Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
To some extent this was carried out with the Cherokee, though the key design elementuse of a stabilator in place of a conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizeris likely the influence of John Thorp. Thorp joined the Piper design team during the Cherokees development; his own Sky Scooter used a stabilator.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 18, 2025
But that’s a good thing and translates directly to rock-solid stability—desirable in an IFR platform. Fuel mixture management changes for the better, because the manifold pressure remains constant for takeoff and climb (full rich) regardless of altitude and density altitude below the critical 18,000 feet.
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Flying Magazine
MAY 10, 2024
2: What effect does high density altitude have on the efficiency of a UA propeller? Density altitude does not affect propeller efficiency. You should expect to see questions that show you understand what happens when you change an aircraft’s balance, stability, and center of gravity. There is only one task.
Fear of Landing
APRIL 19, 2024
At approximately 30-40 feet agl, the spinning stopped and the helicopter appeared to stabilize for a brief moment before continuing a nose-low, forward descent into the grass north of Runway 28. When it stopped climbing, the helicopter maneuvered erratically drifting towards the north and descending. As it descended it spun around 2-3 times.
Pilot Institute
MAY 4, 2024
Temperature An increase in temperature will increase the density altitude. A high density altitude decreases the performance of the engine and the wing. Your aircraft will fly at a faster true airspeed at higher density altitudes. With a short field landing, we aim to be at 1.3
Professional Pilot
AUGUST 8, 2024
The Flight Safety Foundation’s approach and landing accident reduction tool kit goes on to point out that an approach is stable only if all the criteria in company standard operating procedures (SOPs) are met before or when reaching the applicable minimum stabilization in height. The ceiling is 800 ft overcast.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 26, 2024
Top Reasons for Go-Arounds Unstabilized Approach An aircraft must have a stabilized approach before landing. An approach is stabilized when: The aircraft is on the correct flight path, i.e., on runway centerline and glideslope. If the crew had gone around, they could’ve returned for a safer, stabilized approach and landing.
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