Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
This article will explain what a constant speed propeller is, how it works, and how to use it correctly in the cockpit so that you can use the variable-pitch system with confidence. This hydraulic system is controlled by the use of a blue lever inside the cockpit, referred to as the propeller or pitch lever.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 24, 2025
The Harvard serves as a crucial stepping stone between the de Havilland Chipmunk and the Hurricane, offering a larger airframe, more powerful engine, and increased torque. Sqn Ldr Simon Jessy Jessett in the front cockpit of Harvard IIB KF183 taxiing out at Coningsby on 26th March 2025.
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Northstar VFR
MARCH 16, 2025
Torque is most noticeable when power is applied suddenly for example, during takeoff. Since most aircraft have clockwise-spinning propellers (as seen from the cockpit), this means a pitch-up change causes a force that yaws the airplane to the left. Lets take a quick look at all four of them: 1.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. 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.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 25, 2025
There were no missing bolts, however, a few bolts were not torqued to specification. Since the accident, the door plugs on other Boeings in service were inspected. Investigators stated that the previous three pressurization issues reported by crews who flew that airframe were not a factor in the accident.
Flying Magazine
JULY 2, 2025
Skyryse One eliminates conventional cyclic, collective, and throttle controls and anti-torque pedals. Those changes open up space in the cockpit and, per Skyryse vice president of design Peter Blades, make flying as “comfortable as driving a car.” Twisting the joystick causes rotation, similar to pushing anti-torque pedals.
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Then we went over the cockpit. I was prepared for the torque because people told me about it, but I was pushing as hard as I could to keep it straight. By the time he struggled to get out of the cockpit and search for and pull the D-ring on his parachute, the AD-4 had spun below 1,000 feet. ’ I said, “Yes.”
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