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| Oct 14, 2016 at 0:33 | comment | added | dalearn | well, you COULD fly inverted in the wright flyer... from cruising altitude until you hit the ground! | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 16:26 | vote | accept | Jae Carr | ||
| Jun 3, 2014 at 15:52 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAviation/status/473854747766579200 | ||
| Jun 3, 2014 at 15:48 | comment | added | voretaq7 |
@JanHudec In addition to the fuel system the lubrication system often cares about the aircraft's orientation (at least on opposed engines like the ones many of us fly behind) As an example most of the Lycoming IO-360 variants are not designed for aerobatics/inverted flight - for that you would need an engine from the AEIO-360 series.
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| Jun 3, 2014 at 15:20 | answer | added | Peter Kämpf | timeline score: 25 | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 14:47 | comment | added | Jae Carr | @JanHudec Added that thought in as well. | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 14:47 | history | edited | Jae Carr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 3, 2014 at 14:26 | answer | added | RedGrittyBrick | timeline score: 29 | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 14:24 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | The other factor is whether the wings are capable of flying inverted. Highly cambered wings (that were common on the early planes) may not be able to. | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 14:06 | history | edited | Jae Carr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 3, 2014 at 14:04 | comment | added | Jae Carr | @JanHudec Ah, good to know. I'll amend the question in a moment here. | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 14:02 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | The engine itself does not care whether it is upside down. The carburettor and the fuel system do. So whether the engine is radial does not matter (many early engines were actually rotary). | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 13:53 | history | asked | Jae Carr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |