Talk:Aileron roll

Are "slow roll" and "aileron roll" synonyms?

This page and the page called Slow roll (aeronautics) appear to be describing the same phenomenon, and various sources treat the two terms as synonyms: see for example the entry for "slow roll" in the Multilingual Aeronautical Dictionary published by NATO's Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) in 1980, which defines "slow roll" as "a roll performed largely by movement of the ailerons, the rudder and elevators being used for trimming purposes, and the flight path remaining substantially straight throughout" and adds "Also called an aileron roll". Timothy Cooper (talk) 10:04, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Answered at Talk:Slow roll (aeronautics). Zaereth (talk) 21:03, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Not entirely accurate

The section on how to perform an aileron roll is not exactly correct. I think it may be a misunderstanding from reading the source. An aileron roll does not require a dive before performing. The maneuver is performed by first pitching the nose up 20-30 degrees. This helps compensate for the pull caused by the lift vector, which will begin to drag the inverted plane down. When the aircraft is rolled along its axis the nose will drop to level upon inversion, and drop below the horizon about 20-30 degrees upon completing the roll, at which point the nose must once again be pitched up to level. To the untrained observer, the plane appears to have simply rolled along its axis. Zaereth (talk) 16:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Star Fox is down!

I know what this page needs... THIS PAGE NEEDS TO DO A BARREL, er, AILERON ROLL! Translation: We should put something on this page about how Star Fox 64's barrel roll is actually an aileron roll. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.117.187.122 (talk) 00:32, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

That's completely irrelevant to this article, but may be good to add to the Star Fox article. Zaereth (talk) 00:39, 7 February 2015 (UTC)