Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

When you reach around 36,000 feet (11,000 m) near the tropopause, the temperature stabilizes at around -56.5 °C. The tailplane (horizontal stabilizer) at high Mach can also develop shocks or experience disturbed airflow from the wings. Ailerons can suffer from a phenomenon called “aileron buzz” or control reversal at high Mach.

True Airspeed

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Work on timing your rudder and aileron inputs to be smooth and coordinated. Smaller planes may feel more affected, while larger aircraft have better stability. Pilots coordinate aileron into the wind and opposite rudder to maintain runway alignment. The key is practice and developing a feel for the controls.

Crosswind

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

The airplane is incredibly sensitive, thanks to sweeping, full-span ailerons and an unnaturally tall stick that exaggerates any and all inputs. Waghorn laughed and said as soon as youre stabilized, full power, and lets try again, now that you see what Im talking about.

Knot

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 1, 2025

feet high at the tip of the vertical stabilizer. It was controlled by a conventional rudder and full-span elevons that functioned as elevators and ailerons. Photo NACA/NASA The single-place XF-92A airplane had a delta wing swept at 60 degrees. feet long, had a 31.3-foot foot wingspan, and was 17.5

Airfoil

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

To some extent this was carried out with the Cherokee, though the key design elementuse of a stabilator in place of a conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizeris likely the influence of John Thorp. Thorp joined the Piper design team during the Cherokees development; his own Sky Scooter used a stabilator.

Approach

Flying Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

The company says the fiberglass tanks also provide lower stall speed and increased aileron authority. But that’s a good thing and translates directly to rock-solid stability—desirable in an IFR platform. It had speedbrakes, flap and aileron gap seals, and vortex generators, plus a dual control yoke. Learn more at www.d-shannon-aviation.com.

Gross Weight

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 ).

Torque

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sure, there are the removable wings and an unusual-for-an-RV stabilator out back for pitch control, but there’s nothing revolutionary in the concepts or execution. On the walkaround, you doubtlessly noted the full-span flaperons (flaps plus ailerons as one unit). The RV-12 is, of course, all metal.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

Because the aircraft would be hanging from the structure of the Transportation Gallerys balcony, the left wing was removed from the aircraft, with only the right wing brought inside for reattachment, along with the tail stabilizers and the engines.

Cockpit

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Why It Happens: Nervousness and lack of trust in the aircrafts stability. Forgetting to apply rudder and aileron corrections simultaneously. Overcontrolling the Aircraft The Mistake: New pilots often overcorrect control inputs, especially during takeoffs, landings, and slow flight. Feeling overwhelmed during short final and flare.

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

But all of the lessons learned in combat were rolled into the redesigned P-47N, a long-range version that featured a new, longer-span wing with integral fuel storage, enlarged ailerons, a larger tail fillet, beefed-up landing gear and an upgraded engine.

Tail

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

Wings also include movable surfaces like ailerons (used to roll the plane left or right) and flaps (used to increase lift at lower speeds, especially during takeoff and landing). These parts help the aircraft maintain its stability in flight. Wings: The Source of Lift The wings are what make fixed-wing flight possible.

Lift

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Engineers struggled to stabilize the aircraft’s center of mass, and the V-3420 engine often failed to deliver its expected power output. Other issues included insufficient engine cooling, excessive aileron forces at high speeds, and poor spin recovery. By early 1944, six XP-75 prototypes joined the test program.

Tail

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

Use coordinated aileron and rudder pressures to swiftly, but not excessively, angle into this turn. Uncoordinated use of aileron and rudder, leading to slips or skids. Tips Stability First: Ensure the aircrafts stability and trim are set before entering the maneuver. Inaccurate wind direction assessment.

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

PARE: Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite, Elevator forward. Ailerons: Neutral. The problem is that the airflow from the propeller goes over the horizontal stabilizer, which produces a downward force (and causes the nose to pitch up). The movement of the ailerons will change the angle of attack of both wings.

Center of Gravity

Air Facts

JULY 7, 2025

I dug into concepts like relative wind, positive static stability, load factors in turns, and maneuvering speed. In the chapter on stability—titled “What the Airplane Wants to Do”—Langewiesche gives stability a kind of personality. “An The rudder is the “servant” of the ailerons. It’s a simple but powerful framework.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

Ailerons are actuated by pushrods that run through the wing struts, reducing aerodynamic drag and giving the responsive ailerons a solid feel. It is as far forward as possible for stability under heavy braking and absorbs serious shock loading through a trailing-beam design. What about the nosewheel itself?

