{"id":97369,"date":"2020-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/how-do-you-fly-juan-velardes-edge-540-v2\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:48:57","slug":"how-do-you-fly-juan-velardes-edge-540-v2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/red-bull-air-race-en\/how-do-you-fly-juan-velardes-edge-540-v2\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you fly Juan Velarde\u2019s EDGE 540 V2?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a pilot in the Red Bull Air Race, the fastest air competition, is not something that everyone can do. In a race you have to withstand more than 10G during the flight<\/strong>. That means that a 75 kg pilot can weigh up to 900 kg during an especially tight turn. When this happens, the hands and feet become much heavier<\/strong>, so that moving them to control the aircraft with the precision required is extremely difficult.<\/p>\n

And precision is everything in this sport. The pilots have only a few milliseconds to put the machine in the right positions<\/strong> to follow the course, not forgetting that this involves the three directions of the plane (up, sideways, and forward), which are controlled by three types of elements. We should also not forget to make sure that the engine is responding correctly to each manoeuvre, and the blades of the propeller are facing in the right direction. As if this were not enough, the pilot also has to keep an eye on all the instrumentation on the plane to ensure that everything is operating smoothly.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the EDGE 540 V2<\/a> does not have some systems that are normal on planes of this type and that add more complications to the equation, such as flaps, retractable landing gear, and more than one engine.<\/p>\n

To steer the craft there are two main controls, the joystick and the pedals.<\/p>\n

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