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.
Northstar VFR
MAY 26, 2025
Flaps are movable surfaces on the trailing edge of an airplanes wings that can be extended downward to change the shape of the wing during flight. When deployed, they increase the wings lift and drag, allowing the airplane to fly safely at slower speeds. At the same time, flaps create extra drag, which helps slow the airplane down.
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Airplane wings vary in shape and size, but all have standard features like the chord line. The Difference Between a Chord Line and a Camber Line The chord line is a straight line that crosses the leading and trailing edges of the airfoil. The mean camber line is drawn halfway between the upper and lower surfaces.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 13, 2025
Wing Camber Wing camber defines how much more curved the wings upper surface is compared to the lower surface. They adjust wing camber, thickness, and aspect ratio to balance lift, drag, and stall characteristics for different aircraft roles. What Affects Flow Turning? Two major factors affect how the airflow turns.
Flight Training Central
JANUARY 6, 2025
Never preheat the airplane cabin before boarding due to accumulation of moisture on the instruments. How will frost on the wings of an airplane affect takeoff performance? Frost will change the camber of the wing, increasing its lifting capability. Frost will not affect the takeoff performance of an airplane.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Airplane wings vary in shape and size, but all have standard features like the chord line. The Difference Between a Chord Line and a Camber Line The chord line is a straight line that crosses the leading and trailing edges of the airfoil. The mean camber line is drawn halfway between the upper and lower surfaces.
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
An increase in AOA causes an increase in the wing’s effective camber, which in turn causes an increase in profile drag. Conversely, the upward deflection of the opposite aileron reduces effective camber. As a result, the upgoing wing will experience larger wingtip vortices that exacerbate the effect of adverse yaw.
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