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Old 06-02-2007, 02:54 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO View Post

There’s not an aircraft made that has an unlimited roll rate. Roll rate is the rate at which the aircraft is actually able (capable) to roll. Not a structural limit that the pilot is allowed to safely roll the aircraft. Pilots on the other hand, do have roll rate limits.
Interesting. I would have thought the aircraft is roll rate (and pitch rate) limited. The faster the roll or pitch rate, the higher the forces.

Clearly, the pilot must have a limit due to blackout issues and loss of spatial orientiation.
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