Plane and Pilot
MARCH 25, 2025
A steam gauge airspeed indicator, Garmin G3X, autopilot, Garmin G5, transponder, fuel selector, accelerometer, and steam gauge altimeter were centered directly in front of me. The airplane is incredibly sensitive, thanks to sweeping, full-span ailerons and an unnaturally tall stick that exaggerates any and all inputs.
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 18, 2025
Initiating the Turn: Smoothly apply aileron input to roll into a 45-50 degree bank angle. Monitor your instruments closely, especially the altimeter and airspeed indicator, and make small, continuous adjustments. Coordination Difficulties: Keeping the turn coordinated with proper rudder and aileron use can be tricky at first.
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Air Facts
JULY 7, 2025
The rudder is the “servant” of the ailerons. You use rudder because you are using the ailerons.” He shares a trick from an Army instructor: “Don’t ever concentrate on your altimeter long enough to read it. The kid brother insists that you can turn an airplane using only rudder, but Langewiesche corrects him.
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. What altitude does Class A airspace extend to?
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.
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. Glance at your altimeter.
Photographic Logbook
MAY 19, 2025
OK, this is going to feel very wrong, but I want you to take your feet off the rudder pedals, put them flat on the floor, then give me a right turn with aileron only." The altimeter now showed 5,000' and we had plummeted through the altitude of the scattered cloud layer. He was right. That felt incredibly wrong.
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