AV Web

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Aviation YouTuber Trent Palmer says far too many tailwheel airplanes get wrecked in ground loops because new pilots don’t have the basic rudder and brake feel to keep them rolling straight on the runway. He’s designed a tailwheel ground simulator to help impart that essential skill without risking expensive hardware.

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Rudder Runway Airplanes Pilot 116

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

The airplane wasnt uncontrollable at this point, and was flying fairly stable at altitude, so the decision was made to continue on their route, burn more fuel, and divert to LAX. This tail was made up of a vertical stabilizer with a rudder, to control yaw, and a horizontal stabilizer to control pitch.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airline Airlines 278

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

He was proud of his little bird, with its unique split sliding canopy, no rudder pedals, and a delightful art deco instrument panel. The story of this unique airplane begins in the early 1930s with Fred Weick, an engineer for the National Advisory Committee for Aviation (NACA). Push and pull for pitch.

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Rudder Tail Crosswind Airplanes 105

Flight Training Central

MARCH 3, 2025

A wing will always stall at the same angle of attack; however, weight, and bank angle, power setting and load factor may change the speed or the pitch attitude at which the airplane stalls. Also, the weight in the airplane must be properly distributed and balanced. The test standards divide stalls into power off and power on.

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Rudder Aileron Airplanes Accelerated Stall 96

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 aircraft may still have a fuselage and a vertical tail (fin and rudder). The rudder allows you to make controlled yaw movements.

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Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

By Josh Page, CFI Ever heard your flight instructor say, More right rudder? One of the fundamental aerodynamic concepts in aviation isleft-turning tendenciesthe natural forces that cause an airplane to yaw or roll left, particularly in a single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft. Right rudder is your best friend.

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

Plane and Pilot

MAY 19, 2025

Another pilot flying in the airport traffic pattern reported that the accident airplane appeared too high and fast to land on Runway 23. The witness saw the accident airplane subsequently enter a left base for Runway 5 at low altitude and stated that the airplane appeared slow.

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Rudder Airplanes Annual Inspection Runway 71

Plane and Pilot

MAY 19, 2024

When Zenith Aircraft CEO Sebastien Heintz invited me to attend the company’s annual homecoming event at its Missouri headquarters at the Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ) … Read More "Building a Rudder at Zenith" The post Building a Rudder at Zenith appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

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Rudder Pilot Airplanes 111

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. The Sbach, a notoriously difficult airplane to fly, challenges even the hardest of hard-core aerobatic pilots. The four-blade MT propeller is the only exception.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. left aileron, right rudder). How to Perform: Enter a turn (e.g., 65 knots in a Cessna 172).

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Aileron Rudder Checkride AGL 96

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 19, 2025

Rudder Work and Component Fabrication Progress has also been made on the aircrafts rudders. The number one (left) rudder is nearly complete. Weve had it hanging on the airplane already and weve taken it off. If all goes according to plan, the stabilizer may be installed ahead of WWII Weekend in June.

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Rudder Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Cockpit 124

Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2025

READ MORE: Airshow Pilot Rob Holland Killed in Accident Holland held an airline transport pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single-engine land, airplane single-engine sea, airplane multiengine land, and gliders. Scott Slocum The airplane had been modified for aerobatics. National Aerobatic Championships.

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Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Runway 122

Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2025

Remember trying to drive the airplane on the ground with the yoke the first time you attempted to taxi it? This is akin to stomping on a rudder rather than applying control pressures. A week or so later the coworker reported that the learner was doing the water bottle exercise at home, and his rudder usage had improved.

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Rudder Approach Airplanes VOR 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 3, 2025

As the price for typical entry-level airplanes climbs ever higher and the supply of affordable types dwindles with time, its becoming increasingly difficult to find examples priced below $30,000. In most cases, airplanes in this range require some attention to be brought up to snuff, both mechanically and visually.

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Rudder Annual Inspection Aileron Airplanes 75

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I have always loved airplanes. I think living under the flight path of DFW and growing up there didn’t help much, but I just always loved airplanes. He’d been flying flight simulators throughout his teen years, but this first flight in a real airplane set the hook for life. Imagine that. Professional pilot.

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Airplanes Pilot Rudder Approach 116

AV Web

JANUARY 19, 2025

These students will be taught the stick and rudder and taildragger basics but only up to their solo. Almost everybody in aviation tut-tuts about how important stick and rudder flying is, but these same people have likely never been exposed to the real thing, or it has been so long they have forgotten what it was like.

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Rudder Transponder Hangar Pilot 98

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

Every day, the team at Aircraft For Sale chooses an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, a good deal, or has other qualities we find interesting. The fabric-covered wings are reported to be in good condition, and the airplane features LED wing tip nav lights and a dual Univair landing light kit.

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Avionics Master Switch Transponder Airplanes Rudder 96

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

More right rudder!!” The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. Yet the rudder is one of the most important and one of the most under-utilized. The rudder’s most important function is controlling the yaw of the aircraft, which moves the nose of the plane left and right.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. That flap retraction was not performed, and although the airplane made it into the air, it did not maintain sustained flight. Your airplane may be different.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Aileron 95

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Many sim pilots also purchase dedicated peripherals to control the rudder and engines. Some devices also offer a basic level of rudder and throttle control. The twist grip allows control of the aircraft’s rudder by rotating the joystick handle. A joystick is the most straightforward flight controller.

