Looping the SE5a
 

A perfect fall day to go flying so my Dad and I went out and looped the SE5a, he is 86 and its been 60 years since he looped a plane, this was the first loop for me since I build the plane: No problems:

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WOOHOO! Ballsy for you, your Dad, and the plane.
I was surprised that you didn't dive a little for a boost in airspeed.

Did you tighten the straps on your parachutes first? 😀

Cheers Richard

No room for a chute, did dive a bit to get to 110,

Well done and thanks for the great video!:)

I have not looped my plane yet. Too chicken****.

Good on ya, Craig....
You make it look easy.

No chute pulling a loop? Is it uncomfortable to sit in that tight cockpit with those great big balls?

Hoo lee sh t!!! That's fantastic. SmileWavy

No room for a chute, I tried one when I test flew it back in 89 and really nothing is going to happen to the air frame Im only pulling 3g's maybe 4 next is to work on my barrel rolls or split S's

Is that gun loaded? Loop and shoot would be cool :).

No problems: Well if there had been a problem you would have not posted the video.
Very Cool

Awesome experience!

I'll bet your dad was thrilled, and you two will be talking about that loop forever.

Cool video too.

Cheers Richard

Awesome, I saw the pre-loop shallow dive to pick up speed.

The loop was quite a bit tighter than I imaged it would be.

Now try a 3G wing-over.:D