditto on the "here from Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles." What a wonderful lesson in seven minutes, thank you Sir!
I’m here from Greg, and your channel is awesome!
These are great videos - thanks for the effort!!!
Another great video, love the gyro model and explanation...
Thanks to Greg. Great demonstration too of the forces at play Spencer.
Wow! Best explanation of gyroscopic precession I've seen. The rudder is the hardest flight control to understand and learn. More rudder videos please.
Sent by Greg. I’ve been wondering how to do this for some time. I had been trying to make it happen by initiating a spin for the second rotation, but clearly I was wrong. This is the only information I’ve seen on how to do it.
Another sent by Greg!
PERFECT EXPLANATION... THANKS FROM BRAZIL!
Fantastic video. Clear explenation from an experienced pilot. It's hard to find excellent teachers.
Excellent explanation backed up by science! Well done, Spencer . . .
Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos. As a proud new owner of a brand new Christen Eagle, with zero aerobatic and tailwheel time, I have a LOT to learn and a long way to go before I'm comfortable. I'm hearing terms like "adverse yaw" & "gyroscopic maneuver" from my instructor and mentors. All of my experience so far is with corporate jets and I have no point of reference for this stuff. And getting thrown around the cockpit, with someone else flying, only makes my head swim! So I just wanted to say I appreciate the knowledge you're passing along and the effort you're putting into these videos. It helps a ton!
Great explanation and great flying! Thanks! 🙂
Glad it helped!
Brilliant, in fact beyond brilliant, epic!
2:45 its also why you can hold a spinning bicycle wheel on one side of the axle and wheel remain straight up and down like you're holding both sides of the axel.
Sent by Greg, great information!!!!,
I am loving these videos! Thank you for posting them.
Thank you!
Well explained. I am an radio controlled model flyer and this definitely helped.
Magnas Pyke!!!!
Great explanation and visual examples. Very helpful with the slo-mo talk through!
awesome
i love when the experienced people teach his maneuvers with so passion and very detailed.
Thank you so much to share this and all others explanation.
Okay, now I'm off to try and finally pull off the double hammer head with my RC lol.
Magic!😁
Great video!
These videos are awesome...thanks for explaining the science behind the maneuvers. Really enjoy the videos and production value.
Thank you Spencer for an excellent vid and description. And thanks to Greg’s Airplanes & Autos for recommending your site! Honestly It’s going to take a bit more study on my part to get my head warpped around GyroProcession and the double hammer, but the two of you have convinced me it isn’t just magic ;-)
Thanks for watching the video! It's simply a technique that can be applied to aerobatic planes.
Another amazing video!
Awesome info
Glad it was helpful!
just mesmerizing. perfect mind on top of everything else.
Great explanation, please keep these videos coming!
Another new follower from Greg's!
Spencer thanks for the great double hammer video. I have tried to do these quite a few times over the years (G202) and never got close. Today I went up and gave it a try and although I didnt pull off a good one I got a lot closer, I think with some more practice I will manage it!
The secret to doing it well is the timing of when you kick and then when you shove that stick forward those are the two things you have to figure out and it's hard to tell you exactly what's right for your airplane you just got to try it a million times
@@ssairshows I think I would die if I threw up a million times.
Great explanation
great video! I enjoyed the table top science. I am getting into acrobatic flying and watching your head camera section was epic.
Incredibly useful. Trying to put together a “scale” display routine with a big (91” RCA’s model. Difficulty is to set up power so it’s about 1:1 or slightly less, most models are way too overpowered…thanks for the help will catch up with your other vids 😎
This video is just amazing !
Nice HANDS!
Great series. Thanks
Great explanation with an easy informal format. I’m enjoying your content.
These videos are great! I'm looking forward to doing some aerobatic training this summer and this just makes me even more excited!
Awesome video and explanation. Some videos the explanation makes sense while the person is talking, but then after the video I realize I still don’t get it. That was very clear though.
Also brought here by Greg
Glad it helped!
Good stuff.
I think Greg bought me here. I subscribed cus I saw the subscribe button flash red border!!
Cool
Can you elaborate why tilting the nose 25 degrees away from the crowd maximizes gyroscopic precession?
Another guy coming here from link in Greg's Airplanes. I bet your 1st go at this was very scary!
