Pilots Who Ask Why

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Moving a heavy aileron or rotor blade while it’s moving at Mach 0.9 The size of both planes and helicopters have massively increased since the early times of aviation. is pretty unrealistic ❌ Aircraft hydraulics fill this very specific need!

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Aileron Pilot 52

AV Web

MAY 13, 2024

Bangladeshi Air Force Squadron Leader Muhammed Asim Jawad died and his backseater, his boss Wing Commander Sohan Hasan Khan is in critical condition after the aircraft lost altitude during a series of aileron rolls and skipped off the side of the runway.

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Pilot Aileron Runway 101

AV Web

MAY 13, 2024

Bangladeshi Air Force Squadron Leader Muhammed Asim Jawad died and his backseater, his boss Wing Commander Sohan Hasan Khan is in critical condition after the aircraft lost altitude during a series of aileron rolls and skipped off the side of the runway.

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Pilot Aileron Runway 89

Northstar VFR

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If ailerons affect the longitudinal axis of the plane, then how do they turn the plane? Ailerons control the roll of the plane by turning around its longitudinal axis. Ailerons (“little wings” in French) are like smaller wings attached to the trailing edges of the main wings.

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Longitudinal Axis Pitot Tube Checkride Pilot 78

Flight Training Central

MARCH 29, 2024

Aileron down on the upwind wing Aileron up on the upwind wing Aileron up on the downwind wing Correct! You must send a notification letter with details of the conviction within 60 days to the Aerospace Medical Certification Division. What is the difference between a normal landing and a crosswind landing?

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Aileron Crosswind Ground Effect Thrust 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Sometimes it seems that planes go off the side of the runway in a crosswind landing because the pilot did not use full aileron deflection to counter the crosswind. Quite possibly because the pilot had never used full aileron deflection in flight and either didn’t know how much was available or was afraid to use all of it.

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Crosswind Aileron Runway Gross Weight 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 3, 2024

The front control column and aileron drum have been fitted. The aileron cables are in. They are different from the standard for the short engine but we have all the bits to make it work. The fillet fairings are also nearing completion with just the access doors in the lower ones to cut in.

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Aileron Firewall Cockpit Hangar 131

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Your ailerons and rudder will be neutral once you’re in the crab position. Simultaneously, we apply ailerons opposite the rudder input. The ailerons control our lateral position over the runway. We use just enough aileron input to prevent the aircraft from drifting downwind. We call this de-crabbing.

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Crosswind Longitudinal Axis Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

AirCorps previously overhauled the P-47’s engine mount and was recently commissioned to refurbish the leading edges, flaps, ailerons, and engine cowlings. Since the project’s inception, CAF Airbase Georgia has partnered with AirCorps Aviation , a leading restoration shop based in Minnesota.

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Aileron Airline Airlines 98

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Below are other critical pieces of the wings that help give the plane additional lift, reduce drag, or achieve lower speeds in preparation for landing: Ailerons: A French word meaning “fin” or “little wing,” the aileron helps control the airplane’s roll.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

AV Web

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A lap belt secured to the control wheel can serve as a substitute for external aileron and elevator locks. AOPA suggests considering deflating tires or digging holes to keep the wheels more firmly in place. Gust locks are also recommended. Also, lift fences that serve as spoilers can keep an airplane from trying to “fly” while tied down.

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Pitot Tube Aileron Lift Hangar 84

Aerotime

MAY 14, 2024

Squadron leader Asim Jawad, 32, was performing aileron rolls at low altitude when the fuselage of the Yakovlev Yak-130 he was flying scraped along the tarmac. An aileron roll is an aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft does a full 360-degree revolution about its longitudinal axis.

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Longitudinal Axis Tarmac Jet Aileron 284

AV Web

JULY 23, 2024

According to the manufacturer, “The introduction of our high-performance aileron package delivers superior roll authority. Extra said the 330SX model is much easier to fly— allowing pilots to achieve higher scores in aerobatic competitions.

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Aileron Clearance Cockpit Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Pilots should avoid using the ailerons to correct the Dutch roll in small aircraft. It’s very tempting to counter the roll with ailerons. However, using ailerons alone can actually make things worse by increasing the roll-yaw coupling. The problem is that It’s very easy to mistime the aileron input and aggravate the roll.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Pointing my thumb into the wind to get my ailerons around I counted one…two…three, and still, no upwind main touching down. My left hand follows which means instead of full deflection on the ailerons, I’m now aileron neutral. Not so perfect… my downwind wheel touched down on the runway first.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Flight Training Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The bank angle should be reduced gradually with coordinated aileron and rudder input. The pilot should roll the airplane into a medium-banked turn with coordinated aileron and rudder input. Enter the rectangular course maneuvers on a 45 degree angle to the downwind leg.

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Groundspeed Crosswind Aileron Rudder 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

You might spot the spoilers popping up from the top of the wing and the ailerons deflecting upwards and downwards on the rear of the wing. To the uninitiated, this can be alarming yet is a completely routine action for any pilot, whether they are flying a two-seat microlight or an Airbus A380.

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Cabin Crew Runway Knot Clearance 274

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In maintaining a properly coordinated steep turn, the pilot must use the opposite aileron to maintain bank. You may need to apply the opposite aileron to counter the overbanking tendency. Adverse Yaw Adverse yaw is when an aircraft tends to yaw towards a raised wing due to the aerodynamic forces of an aileron deflected down.

