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

Flight Training Central

Practicing stalls will also help you learn the low airspeed flight characteristics of the airplane, and how to control the airplane at low airspeeds which is what you will encounter while maneuvering in the traffic pattern and approaching to land. At the normal approach speed, lower the nose to the approach pitch attitude.

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How Tech Made the Rotax a Monster

Plane and Pilot

Specifically, Rotaxs approach to putting 160 hp to the prop flange is fundamentally different from Lycomings. cubic inches of it, to create a tidal wave of torque that permits it to run a paltry 2,700 rpm at the max. The combination means that pretty much anything you can put into the CAD-CAM software you can also build.

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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

The rotational force thats needed to move an object about an axis is called torque. The simplest formula for torque is: Torque = F x L L is the distance between the object and the axis of rotation, also called the moment arm. The downside of this approach is a lack of redundancy.

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The Role of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation

Pilot Institute

The complication with helicopters is that the main rotor is driven by an engine that applies a twisting force (torque) to spin it. This is called torque reaction, and if its left unchecked, the helicopter fuselage will spin in the opposite direction of the main rotor. These rotors create equal and opposite torques that cancel out.

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We Fly: Epic E1000 AX

Flying Magazine

The batteries provided so much cranking power that both cold and hot starts never even approached engine temperature limits. Walkaround Approaching the E1000 AX one gets a sense of its true size—it is 35 feet, 10 inches long and 12 feet, 10 inches tall, with a 43-foot wingspan. gph fuel burn.

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NTSB Determines Probable Cause of Door Plug Accident

Flying Magazine

READ MORE: NTSB Sanctions Boeing for Sharing Door Plug Blow Out Investigative Details The jet, operating as Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, was approaching 14,830 feet when the door plug ejected from the fuselage, resulting in an explosive decompression. There were no missing bolts, however, a few bolts were not torqued to specification.

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Unbolted in Fairfield (Update on the 2022 Bell 407 GXP Crash)

Fear of Landing

Then he followed the installation procedure, including the mast nut torque application. The mast nut torque application is a critical procedure, which ensures that the rotor assembly remains attached to the main rotor mast. He asked a mechanic to come and verify the mast nut torque.