Spencer you make all the aerobatic maneuvers look so effortless...which one is the most challenging for you? Which one is the most fun?
The job of an air show pilot is to make the difficult look easy, the easy look difficult and never attempt the impossible. I'm not challenged by any of these maneuvers as they are just techniques; however, some airplanes respond better than others. They are ALL fun!
What’s the state of play with the inverted flat spin record attempt? Are you intending to have another go, and do you still have the S1C to do it in?
Yes and Yes! "Spinner3" is ready...current conditions around the pandemic are delaying my attempt.
Nice demo. I was trying these the other day and failed miserably. After three attempts I gave up, but after talking with some folks and like your demo, I really need to be a bit positive on the up line.
I noticed you pulled the power after about 3/4 of the second hammer rotation. Is this done to help avoid a flat spin when trying to arrest the second hammer?
Hi Spencer, I notice you cut the throttle momentarily coming out out of the manoeuver. What's going on there? Did you ever part own N260SD?
Good observation! On the last part of the maneuver I have found the pulling some power helps the nose drop to the downline cleanly otherwise it hangs due to rigidity then finally the plane torques around 180 degrees on the roll axis.
I have never been involved in 260SD
Another thing you can't do with a boring Learjet. Then why are they so expensive? 😱
My god! It looks really fun, at the same time i think i would shit my pants. Thx again for the vid!
Spencer i recently viewed your video on preflighting a pitts. Did Bryan (just plane silly) teach you how to preflight?
Bryan is trying to set a Guinness World Record for most FSDO visits...he's envious!
Bryan will probably set the record, it's my understanding that he has a desk at the fsdo and as an added perk a coffee cup with his name on it. Maybe on a future visit he'll get a hat.
Is the right aileron during the right kick recovery (before the quarter turn) just to line up perpendicular with the runway or does it have to do with the recovery itself and staying coordinated? Great stuff by the way!! Fantastic flying and terrific to hear you talk about the physics of flight!!
That helps with controlling torque so the fuselage doesn't twist around, this is not a coordinated maneuver. Even in a normal hammerhead right aileron is used for that purpose.
G'day,
Here be I,
Sent on this path from
Greg's Airplanes & Automobiles Channel.
Apparently many people would like to observe you
Fly the Manouvre in a Sopwith Camel...(?).
Apparently the Kiwis will bespoke construct one a Brand new F-1 Camel from Plans, for a mere $500,000 worth of US Currency
Which would, indeed,
Be something spectacular to see...
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Interesting idea!
Hello,
Great tutorial! I’ve been doing this on Extra 300L. About 20 degree from vertical -> 50kt kicking left rudder -> slamming the stick forward at 45 degree yaw. I’ve done it with full throttle the whole time, but I saw you put it to idle when dropping the nose for the dive. Do you know does it make a big difference? I guess I’ll try that also…
Ok you explained it already for someone. So it is basically to prevent torque roll. Extra doesn’t really need that so I’ll stick to my already working technique. =)
As I write this, Spencer’s double hammerhead video has ~12K views in four years. Meanwhile, Greg’s Sopwith Camel video-which sent me here-has about 18K views in *five hours*. I think Spencer’s view count is about to explode.
In short: “Greetings. This is Greg.”
🙃😁🙃
Does anything similar apply to jets?
Nope. It's the gyroscopic effects of a propeller that make this all possible.
Linked by Greg, subbed by me!
can I do these in my Piper PA28-160?
Well, can you?
👍👍👍
ahh...i'm a private pilot and thats all insane....i'll never get to that level...flying straight and lever is hard enough...
Yes, what I do is at the extreme edge of the adrenalin envelope. Every pilot should take an upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) course. This will expose you to mild spins and rolls as training maneuvers to increase your airmanship, capabilities, and confidence in the plane. You never know...you may just come to enjoy the aerobatics...that's how I got hooked!
If I'm remembering my limited high school German, your last name roughly means southern person / southern one. It is a tad tricky to translate man. (If it were mann, then it would be a straightforward translation to man.)
Anyways, came here from Greg's channel. :)
It might just be my tv, but your voice is completely inaudible to me. Great topic!
These little toy airplanes are boring/I get my Jimmy Franklin videos out to see some real Aerobatics
sometimes the extra smash is a lot of power and big ass flippers!! lol th-cam.com/video/T2Db2ppMYF4/w-d-xo.html