Pilot Institute
MARCH 13, 2025
Wing Camber Wing camber defines how much more curved the wings upper surface is compared to the lower surface. Importance for Pilots and Engineers How Do Pilots Use Bernoullis Principle? Bernoullis principle isnt something pilots think about routinely. Every pilot knows what to do if the aircraft stalls.
Northstar VFR
MAY 26, 2025
Novak, CFI As a student pilot, you've probably already heard your instructor talk about using flaps during takeoff, landing, and sometimes even during slow flight practice. When flaps extend, they increase the camber (curvature) of the wing, which boosts the amount of lift the wing generates. By Jillian C. How Do Flaps Work?
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
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. This issue aside, there is another reason why pilots, aircraft engineers, and designers talk about chord lines.
Simple Flying
JUNE 14, 2025
Increasing camber, flaps propel an airliner to lift off at lower speeds, trading a little drag for a lot of lift. One of the most influential cockpit levers on a jet’s take-off is the flap handle. Hinged panels at the wing’s trailing and leading edges transform a sleek airfoil into a low-speed lift sail.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
Upward Deflection : Raising both elevons decreases the camber of the wing. Downward Deflection : When the elevons are lowered, the camber increases. Being tailless helps the military avoid enemy detection and enhances the survivability of their pilots. Lift is reduced, and the nose pitches downward.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
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. This issue aside, there is another reason why pilots, aircraft engineers, and designers talk about chord lines.
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
That’s called “adverse yaw”, it’s a sneaky little quirk of flying that every pilot has to learn how to manage. A pilot can prevent adverse yaw by using rudder, and making sure that a turn is coordinated. An increase in AOA causes an increase in the wing’s effective camber, which in turn causes an increase in profile drag.
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