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Josh · September 15th, 2004, 03:29

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If you start paying attention to aerobatic airplanes, they have inverted fuel/oil systems for a reason. Only reason I mention it.

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I've flown a few models of Citbria, and only one of them has inverted systems. Lesse, Citabria is airbatic backwards. Not all of them have inverted systems. They are called inverted systems, not zero g systems [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I'm pretty comfortable with the fact they will all run inverted for a short time. When you want to do some extended inverted stuff, the KCAB models, with inverted fuel and oil, are nice. If you read a Citabria manual, it is fairly clear how the system they use works. And why it only works for a short time (a couple minutes).

Of course, this is where you have to worry about not only 0g stuff, but also the negative g stuff. With a 0g thing like being offered here, I'd think they can avoid fuel flow issues a little easier.

September 15th, 2004, 03:29	#19
Josh Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California Posts: 686	Re: A Zero G Ride for a Mere $2,950! [ QUOTE ] If you start paying attention to aerobatic airplanes, they have inverted fuel/oil systems for a reason. Only reason I mention it. [/ QUOTE ] I've flown a few models of Citbria, and only one of them has inverted systems. Lesse, Citabria is airbatic backwards. Not all of them have inverted systems. They are called inverted systems, not zero g systems [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I'm pretty comfortable with the fact they will all run inverted for a short time. When you want to do some extended inverted stuff, the KCAB models, with inverted fuel and oil, are nice. If you read a Citabria manual, it is fairly clear how the system they use works. And why it only works for a short time (a couple minutes). Of course, this is where you have to worry about not only 0g stuff, but also the negative g stuff. With a 0g thing like being offered here, I'd think they can avoid fuel flow issues a little easier.