Comments on: THE CUBAN EIGHT http://www.fightercombat.com/the-cuban-eight/ An Aviation Adventure Company Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:30:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: pransbury http://www.fightercombat.com/the-cuban-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 pransbury Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:55:35 +0000 http://www.fightercombat.com/?p=579#comment-1044 Hi Richard, From your description, you seem to be describing a Reverse Half Cuban Eight. It is the same maneuver as the Cuban Eight except the 1/2-roll to inverted occurs on the up-line (followed by what you'd like call in the RAAF a Split-S) instead of a 1/2-roll to upright on the down-line. When you put two Reverse Half Cuban Eights together then you have a full Reverse Cuban Eight. I hope that helps. Hi Richard,

From your description, you seem to be describing a Reverse Half Cuban Eight. It is the same maneuver as the Cuban Eight except the 1/2-roll to inverted occurs on the up-line (followed by what you’d like call in the RAAF a Split-S) instead of a 1/2-roll to upright on the down-line. When you put two Reverse Half Cuban Eights together then you have a full Reverse Cuban Eight. I hope that helps.

]]> By: Richard http://www.fightercombat.com/the-cuban-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Richard Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:13:16 +0000 http://www.fightercombat.com/?p=579#comment-590 I was having a discussion with my son who has recently gained training approval to instruct lazy eights, about what constitutes a lazy eight and a cuban eight. From my air force (RAAF) training I remember a lazy eight to be a part loop rolling back upright when pointing 45 degrees below the horizon then completing the same again so you are heading in the original entry direction. The cuban eight was essentially the same except as you pull up for the start of the loop, when 45 degrees above the horizon roll inverted, complete the loop then do the same again in the other direction to complete the second loop to again head in the original direction. It seems current opinion is that lazy eights are more like connected wingovers and cuban eights are what I called a lazy eight. I would appreciate your comment please. I was having a discussion with my son who has recently gained training approval to instruct lazy eights, about what constitutes a lazy eight and a cuban eight. From my air force (RAAF) training I remember a lazy eight to be a part loop rolling back upright when pointing 45 degrees below the horizon then completing the same again so you are heading in the original entry direction.

The cuban eight was essentially the same except as you pull up for the start of the loop, when 45 degrees above the horizon roll inverted, complete the loop then do the same again in the other direction to complete the second loop to again head in the original direction.

It seems current opinion is that lazy eights are more like connected wingovers and cuban eights are what I called a lazy eight. I would appreciate your comment please.

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