Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

His system would provide an aircraft with automatic stability and control mechanism, through the control of the ailerons, stabilizer, and tail rudder through the use of a set of simple gyroscopes. As the French mechanic slid himself along the wing of the aircraft, shifting its center of gravity, the aircraft became unbalanced.

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Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 306

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Additional Dangers of Ice Accumulation Icing also makes your aircraft heavier and can even change the position of the center of gravity. It can also cause control surfaces like ailerons and flaps to function improperly, making the aircraft harder to maneuver. After starting the engine, the oil pressure will take longer to rise.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Lets break down the main control surfaces and how they use action-reaction: Ailerons Ailerons are flaps placed on the wings trailing edges. They work in opposite pairs: when one aileron goes up, the other goes down. The raised aileron on the right wing deflects airflow upward ( action ). It provides yaw control.

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Lift Torque Thrust Aileron 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

When the wind is blowing across the runway instead of along it, things get more challenging. However, the wind rarely aligns perfectly with the runway. Touching down with the aircraft’s longitudinal axis aligned with the runway. If the pilot makes no corrections, the aircraft gets blown off the runway centerline.

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Crosswind Longitudinal Axis Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These enhancements, along with an increased center of gravity adjustment through the addition of forward ballast, ensured that the Sunderland could effectively defend itself while maintaining balance during flight. It still remained active in the Far East where large runways were scarce.

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Center of Gravity Tail Lift Aileron 52

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Student pilots get a free pass, because theyre adorable skittering off runways in Loss of Directional Control (LODC) events that vex the best among us. During the second landing attempt, NTSB notes, the airplane touched down and bouncedmultiple times as it continued down the runway and subsequently nosed over. Sorta the Wrong Runway?

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