Great to see someone just having fun

Short of Airborne parachute operations in the military that was the most fun I’ve ever had in an aircraft. As long as your aircraft can physically handle the strain of maneuvers and you’re able to safely recover before the ground rises up and smites you, you’re golden. Remember, altitude and airspeed are your friends! A mature, seasoned pilot would be required to perform such maneuvers though as the edges of the performance envelope would be approached in simpler aircraft. I was onboard a Cessna 182 in October when the Commercially rated Civil Air Patrol pilot was on final approach he leveled off short of the runway at about 50’ and 160 kts (still in the yellow zone) I believe. He pulled it up to what felt like about near vertical. I giggled like a little boy when he did that!

Brilliant, brilliant work!

Doing spin training for my Cfi was fun but this is something I need to look into. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice, love it!!

Super cool! I’ve flown that plane before, lots of fun

I like this video a lot great job

Awesome video man, looks like a blast!

I cannot wait to do these one day soon!

Hehehe. My first solo was in a C152A. It's still my favourite plane to take out for practice. Sturdy and reliable. Never done aerobatic (pre-PPL), but I'd love to try one day.

That was awesome

Awesome 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Daniel I see a lot of aviation videos. This was pure joy to watch you having such a good time ...

Never be that rough on the controls, even rapid movements can be fluid like a stream you know...🛩 safe flyin

Wow ‘!!! 🤩 That Was Great !!! 😁😂

Nice 😀

This is very good training for your typical private pilot. Upset recovery.

That looks like so much fun!!! I need to get current. I also need to find more money.

Definitely doing this in MSFS 💪

Great video Daniel. Congratz on first solo aerobatics. It certainly is a great ride isn't it. However I just have a few little pointers. After you dive to gain airspeed you seem to take it back to level for a second before you enter the manoeuvre. I realise you have probably been taught this procedure by your instructor however you might find it better to simply dive for airspeed and then raise the nose but immediately go into the manoeuvre once the nose attitude reaches level flight (for me this is two finger widths from horizon to top of dashpanel). This will eliminate some of that aerobatic stutter you have when you "level" yourself for a second or two before performing the manoeuvre. I also notice you seem to use 115kt as entry speed for a loop. I think you will find that 120kt is a better entry speed as it gives a little extra margin for error for maintaining a constant profile as you fly through the loop. One thing you do not want to do is fall out of the loop due to airspeed dropping too low at the top. I did that on my first ever solo loop and the cessna taught me a valuable lesson; it bit hard. The aircraft will flip over suddenly and quite violently and will give you one very nasty kick in the guts. This is due to the aircraft sometimes not having sufficient energy to fly through the top of the loop and so it instead falls out and flips over. This is bad enough but in an even worse scenario you can tail slide and then FLIP over which is even more rough to endure if you are not prepared for it. 120kt is a better entry speed and once you achieve it you simply go from the dive straight into the loop. Maintain constant pressure and resist the urge to "pull the aircraft" over the top. Instead you must fly the aircraft the whole way through the loop. Ideally you should not hear the stall buzzer at all during the manoeuvre. Im interested if you were taught 115kt for a loop as many of the other manouevres do use starting speeds of 115kts however the loop should be a little higher speed as its a much more vertical oriented manoeuvre and you have to fight gravity a little more. Also for all manoeuvres try to use use only one hand for the yoke while keeping your other hand on the throttle. This will allow you to adjust the RPM as you exit so you don't overspeed the engine or the the airframe. I have seen some people deride the cessna 152 aerobat as being a "not very good aerobatic aircraft" because it isn't fast like some other aircraft out there. I completely disagree with these people as I have always had great fun in the cessna with aerobatics. The secret is to make great use of your energy (trading altitude for airspeed) and use it efficiently. You can very easily string a whole set of manoeuvres together one after the other before you need to reset by climbing back up to your starting altitude. The more efficient you are in maintaining your energy the more aerobatics you can put together before resetting. The Cessna 152 is a wonderful little aircraft and it'll always treat you well...but be warned, she can certainly bite you hard if you disrespect her. I do recommend you learn stall turns (also called hammerhead turns). They are immensely fun and are my favourite. Also full spins are especially good in a cessna 152, as the little aeroplane certainly spins up nicely and the horizon becomes a whirling blur. Quite scarey at first but you learn to focus on a particular point that you can recognise even as the aircraft is spinning and use that point as a reference for exiting the spin in the same direction from which it started. However...these are all just little friendly pointers. I really enjoyed the video and I wish you all the best with your flying...enjoy every moment as it can be very rewarding. Great job.

Great job, that looks like a blast. An aerobatic rating is something I’ll definitely go for one day.

Nice video Daniel. Just wondered why do you level off after also speed a little slow for the entry

Nice piloting.

Nice vid! what camera did you use for this? it is so clear!

