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(Video) Rob Holland's championship-winning freestyle aerobatic routine
For the third year in a row, American Rob Holland won the freestyle competition at the World Aerobatics Championship, with this routine. (www.youtube.com) More...
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This guy does some serious stretching of the rudder cables! For those of you who don't actually fly or those that do but do no aerobatics, the rudder is the tool and "dead feet" and this video are not in the same universe. He actually is approximating, IMHO, what very skilled RC guys do but he takes the G's and I have no idea how he stays oriented to dirty side down. Simply amazing!
Yeah, what bentwing60 said! Watching this, more than a few times I would SWEAR that was an RC. Talk about man and machine unified! Wonder what Mr. Holland does for fun?!?! ;-)
Whew! It is exhausting simply to watch...I cannot imagine how it feels in the cockpit. It would be amazing to see a pilot's view video of the routine...but perhaps not immediately after a meal.
It's not the same routine, but here's one of Rob's "what I see" videos on his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRz6JpPrESE
WOW!
The tail slide reversals are very very cool. Note the rate of change (rudder kicks, spins etc) he gets. Gotta be 10, 12 g's.. oof!