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Rudder Crosswind Pilot Air Traffic Control 96

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

What stupid airplane antics have I recently participated in that would warrant the query? My name is Andrew, and I used to fly that airplane in the early 2000s. Its a great airplane. Both of us had neighbors who owned airplanes and took us flying when we were not yet teens. I find myself staring at the phone in disbelief.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 21, 2025

Happiest meandering from grass strip to grass strip on warm summer days, the pilot is provided with a stick, rudder pedals, a door that can be opened in flight, and little else to distract from the experience. First flown in 1938 and derived from the 1930 Taylor Cub, Pipers J-3 Cub is perhaps the purest form of flight.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot 87

Aerotime

JUNE 14, 2024

The PCU is the power control unit which provides power to the aircraft’s rudder. The “nose may go left to right as the airplane simultaneously banks side to side”. In a preliminary report the FAA said the 737 MAX “experienced a Dutch roll, regained control and post flight inspection revealed damage to the standby PCU”.

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Rudder Airline Airlines Airplanes 205

Air Facts

APRIL 9, 2025

Starlink Mini isnt exactly tiny, but it can be mounted in most GA airplanes. Ive flown with it on multiple cross-country trips and can tell you its like having full-speed home Wi-Fi on your airplane, all over the US and at all altitudes. Attention is a scarce resource in life today, and flying light airplanes requires a lot of it.

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Weather Airplanes Pilot Cockpit 98

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The airplane, N130Q, was constructed by Douglas at Santa Monica, California in 1943 as a C-53D-DO with serial number 42-68834. For a very thorough and engaging read on the full history of the DC-3 floatplane, including wartime history and the details of the Folsom airplane, we encourage readers to pick up a copy of Jakob H.

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Rudder Airplanes Drag Pilot 144

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Designed to be a training aircraft for the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), the Sage Type 3 reveals the story of how a department store outfitter mobilized to build airplanes for the Royal Navy during WWI. The company that would build the Sage Type 3 had existed even before the invention of the airplane.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Airplanes Rudder 98

World Airline News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday issued urgent safety recommendations to The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the potential for a jammed or restricted rudder control system on some 737 airplanes. The NTSB is investigating a Feb.

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Rudder Airplanes Tail Runway 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

READ MORE: Dont Forget: Flight Instruction Is a Business Prior to takeoff, brief the customer on the positive exchange of controls and advise that two hands on the yoke in a small airplane is not necessary and is only found in bad TV movies. I see an airplane doesnt help unless we know where it is in relation to our aircraft.

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Weather Airplanes Altimeter Rudder 83

CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. left aileron, right rudder). How to Perform: Enter a turn (e.g., 65 knots in a Cessna 172).

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Aileron Rudder Checkride AGL 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 5, 2025

A type club is a collection of owners and supporters of a specific type of airplane organized to share make- and model-specific technical information and hints for owning and flying the aircraft. Many airplanes are very weight limited with full fuel, for instance. For example, will the type support my intended use?

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Pilot Airplanes Center of Gravity Annual Inspection 91

Inspire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Roberts Stick and Rudder column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Unfortunately, for nearly all of us who fly powered aircraft, the need for fuel to keep our airplanes aloft is undeniable. By Robert N.

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Rudder Airplanes Hangar 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2025

Price: $109.99 ‘Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying’ Though not strictly a history book, Stick and Rudder was first published during World War II and remains a relevant foundational read for flight students and veteran pilots alike looking to polish the fundamental skills of flying.

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Rudder Pilot Weather Airplanes 88

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

Airplanes like the Piper Cherokee probably dont get their due. Ask a stranger to think of a small GA airplane, and theyll probably conjure something like a Cub. Fearsome metal airplanes helped win a global conflict, yet pilots came home to variations on prewar designs of tube-and-fabric construction and modest performance.

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Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 71

Northstar VFR

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Just remember the acronym PARE: Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite of the spin, and Elevator forward. Its your slowest turn and if you arent carefully watching your airspeed, you can get too slow in the turn, exceed your critical angle of attack, stall the airplane, and enter a spin. So how do you recover from a spin?

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Pilot Checkride Aileron Final Approach 78

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Airplane ready. Feet on rudder pedals. At 500 feet down the runway, the little airplane leaped into the air despite my plan to build more speed before taking off. Adrenaline coursed through my veins, and every sense was tuned to the heartbeat of the small new airplane. First flight in a new airplane. Pilot ready?

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Runway Gross Weight Crosswind Airplanes 64

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

The Main Parts of an Airplane While aircraft come in many designs and sizes, they all share several core components. Cockpit: Where Control Happens Cockpit, also known as the flight deck , is the nerve center of the airplane. Either way, the goal remains the samemove the airplane forward through the air so lift can be achieved.

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