DA-40 Barrel roll
Moderators: Rick, Lance Murray
- 40flyer
- 3 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 62
- Joined: Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:56 pm
- First Name: Don
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: N418AM
- Airports: 6D6
- Been thanked: 10 times
DA-40 Barrel roll
Has anyone tried or seen a video of a barrel roll in a DA-40? I know it’s not certified for aerobatics but given it’s a 1G maneuver I thought someone may have done it.
- Steve
- 5 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 1953
- Joined: Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:23 am
- First Name: Steve
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: N432SC
- Airports: 1T7
- Has thanked: 81 times
- Been thanked: 493 times
Re: DA-40 Barrel roll
I'm sure someone has done all kinds of maneuvers in a DA 40 for which it is not legally certified.
A utility category aircraft is certified for spins (if approved for plane), lazy eights, chandelles, and steep turns, or similar maneuvers, in which the angle of bank is more than 60 degrees but not more than 90 degrees. I'm fairly certain that your angle of bank in a barrel roll would exceed 90 degrees...
But, to answer your question directly, no, I haven't seen a video of that. There are some pretty neat videos on YouTube of a spin test series flown by Diamond test pilots in Austria, though. I like it because you can hear the stall horn, and see the control inputs as an inset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXLUaA3yo4
Steve
A utility category aircraft is certified for spins (if approved for plane), lazy eights, chandelles, and steep turns, or similar maneuvers, in which the angle of bank is more than 60 degrees but not more than 90 degrees. I'm fairly certain that your angle of bank in a barrel roll would exceed 90 degrees...
But, to answer your question directly, no, I haven't seen a video of that. There are some pretty neat videos on YouTube of a spin test series flown by Diamond test pilots in Austria, though. I like it because you can hear the stall horn, and see the control inputs as an inset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXLUaA3yo4
Steve
- perossichi
- 3 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 188
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:05 am
- First Name: Peter
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: N925RH
- Airports: KVNY
- Has thanked: 31 times
- Been thanked: 75 times
Re: DA-40 Barrel roll
Check out the famous barrel roll done by Bob Hoover while pouring iced tea in a business aircraft.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9pvG_ZSnCc
Of course, this is the best pilot who ever lived and could control G forces perfectly.
He also would do an aileron roll on takeoff.
Ok, I’m not a god like him so no barrel rolls except in aerobatic aircraft.
P
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9pvG_ZSnCc
Of course, this is the best pilot who ever lived and could control G forces perfectly.
He also would do an aileron roll on takeoff.
Ok, I’m not a god like him so no barrel rolls except in aerobatic aircraft.
P
Sold 2002. Powerflo, Hartzell composite two blade, 530W/430, 345 transponder.
- Derek
- 3 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 117
- Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:07 am
- First Name: Derek
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: CGPDN
- Airports: CYTZ
- Has thanked: 18 times
- Been thanked: 19 times
Re: DA-40 Barrel roll
Bob Hoover was one of the greatest pilots. I’m not sure he was better than Eric Brown, 1919 - 2016, though. Brown flew more aircraft types than anyone else ever, most in dangerous wartime conditions, and was the most decorated RAF pilot in history. No one will ever come close to his types record, which is an unusual thing in itself: to set a world record that will never be beat. He was the first to land and take off a jet engined aircraft on a carrier, and he has more landings and take offs from a carrier than anyone. His carrier was torpedoed and sunk during WW2 and he spent a night in the sea suffering hypothermia. He was the only survivor picked up the next day. He is a hero who wouldn’t die. He also headed a tiny force that landed at an operational German airfield that wouldn’t surrender, persuaded them to surrender to him, and took 2000 German military under his control until reinforcements arrived the next day. You can read about him in Wikipedia. Outstanding.
- perossichi
- 3 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 188
- Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:05 am
- First Name: Peter
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: N925RH
- Airports: KVNY
- Has thanked: 31 times
- Been thanked: 75 times
Re: DA-40 Barrel roll
Indeed a great pilot.
I just love watching these old videos of Hoover’s graceful aerobatics. Watch him fly the p51 and the f86.
Pilots pilot.
It’s not really my opinion that Hoover was among the best if not the best. I’m relying on what the really top pilots said.
As a learn more flying I’ll come to appreciate even more how outstanding these pilots were.
I just love watching these old videos of Hoover’s graceful aerobatics. Watch him fly the p51 and the f86.
Pilots pilot.
It’s not really my opinion that Hoover was among the best if not the best. I’m relying on what the really top pilots said.
As a learn more flying I’ll come to appreciate even more how outstanding these pilots were.
Sold 2002. Powerflo, Hartzell composite two blade, 530W/430, 345 transponder.