> > On 12/27/01 9:03 AM, "Ade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Could one of you racers please enlighten me again. What do you > guys call a > >> "flick"? And, what do you call a "snap roll"? > > > > Flick: not intended to happen > > Snap Roll: intended to happen > > > Actually in the nomenclature of aerobatics they are one and the same. The > Europeans tend to call them "flick" rolls and Americans use the > term "snap" > roll. These rolls are a stalled maneuver with an autorotation about the > longitudinal axis at a rate greater than the aircraft can roll. > > The FAI Aerobatic Catalog uses both terms in Family 9 - Rolls and Spins
oops sorry.... I was talking "flick" not "flick roll" Ade RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
