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How to slow down while maintaining altitude
Is reducing throttle/power already enough? Or do I have to adjust the pitch as well? If so, I suppose pitching up as well? If pitching up is needed as well, is it because as speed decrease, there is ...
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Why does bank angle have no effect on pivotal altitude?
Pivotal altitude is the height for a given ground speed at which the line of sight from the cockpit directly parallel to the lateral axis of the aircraft will remain stationary on an object on the ...
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How to prevent altitude loss or keep flight path angle constant while doing aileron maneuver?
I am trying to perform an aileron roll maneuver for an un-manned aircraft in a simulation. The lateral control architecture is that I am controlling roll rate (stability) with aileron stick and side-...
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How does a zero g aircraft work?
In upward motion, drag and gravity is in the same direction (both in downward direction). So in this situation G is negative or less than 1 or something else?
In downward motion with thrust greater ...
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Which Provides a Faster Turn - A Horizontal Turn or a Vertical Loop?
I am starting to research this question with respect to WWII aircraft - specifically the FM2 Wildcat, which was considered an excellent dogfighter.
To approximate an "apples to apples" ...
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Why do airplanes start descending when we initiate a left turn?
Today I watched a video about the Fly-by-Wire (FBW) system (see below) and at 3:20 there is a left turn initiated in a Cessna 152. Then it is shown that with a left turn (only by ailerons), in ...
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What are the forces present in a coordinated turn?
During straight and level flight, coordinated flight is assumed when there is no net lateral force (no slip or no skid). But this concept totally breaks down when it comes to turning, in a co-...
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Can a plane bank without turning?
Can planes bank without turning, and if so, how is it possible?
A plane's wing is designed to naturally create lift; the explanation for that is that the greater speed of the air moving over the wing ...
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Forces in a slipping turn [duplicate]
I have trouble understanding why the ball (on the turn & slip indicator) falls into the turn e.g. drop to the left when aircraft is rolled left, when in an uncoordinated turn (slipping turn). What ...
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What exactly is a "coordinated" turn?
I am wondering what turn coordination really means and what makes a turn uncoordinated?
I know that when the turn is coordinated, there is no slip and skid, an aircraft is flying a perfect circle ...
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Why does elevator input move the turn coordinator ball in steep turns?
When practicing steep turns, I'm running into an unusual phenomenon. If the airplane is losing altitude in coordinated flight and I apply aft stick pressure to pitch up and correct, I notice that the ...
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Why are yaw rate and pitch rate obtained by these equations?
I am reading "Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads" by Jan R. Wright and Jonathan E. Cooper.
The book said: In steady bank turn (as shown in picture below), The rate of turn is given by:...
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How do uncoordinated turns (skid, slip) affect a helicopter's turn radius?
Is a helicopter's flight path (track made good) an arc of constant radius regardless if it's a coordinated or uncoordinated turn? (Assume nil wind conditions and that the pilot maintains the angle of ...
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