Talk:Colomban Cricri

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[edit] Roll performance - 1 per second or per 2 seconds?!

I am a bit worried about the roll performance figure. While I positively remember the exhibitors telling about 1 roll per second, the standard performance sheet linked in the external fan site I have discovered recently says 1 roll per 2 seconds. Which gives that either F-PYTH was beefed up above average flaperon-wise, or that my memories failed me, or that there was a comm problem at the exhibition. Help establishing this is needed. BACbKA

Either figure (1 or 2 rolls per second) is probably too high. That would be 360 degrees per second - or 720 degrees per second. Astronomical figures. Even competition aerobatic aircraft such as the Pitts S1S or S2C only manage about 300 degrees per second of roll rate.
The "specifications" that were originally listed for the MC-12 Cricket (the US version of the Cri-Cri, offered in Kit form from 1981-1985 by Zenith) showed a roll rate of 180 degrees per second. That would equate to 1/2 roll per second - a figure that is much more believable.

Andy M. 11 Jan 2005

Sorry, I was incoherent in my original question. I had wanted to say "1 roll per second or per 2 seconds?" This is why I was saying that the one at OSH was "beefed up" -- I was also comparing against the Zenith kit sheet where it is 1 roll per two seconds.
I've never done any aerobatics myself, even the thought makes me sick, so I don't know ;-) BACbKA 12:55, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Cri Cri fan site

The webmaster address of the fan site linked in from the article is bouncing (I tried to ask him for a clarification on the Cri-cri issues). The yahoo group CriCri is closed subscription, and closed posting; I have attempted to subscribe but haven't been let in so far (most likely my request hasn't even been seen yet due to the timezone shift). BACbKA 12:39, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)