Passenger plane looping - photos

[ATR-42]

Ohhh how i miss the ATR! such a fantastic airplane! she was my little French mistress! i wish i could have tried that out but i dont think the passengers would have enjoyed it as much as i would.

[Skybird]

By the photos it looks more like a barrel roll than a looping, or am I wrong?

ATR-42,
for FS9 and FSX there is one of the best ever packages around, treating the ATR-72/500. It is one of the very best packages I ever had for FS, and was ordered by the producer of the ATR himself, giving the developer all support and almost unlimited access to the real things.

[Carotio]

Originally Posted by Skybird

By the photos it looks more like a barrel roll than a looping, or am I wrong?

Probably not. Probably just a misunderstood word from my side. I didn't check my dictionary first before posting...

When the plane turns round, so the wings turn round 360 deg. then it is a barrel roll?
Then that's what happened, though from the photos it looks like it aims at starting to do a loop too, but only for a short moment before it then makes a barrel roll.

Anyway, not matter the vocabulary. The stunt is still great.

I don't know if I would have liked being a passenger, even with the seat belt on

[ATR-42]

its less of a barrel roll and more of a combine maneuver using roll and pitch. the plane obviously isnt certified to do this as a transport category but what the pilot does by pitching while rolling with enough energy at the initiation of the maneuver is maintain "one G" all the way through the roll by pitching up then down so theoretically the plane always has one G on it, if its done properly, thereby not stressing anything beyond certified limits its no different than if the plane were flyings straight and level....

[PeriscopeDepth]

Pretty cool!

PD