Yep, you nailed the misnomer. :-) In competition, we just say "roll", since besides the snap there is no other type. Besides the top monoplanes, aileron rolls really are slow rolls...hit a decent snap in the Pitts and it will roll twice as fast as what you'll get from the ailerons alone. That's one way to know some airplanes truly did snap...and that it wasn't just a pull and roll cheat. Of course, the judging criteria make no allowances for roll rate in judging the quality of snaps and whether or not the pilot truly snapped rather than cheating. The monoplanes are much more likely to get away with this.Originally Posted by AcroGimp
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