Inverted I get dizzy....

[Paul Taylor]

So when I do six inverted laps and start my outsides I am a little dizzy and it makes it hard to do outsides. It is gone by the time I get three of the done. It sure adds to the saying "being harder then it looks"

Anyone else have the same problem?

[Matt Colan]

Nope!  Grandpa had that problem he said, and then he started working out and the problem went away.

[rustler]

Keep practising. It's like when you learn to fly upright. Eventually you get used to it. Work on a lot of inverted sport flying.

[Scott Jenkins]

Rootbeard,
Next time you go out flying try this get an airplane up and then lay down prone in the center of the circle while flying, it will change your whole perspective and help with the dizzy's good thing is you cannot fall down. We use to practice with slow combat planes this way with the pilots laying head to head great fun.

Scott

[Wynn Robins]

you are obviously watching the plane as you do your laps - relax your eyes and look past it - if you concentrate on the plane you will get dizzy for sure.

[Greg Howie]

Wynn is correct that will help . spot the horizon and let the plane fly thought your vision , if your focused on the plane everything blurs and you will get dizzy. If you check the mirror and see Santa Claus this could be a problem as well. Have you started any meds that help with your blood persure that could be the culprit as well. low blood persure will make you dizzy . My dizziness is so bad I have been thinking about getting this thing

 http://www.thepilotseat.com/

[Brett Buck]

you are obviously watching the plane as you do your laps - relax your eyes and look past it - if you concentrate on the plane you will get dizzy for sure.

  I pretty much stare right at the airplane all the time, so you can overcome it. I will say that I was flying 500-point patterns before the brief vertigo when going from inverted to the outside rounds went away completely. But it does go away after a while.

     Brett

[john e. holliday]

As stated, just fly more inverted laps when practicing.  The body gets used to a routine and will let you know it.  I can still remember the first expert ballon burst contest in which those of us that had won ballon burst before had to fly expert.  The ballons could only be broken while inverted.  I got so dizzy I almost fell down.  Did win first that day.  From then on I sometimes just go inverted for a dozen laps or so while playing.  Have fun,  DOC Holliday

[rustler]

you are obviously watching the plane as you do your laps - relax your eyes and look past it - if you concentrate on the plane you will get dizzy for sure.

I'm embarassed to admit I lost a plane recently while flying inverted. (Bob Hunt has a small contribution for SN concerning this!). The trouble is, I was not watching the plane at the time. I was not worried, all was o.k. and I was looking off to one side, when I felt this "snatch" on the end of the lines, and everything went very quiet!   On looking, I saw this heap of wreckage on the ground! My point is, if I had been looking at the model, I would know what happened. I deny it was my fault, I suspect structural failure, honest! More on this in Pt.2, after Pt.1 has been published!

[Jim Thomerson]

Just accidentally build an airplane which goes the other way; and fly it with the handle turned over.  That's what I did.

[Tom Niebuhr]

My mother used to tell be that I was always dizzy, so flying comes second nature!

Seriously, dizziness will go away with more practice. I agree with Brett that to fly a good pattern, you have to watch closely during the inverted laps, and actually during the entire pattern.

Unlike other events we get to stop turning during the maneuvers. 

But never forget that the entire pattern is a presentation, meaning that you should concentrate also on the level laps between maneuvers. While it is true that the level laps are not scored, it is part of the package that will set up all your maneuvers. Concentration should not end until the airplane has stopped after the landing.