[Fictionary] SNATTOCK results!

[Jim Moskowitz]

>*JIM: 2 = 2 for correct guess
>snattock (n.)  An aerial maneuver in which an aircraft uses the gyroscopic
>precession of its propeller to rotate about different axes while at the peak
>of a steep ascent.
>
>Jean-Joseph:  I think I would have heard of this, and I think the 
>propeller itself doesn't actually have enough angular momentum to 
>make this happen, as opposed to the rest of the drive train.  There 
>were WWI era planes that had engines with a lot of rotating mass 
>that allowed them to do a very quick turn, but only in one direction 
>(to the right, I think).  But from what I know about hammerhead 
>turns, Immelman turns, and Lomcovaks, I don't remember precession 
>coming into play.
>
>Elliott:  Is this really a maneuver, or a failure mode?


Actually, Jean-Joseph, this *is* a Lomcevak.  When I ran across this 
wacky aerobatic maneuver I couldn't resist repurposing its definition 
as a fictionary entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomcevak
http://www.charlesriverrc.org/articles/flying/donstackhouse_whatisalomcovak.htm