I remember my 1st solo aerobics. Pretty cool.

thanks, I enoyed that.

good on ya mate - don't know how you do that with a yoke and not a stick - hats off

It has been a couple decades since I flew the Aerobat, but I do not remember cranking in aileron during a snap roll. It was always a hard full pull at 90 knots, and a hard stomp on the rudder. Also, when performing Hammerheads, I remember the door on the outside of the turn popping open requiring it to be shut again upon leveling out.

Practice makes perfect! First thing I did after private. Makes the instrument much more confident.

cool fun! I have had a lot of fun in a Decathlon. I was never shown or instructed to break momentum to "level" during a maneuver. start from level yes then enter the maneuver driving for airspeed. but never the again stopping at level during. dive for airspeed, pitch up. roll loop whatever I'd like thoughts on this.

Cool. Will this make the the attitude indicator spill.

your attitude indicator is going crazy haha

I would think ailerons would be used on the snap roll. However I have not done aerobatics in an Aerobat. Nice job overall!

You may want to snap roll at a much slower speed to reduce stresses. Find one of Catherine Cavagnaros articles about stall speeds vs weight and how it applies to snaps (or just review basic aerody).

il a l'air de bien fonctionner l'horizon artificiel!

Didnt know a 152 could be modified for aerobatics very cool!

O:54 That’s the sound I would make too doing that. 💨💨💨

just curious why you pause at level vs down 115 up to 30 deg. It would seem to cost you alot of energy. ps my absolute favorite was a split S.

I flew an airbat years ago several times. It needs 150 to 180 hp to do much.

Hey, pilot. Ive never flown a plane myself, but i was wondering if you have an accelerometer in your cockpit. I seen sometning about 4.5+ G? 4.4+ G is the airframes limit if its utility class, while normal aircraft are only safe for 3.8+ G force. If youre pullkng more than 4.0+ G in this plane, you better treat other planes like its made of thin glass, because it would be easy for you to pass 3.8 Gs.

Wow. In a cessna 152

Wow, our Aerobat isn’t rigged so that the yoke can turn 360 like yours. It’s 90 yoke each direction for 180, which is best for a yoke airplane. Is something amiss? Cable stretch, something over tweaked, misrigged? I know some 150 Aerobats are like yours.

We did a taildragger conversion with 180 hp and larger gas tanks on our Aerobat.

Never seen a Cessna control wheel turn so far.

Dumb question perhaps but why perform all the rolls and the spin to the left and none to the right?

Flat inverted spin? Extreme cobra?

I half expected the wings to fall off or carb to flood may be its time to try it.

Is a plane like this safer...? I mean, for regular flying?

Don't hold the rudder son long man. :)

is that normal for the yoke to rotate that much? My Dad's 172 that I fly only rotates a little over 90 degrees

All C152 are available to fly aerobatic? or this a special aircraft? Which Gopro do you use?

Man said he hit his own wake turbulence hahahahahahahah

Practice some rolls to the right! It seemed like you held the rudder in the rolls for too long and the airplane would fishtail after almost every roll once you released the rudder. If you take the rudder out a little earlier and smoother it’ll be cleaner and you won’t get that fishtailing. Keep having fun and work on making good acro habits!

How do you record cockpit audio? I’m starting my flight training in canada in March 2023, and I’d like to make awesome videos like this one!

holy I wasn't aware the Cessna was capable of all this

Wouldn't the opposite aileron (at least some of it) produce a "snappier" snap roll? Also, can it do a Hammerhead? Can a regular Cessna (like a 172) do a Hammerhead?

Gentle on yoke ..you don't want to break the cables

Don’t check level Just bring it up to when your heals are on the horizon then roll

Since you did all rolls to the left, you need to get the twist out of the plane by doing some rolls to the right. Didn't they teach you the plane has a memory? 😁

Why are you stopping at level, and then pulling to 30 degrees? You are losing airspeed and momentium by stopping at level, then pulling again. Why not get your entry airspeed, pull to 30 degrees, unload the elevator, then roll with full aileron? Just curious why the extra step? Nothing like a Cessna Aerobat, is there? Nice video. Fly safe!!

Hold the nose up as you come around with a little rudder.

I thought a snap roll was rudder Nd elevator only ...no aileron???

That is some violent control input, and the yoke should not go that far. You need some professional instruction and some professional inspection of the flight control system.

Why the level check thing?

Your snaps need work. Which you know I’m sure. Not enough rudder and don’t use so much aileron. A correct snap should hear the stall horn a little. Try the snap at a slower speed. “Push push push 115 level’ 🤣 Get with an IAC pilot and get some more training.

Is it my eyes or the artificial horizon really started malfunctioning after he did a few aerobatics?

I'm going to start a heated discussion here: I maintain that as long as you know about acro and never get close to overstressing your plane and with good coordination, 150s/ 172s / Cherokees can do aileron/barrel rolls and probably loops. Except for fuel lines the plane doesn't know up from down.

can't really trust AI in this plane

Keep practicing. You’ll learn to count instead of talk.

Damn. Easy on the controls.

This is why I don't rent airplanes... You never know what g's they've seen.

The guys nervous that’s why all that shite comes out of his mouth

Height? You mean altitude?