Radio-controlled aerobatics

Due to its simplicity, the inside loop is among the first aerobatic maneuvers a pilot learns.

A well-performed inside loop will look like clean circle with the same entry and exit point, and this requires management of power to overcome the tendency of gravity to shorten the upward portion and lengthen the downward portion.

Therefore, if the aircraft starts in a normal, upright flight position, then an outside loop will be performed by inputting down elevator and progressing down below the original line of flight before executing a circular path to return to the original position.

An aircraft is in inverted flight when it has rotated 180 degrees about its longitudinal axis, so that its cockpit and tail fin are pointing at the ground.

The intermediate maneuvers, not suitable for beginners, require skills acquired by considerable practice, and often include the use of stalls.

The result is a graceful maneuver, but because the aircraft is knife-edge or inverted for a long duration of time, rudder and elevator have to be used to maintain a straight flight path.

Rolling slowly left will require moving the rudder slowly to the right, then back to center as the wings become level in inverted flight (where of course some elevator is needed), and then to the left as the roll continues and puts the right wing down, and finally back to center and the aircraft returns to straight and level flight.

A slow roll performed on a straight line like an imaginary taut string is a deceptively difficult maneuver that will take considerable practice.

This is arguably one of the most difficult maneuvers to perfect, since varying pitch and yaw corrections are necessary to keep the heading level while maintaining constant roll rate and turning radius.

Actual amplitude and phase leads may vary depending on aircraft behavior.

The most common method is as follows: Alternatively, one can enter Lomcevak as follows: This maneuver calls for a specific type of aircraft.

Complex aerobatic sequence in Aresti notation .
The "inside loop".
The "outside loop."
Side view of the Immelmann turn: (1) Level flight; (2) Half loop; (3) 180° roll to bring aircraft back level flight.
Hobbyist demonstrating inverted flight with an Extreme Flight 74" Slick
The stall turn, also known as a Hammerhead.
Hobbyist demonstrating knife edge flying
Control stick inputs for the rolling circle (left-turning right-rolling), showing the typical amount of elevator and rudder input as a function of rolling position.