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Lift Aileron Drag Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Other issues included insufficient engine cooling, excessive aileron forces at high speeds, and poor spin recovery. Engineers struggled to stabilize the aircraft’s center of mass, and the V-3420 engine often failed to deliver its expected power output.

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Tail Aileron Approach Stability 105

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“A few seconds later the airplane data showed a maneuver consistent with an aileron roll followed by a rapid descent about 1,000 feet before regaining its prior altitude and track above the highway.” I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 70

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“A few seconds later the airplane data showed a maneuver consistent with an aileron roll followed by a rapid descent about 1,000 feet before regaining its prior altitude and track above the highway.” I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 69

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

I disassembled one top wing panel and one bottom wing panel so we could compare the existing ribs, spars, and other parts to the blueprints – other than the ailerons, they were found to be identical, so I had a full set of new spars constructed.

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Hangar 105

AV Web

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Henry, my IA, was busy looking at my aileron cables while talking with me about the wisdom of frequent air filter changes for my mighty 85-horsepower plant. Neither of us saw or heard Chad come into the hangar but come in he did.

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Pilot Aileron Hangar Airline 76

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Additional equipment includes electric pitch trim, rudder trim, Flightcom six-place intercom, cabin ventilation fan, auxiliary power receptacle, and aileron gap seals.

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Transponder Aileron Rudder Stability 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Out in the practice area, I did some of my favorite beyond-ACS but still normal category exercises—alternating steep turns with full aileron deflection, extended low speed flight, and Dutch rolls to 45-degree bank each way, again with full aileron deflection. Then the CFI gave me a few unusual attitudes, and all was well.

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Approach Pitot Tube Aileron Instrument Landing System 61

Inspire

JANUARY 9, 2020

The mechanics working on the restoration of EAA’s classic Travel Air found something truly incredible when they uncovered its wings: inscriptions on the original ailerons that date back to the Travel Air factory in 1929. The post Original Builder Inscriptions Found on EAA Travel Air first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Aileron Hangar 40

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The 300L is the most popular version of the 300, which has the wings mounted at the bottom of the fuselage with a slightly shorter wing span and improved ailerons. The Extra 300 is a popular aerobatic plane designed by German aerobatic pilot, Walter Extra, and manufactured by Extra Flugzeugbau.

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Aileron Pilot 59

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

We correct for the overbanking tendency with aileron opposite the turn. The aileron on the right wing deflects down, increasing the camber and creating more lift. The left wing’s aileron deflects up, decreasing lift. Keep the overbanking tendency in check with aileron opposite the turn.

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Rudder Lift Aileron Drag 52

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The fuselage panels were composed of aluminum and the outer wings, main spar, armament bays, ailerons, elevators and rudders featured fabric as their skinning. The seatbacks observed during the flight were rectified and this low-wing monoplane was soon popularized for its inverted gull appearance and large fuselage. m Length 10.26

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Aileron Rudder Ceiling Tail 97

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Giant ailerons could whip the world around me with a 400-degree roll rate, and the thing would tolerate plus or minus 10 Gs, breaking yours truly long before any structure failed. I gave up and fired with all available firepower: “I taught your school’s owner how to do an aileron roll in 2003.” Here’s the thing.

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Aileron Rudder Airplanes Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. Hand flying the circuit, I blasted through the shear with ease, but the big wings made it even more noticeable in rolling motions and aileron slop. Taking off in violent winds was a task.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 21, 2024

For example, I’m told that 115 hp Citabrias can spin from abrupt aileron inputs at the stall. Going back to when I was a student pilot, my highly regarded instructor taught me to pick up a low wing in a stall with the opposite rudder because some of the old planes (1940s era) could spin with aileron input in a stall.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Aileron 65

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

A pilot might have to use more aileron inputs, especially if it’s bumpy and the aircraft is getting moved around. When aileron input is added to counteract this, just remember that adverse yaw is in play, so some slight rudder will be needed. However, it’s not nearly as pronounced as on takeoff. Just something to be aware of!

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Now that T-38 would roll twice per second , a 720-degree-per-second roll rate, and I aileron-rolled it about five to six times right over the cloud deck, THE COOLEST SIGHT EVER, then rolled out. I deserved the taunting, doing aileron rolls like that, getting discombulated. My head was swimming from the rolling, my “gyros tumbled.”

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Runway Pilot Aileron Approach 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The wing featured a laminar flow design extending to the end of its generous flaps then a more conventional design forward of the ailerons. The Mite featured a wooden wing spar with a plywood-covered leading edge and fabric covering aft of the spar.

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Tail Pilot Aileron Airplanes 71

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A particularly harrowing incident occurred during a test flight in March 1934 when the ailerons tore off one of the prototypes mid-flight. The wings were converted to a three-bay configuration, and four-bladed wooden propellers replaced the original two-bladed ones in hopes of reducing vibrations and enhancing control.

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Weight-Shift-Control Aviation Technology Aileron Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The first maneuver was an aileron roll, the simplest in the book. Finally, after serving my time and flying with a CFI to make sure my skills were OK in another plane, I hopped in the RV-8 to enjoy some aerobatics. Nose down 10 degrees to pick up speed, nose up 10 degrees, then push the stick all the way over to roll. Super simple.

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Torque Airplanes Pilot Aileron 61