Originally Posted by
Hacker15e
How do you ever pitch the nose up to start the roll, or recover from the nose down portion of the roll if you "maintain 1G at all times"?
You just have to be gentle. You don't have to snatch the stick aft to start the nose up just start a gentle pull on the stick once you get the nose high enough start a coordinated roll as the airplane rolls though inverted the nose starts down and by the time you get to wings level the nose is just about on the horizon. You just have to know where to put the nose before you start and it's higher than you'd think it should be.
It takes some practice but it's very simple.
Click on the link above and watch Bob Hoover do a very nice smooth 1 g roll. Bob proves that being smooth is obtainable even for a fighter pilot. I know it sounds strange that a fighter guy could be smooth but it's possible.
