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Try to do a high speed aileron roll in the F/A-18

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abc:
I've tried about 10 consecutive rolls at speeds variing from from 200-700kts and even without any coordinated rudder or elevator application she doesn't get out of control. With aileron only they start do diverge but nothing out of control like. Maybe it's a joystick calibration problem as well.
In the video it appears that the rolls are in the vertical (which a BIG difference aerodynamics wise) and after a hard pull up. So I doubt that he's doing 400kts. Furthermore he doesn't seem to use full stick deflection. (Either this or his rather slow).
(Using more than 1/2 stick deflection at high speeds is also forbidden in the real F/A-18.

Regards

Bernt Stolle  Capt 767
 

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