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Invertdspin wrote:
 
> I have a question about the 152(utility category).  If you roll 
> inverted, how long can inverted flight be sustained before there 
> is a fuel flow problem?  Anyone know for sure?

Fuel flow is not the only problem; consider that if the plane
doesn't have an inverted oil system, the engine isn't getting
any oil while you're upside down.  That's said to be bad for
engines.

> <disclaimer>  I am not some "idiot" who will go out and try something
> without knowing how.  Hope there are not any "idiots".

Hope springs eternal, but experience suggests that the following
sequence exists in real life:
	1) someone hears about rolling C152
	2) they talk about it in 'hanger session'.  some times
        tales get tall and experience gets stretched and they'll
        say they done something they just heard about
	3) second pilot hears hangar talk, goes out and does it
	4) hopefully it ends well but....

I dunno if these people are "idiots", I think it's human nature
"well if he can do it I can do it" which is why I personally think
caveats are important in a public forum.

I guess one thing is, if you have aerobatic experience you must
have aerobatic contacts, why not ask some of them for a contact
who has experience instructing in a Cessna Aerobat, or ask Rob
Fiscella who posts here sometimes, he owns one and instructs in
it and can tell you whether or not it has inverted oil and etc.

Snowbird

