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Title: My uncle Gary Ward in a MX2 Stunt plane.
Post by: afi1 on October 08, 2007, 08:44:57 AM
This is a Video of my uncle Gary Ward in a MX2 Stunt plane he helped design.  He's a Aerospace Engineer and has been flying planes since age 16; he's now 66 years old.  The plane has a 540ci. flat 6 engine with 350+ HP.

Here's a quick video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIFC2XyuYTk

The plane he's flying in the video isn't his.  To see his, check out his web page:
http://garywardaerobatics.com/
Title: Re: My uncle Gary Ward in a MX2 Stunt plane.
Post by: ben2go on October 08, 2007, 12:14:26 PM
Damn that's some good flyin.I guess I'll have to get my arobatic endorsement next.Man that airplane is extreemly over powered to be able to flip around out of control and regain control.
I give it 2  :thumb:  :thumb: str8 up.
Title: Re: My uncle Gary Ward in a MX2 Stunt plane.
Post by: afi1 on October 08, 2007, 12:25:32 PM
Quote from: ben2go on October 08, 2007, 12:14:26 PM
Damn that's some good flyin.I guess I'll have to get my arobatic endorsement next.Man that airplane is extreemly over powered to be able to flip around out of control and regain control.
I give it 2  :thumb:  :thumb: str8 up.

^ He's never out of controle though, and that's why he gets payed to fly airshows all over the world.  Everything in the video is intentional, and they are all named tricks.  Some of them are harder to get started than get out of, like the inverted flat spin.  A fried of ours was killed attempting one.
Title: Re: My uncle Gary Ward in a MX2 Stunt plane.
Post by: nightrider on October 08, 2007, 07:37:37 PM
Absolutely beautiful to watch. Seems like hes runnin kinda rich tho, ya know what I mean?  :icon_razz:






jk
Title: Re: My uncle Gary Ward in a MX2 Stunt plane.
Post by: afi1 on October 08, 2007, 07:43:08 PM
It's a pressureized oil injection into the exhaust for visual effect only.  He made the pressureized one because the regular one would skip and sputter under G forces.  He pulls 10+!