Flight Training Central

MAY 6, 2024

Those struts and wires create a lot of parasite drag, an anathema for aircraft whose design and mission is speed. Then in 1956 Cessna moved the tail-wheel on the 170 to the nose and the resulting high wing 172, with well over 40,000 copies, became the best-selling civilian aircraft in history. The bi-wing design has one serious flaw.

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Lift Drag Airplanes Ground Effect 97

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Below are other critical pieces of the wings that help give the plane additional lift, reduce drag, or achieve lower speeds in preparation for landing: Ailerons: A French word meaning “fin” or “little wing,” the aileron helps control the airplane’s roll. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The problem is that the aileron can only be deflected to a point after which the drag becomes significant. Most of the ailerons mass lies behind the hinge, making it tail-heavy. Tail-heavy ailerons droop downwards when they arent being pulled by the control system. potentially reverting the aileron back into a tail-heavy state.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

As air flows over it, a force like lift results, and the tail is pulled in the opposite direction of the deflection. But instead of an upward force of lift on a wing, it’s a horizontal force pushing the tail of the plane causing the nose of the plane to move left and right. The pilot controls the throttle to create thrust.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly. Thrust (how it moves forward). Thrust and Propulsion Systems A wing has to move fast enough through the air to generate lift effectively. That force is called thrust. Thrust relies on Newtons Third Law as well.

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Lift Torque Thrust Aileron 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 29, 2024

MiGs on your tail! It felt like we were dragging an 18-wheeler truck! Functioning exactly as designed, those flat-plate boards sticking into the airstream were creating beaucoup drag, battling against the J-79s’ thrust. Four o’clock!” Break right! Break left! Frantically, I kept scanning the instrument panel, mind racing.

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Drag Thrust Pilot Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

The tail comes off the ground before you even realize the airplane is ready, climbs like a bat out of you know where, handles like its on rails, and can land almost anywhere in a matter of a couple hundred feet. But my recommendation is to find a very early Bonanza for your first V-tail experience.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

Following D-Day, as the war began to tail off, Yeager returned to fly combat missions, as Eisenhower yielded to Yaeger’s demands. These helped to minimize drag and ensure aerodynamic efficiency at high speeds. Nevertheless, Yeager remonstrated this point with Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower himself.

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Pilot Drag Airplanes Thrust 244

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

A massive explosion followed, and the tail section skidded backward. Calm down and follow these steps: Apply maximum thrust immediately. Keep wings level to prevent unnecessary drag or instability. During final descent, it flew into a microburst, causing a rapid loss of altitude. 134 people died, along with the cars driver.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Added to this, it features advanced avionics, extreme maneuverability, and an internal weapons bay for reduced drag and improved stealth. The Typhoon was built for dogfighting and has one of the best thrust-to-weight ratios of any modern fighter (almost 1:1), a top speed in excess of Mach 2.0 without using afterburners.

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Jet Thrust Payload Drag 284