What are the names of some aerobatic stunts?

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Stunts and maneuvers flown in air shows and combat.

Immelmann turn - one of the earlist combat maneuvers, named after the World War 1 ace. A/C pulls vertically until it is inverted and then rolls back upright and continues flying in opposite direction.

Split S - Plane starts level and then rolls inverted and dives down and completes bottom half of roll and continues flying in opposite direction. This is the opposite of an Immelmann Turn.

Scissors (name of a maneuver used in combat when you flew back and forth to bleed off speed and get behind an opponent)
Thatch Weave - Similiar maneuver but two aircraft would weave back and forth so that an enemy could not attack the rear of one without being seen. These are not necessarily "stunts".

Loop

Dive

Cuban 8 - Plane traces a figure 8 that is rotated on its side using loops and half rolls.

Hammerhead stall

Barrel Roll - Plane flies straight but rolls around the axis of his flight path. A standard Roll only involves rotating the wings around the fuselage. A barrel roll causes the aircraft rotate around an imaginery barrel.

Chandelle

Spin or Tail Spin or Flick Roll

Lomchevik - named by Czech pilots

Pugachev's Cobra

The demonstation flight teams involving 4 or 5 or 8 aircraft will create a maneuver with several aircraft and give it a name. The most famous is the Bomb-burst, flown by the USAF Thunderbirds and US Navy Blue Angels. This begins with 4 aircraft that climb vertically and then seperate into four directions, their smoke trails resembling a bursting bomb. Then one solo pilot flies directly up the center of the formation. The 4 aircraft dive and then converge at one point almost simultaneously.

Gyroscopic tumbling

This is where the aircraft is around 150 KIAS, The Aircraft is usually straight and level or is carrying a small rate of decent, The Throttles are fully opened and the pilot pushes with full rudder pedal and forward stick, The aircraft will start tumbling around its nose with no horistontal roll, Its basically a rediculously tight outside loop, With the aircraft taking no more that 2 seconds to complete each tumble, Altitude and especially speed are lost very quickly when doing this manueveur, So it is limited to around 5 tumbles (usually less), This Manueveur is limited to propeller powered aerobatic aircraft (as fighter aircraft are too heavy), If the pilot holds this manueveur for too long then the aircraft can ender a deep stall and eventually a spin (which is sometimes done with a quick recovery to impress crowds) Aircraft that are capable of performing this are the : Extra 300/230/330, CAP 232/ 324, Ziviko Edge 540 and the SU 31 also high performance Biplanes such as Sean Tuckers "Challenger" and All Pitts S series aircraft, This very advanced and impressive maunueveur is regualarly performed by pilots such as : Alan Cassidy (Ex British champion) Mike Goulian, Patty Wagstaff, Peter Besenyei and Sean Tucker (these are most famous for its regular and well executed use.

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