Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? A tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing airplane without a horizontal stabilizing surface. A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing.

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Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Airplane wings vary in shape and size, but all have standard features like the chord line. It’s an imaginary straight line from the wings trailing edge to the center of the leading edge. Center of Gravity: Used to calculate and balance the aircraft’s center of gravity. Imagine a see-saw.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

A great option for that is taking an interactive ground school, such as the private airplane pilot course on Pilotinstitute.com. For instance, the airplane category includes four classes: Single-engine land. The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is an airplane (category) thats Multiengine Sea (class). Multiengine sea.

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Pilot Weight-Shift-Control Lift Airplanes 86

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Airplane wings vary in shape and size, but all have standard features like the chord line. It’s an imaginary straight line from the wings trailing edge to the center of the leading edge. Center of Gravity: Used to calculate and balance the aircraft’s center of gravity. Imagine a see-saw.

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Center of Gravity Camber Lift Airfoil 59

Learn to Fly

JULY 11, 2024

An airplane will, however, always stall at the same angle of attack, called the critical angle of attack. This happens regardless of weight, bank angle, temperature, density altitude, or center of gravity. An angle of attack (AOA) indicator can determine the aerodynamic health of the airfoil (wing).

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Airfoil Center of Gravity Density Altitude Drag 40

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ice can affect everything from how the airplane flies to the engines staying functional. Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. Ice build-up on the airframe changes the airflow pattern around these airfoils. If you don’t act quickly, you’ll soon feel its effects.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Application of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation When we talk about airplanes, we focus primarily on two forces: Lift (how the aircraft stays aloft). They are designed with a special shape called an airfoil, which encourages passing air to turn and deflect downward. This has only been possible by understanding the laws of physics.

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