Pitts model 12 arriving to @flysnf | Kelly Qualls - Aviation

Took the Pitts model 12 for some steep turns with Don. | Kelly Qualls - Aviation

Struggling to get into the 5 piece harness in the Pitts Model 12. | Kelly Qualls - Aviation

👉 Vertical tumbles in the Pitts Model 12… 🫣 Take everything you knew about tumbles and throw it out. After pitching to the upline, remember to push right rudder right aileron for the gyroscopic precession needed due to the M14P’s counter-clockwise spinning prop! When the airplane ends up sideways and you begin to push forward on the stick - it feels as if the tail departs the rest of the aircraft! 😅 The sheer amount of gyroscopics at play coupled with the incredibly aft CG in the aircraft’s s