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How the B-52 Lands in Crosswinds

Fear of Landing

Here’s a cool video showing most of the gear retraction sequence [link] critical_patch offers an explanation as to why: The BUFF has such poor rudder authority that it has to compensate for crosswind in other ways. Further along, critical_patch chimes in again with another effect of the small rudder. Alexander W.

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Mastering Stalls: How to Recognize, Prevent, and Recover Safely

Flight Training Central

Recovery is made by lowering the nose, simultaneously applying full power while maintaining directional control with coordinated use of aileron and rudder. Right rudder pressure will be needed to offset the effect of the increase in power. Then, at the first sign of a stall, lower the nose, apply power, and level the wings.

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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

At first glance, ailerons look like ordinary hinged panels on the wings, but don’t be fooledthey’re important for keeping an aircraft both stable and maneuverable. But theres much more to ailerons than just rolling left or right. Or how do modern airplanes reduce dangerous effects like aileron flutter or adverse yaw?

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Tailless Aircraft: How Airplanes Fly Without a Tail

Pilot Institute

A tailless aircraft may still have a fuselage and a vertical tail (fin and rudder). Elevons and Control Surfaces An ingenious solution is to combine the elevator and aileron, which gives you: the elevon. They combine the functions of elevators and ailerons. The rudder allows you to make controlled yaw movements.

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Going Up and Going Down

Plane and Pilot

However, excess propulsive thrust, over that needed to maintain level flight, can be utilized to either increase speed or climb to a higher altitude. Power Management Engine power is our altitude producer, so any thrust reduction during our climb should have a purpose, in light of its negative consequences.

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We Fly: Epic E1000 AX

Flying Magazine

King noted that Epic focuses on stick-and-rudder skills to the point that the first time in the airplane the pilot uses absolutely none of the automation. Taxiing requires forays into Beta as there is so much thrust at idle that the Epic will rapidly accelerate beyond taxi speed. Recurrent training is annual.

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Flight Test Files: Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Vintage Aviation News

Photo by NASA The impetus for the program came from issues the Navy had encountered with inadvertent spin entries, which were traced back to the aircrafts aileron rudder interconnect system. The aircraft also participated in studies involving low-altitude flight with asymmetric engine thrust.