Gross Weight

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The wing was built in three sections (a center section that was integral with the fuselage and extended to the engine nacelles, and two outer sections), and were all-metal except for the fabric-covered control surfaces such as the ailerons. Celestino Rosatelli, designer of the Fiat BR.20 20 Cicogna (Wikimedia Commons) The BR.20

Payload

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

2c was developed, which replaced the wing warping system for ailerons on the wings, a new tailplane design added, and a triangular stabilizing fin was fitted to the rudder, which made the B.E.2c 2 family’s stability in flight – causing poor maneuverability, prevented the B.E.12 The first was the B.E.2b

Cockpit

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Both the vertical and horizontal stabilizers were made of wood and fabric, while the construction of the wing involved wooden spars and ribs, with metal leading edges inboard of the engine nacelles, plywood leading edges on the outer panels, and doped fabric on the trailing section.

Aileron

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 11, 2025

Additionally, two turboshaft engines were installed internally to power a blown high-pressure air system, which directed airflow over the wing flaps, ailerons, elevators, and rudder to significantly enhance Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) capabilities and low-speed handling.

Stability

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Model PG featured larger ailerons and adjustments to the tail design and would be shipped from East Boston to Hazelhurst Field [later known as Roosevelt Field] in Mineola, NY, the intended destination for the Model G Scout back in 1915. Timson had designed nearly ten years prior.

Tail

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Inconvenienced but unstoppable, the airplanes right wing and aileron were substantially damaged, though the damage did not prohibit the airplane from being able to fly, despite the airplane feeling out of trim and a little heavier on one side. For collective and aggressive incompetence, they share Runner-up Stupid Pilot Trick of 2021.

Pilot

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The horizontal and vertical stabilizers have also been completed and attached to the tail section. The tail section mates perfectly with the forward fuselage. Before the temporary halt in restoration, the fuselage structural framework had been completed and painted.

Stability

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.

Cabin Crew

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. Older jets without winglets or shorter wingspans are much faster in roll and lack some stability in bank.

Crosswind

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. What are the basic parts of this section?

Horizontal Stabilizer

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! Inability to climb Increase in stability Decrease in thrust required to maintain flight Correct! What is the difference between a normal landing and a crosswind landing?

Aileron

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

The rudder is a movable flight control which is mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer on the back of the airplane. Some new student pilots think the rudder and vertical stabilizer are the same thing. The vertical stabilizer is a vertical fixed part of the plane’s empennage. Why is the rudder so important?

Rudder

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Head on view of the Northrop X-4 Bantam (NASA) The X-4 was a research aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation to test the stability of semi-tailless wing designs at transonic speeds in excess of Mach 0.9. For better maintenance access, the small tail of the aircraft could be removed to work on or remove the engines.

Stability

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Managing these elements requires continuous adjustments by the pilot to maintain stability and control. Control Mechanisms Airplane Controls In airplanes, pilots manage flight using three primary controls: the ailerons, elevator, and rudder. Coordinating these controls demands continuous input and attentiveness from the pilot.

Torque

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Piper’s Cherokee Six appeals to pilots for some of the same reasons that other Cherokee models are popular, including stability, predictable handling, and reliability. Additional equipment includes electric pitch trim, rudder trim, Flightcom six-place intercom, cabin ventilation fan, auxiliary power receptacle, and aileron gap seals.

Aileron

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In order to shorten development time and save costs, the aircraft featured components of two closely related aircraft of the Beech Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas: the wings, ailerons, and landing gear of aBeech Bonanza general aviation aircraft and the tail assemblyof a Beech T-34 Mentor military trainer.

Thrust

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Adjust pitch and power for the desired airspeed and approach angle.The approach should be stabilized on the extended runway centerline no lower than 300’ AGL. At this time, it should be gently lowered.Maintain directional control and crosswind correction with appropriate rudder aileron input.

Approach

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The modifications included replacing the single fin and rudder with a twin-tail design to improve stability. A particularly harrowing incident occurred during a test flight in March 1934 when the ailerons tore off one of the prototypes mid-flight. Despite these efforts, the problems persisted.

Weight-Shift-Control

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sure, there are the removable wings and an unusual-for-an-RV stabilator out back for pitch control, but there’s nothing revolutionary in the concepts or execution. On the walkaround, you doubtlessly noted the full-span flaperons (flaps plus ailerons as one unit). The RV-12 is, of course, all metal.

Airplanes

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Trim for level flight once you’re stabilized at your target speed. To fight this overbanking tendency, add light aileron pressure in the opposite direction. Not Maintaining Heading Once you’ve practiced slow flight a few times, you’ll realize just how ineffective the ailerons are. Stay coordinated throughout the turn.

Lift