Loop

From The Skybrary

Loop
Learn how to perform the loop maneuver, and reduce its blackout cost.
Skill Tree Category	Combat, Flight
Parent Skill(s)	Barrel Roll, Sideslip
Child Skill(s)	none
Cost for 1st Star	5 FP, 5 CP
Cost for 2nd Star	20 FP, 20 CP
Cost for 3rd Star	50 FP, 50 CP
Cost for 4th Star	120 FP, 120 CP
Cost for 5th Star	300 FP, 300 CP

A Loop is one of the few maneuvers that does not alter an aircraft's direction, and is the only such maneuver that decreases an aircraft's odds of being hit. An aircraft performing a Loop exits the maneuver at maximum speed.

Loop is another largely useless maneuver to players. Enemy planes react instantaneously to players' actions, and will frequently Airbrake or decelerate to stall speed if the player performs a Loop in an attempt to get behind an enemy craft. In addition, the high exit speed means that if the maneuver does place the player behind an enemy, it is a temporary situation. This maneuver's only possible use is to maintain arc coverage of a specific area, a tactic that is best employed by planes with wide arcs or wide arc angles, such as the Avenger, Havoc, or Valkyrie.

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• Animated gif of an Loop performed in Warbirds/Dawn of Aces

Combat Maneuver Recipe
Loop Hotkey: 7
1st Keystroke	SHIFT+⇓
2nd Keystroke	SHIFT+⇑
3rd Keystroke	SHIFT+⇓
Known planes that cannot perform this maneuver	Halifax, Nomad, Bullfrog, Cetacea, Kingfisher, Barracuda, Bismarck, Leviathan