Device on aerobatic biplanes

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Device on aerobatic biplanes

Post by scooter » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:39 am

I have seen this spiked device conecting to the strut on the left side of the aircraft on many aerobatic biplanes...here is an example of it on the mighty CEII:

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My question is - is this a device used as an attitude reference or is it used for something completely different?

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Post by Cobra » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:34 am

Attitude reference. It gives both the vertical and 45 degree reference for manoeuvres such as the cuban eight.
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Post by Airshow fan » Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:55 am

Cool! That airplane is from a aerobatic team, the iron eagles. Great show but, I seen them in videos and those aircraft were at the same airshow as the Blue Angels while they were flying A-4s. They are kinda old team.
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