Simple Flying
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
General aviation aircraft demand has increased in deliveries of all private jets after 2021, and the industry has experienced significant growth in new and pre-owned purchases. Still, other factors, such as fuel efficiency, torque, and forceful performance, could also add to the benefits of turbocharged engines.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
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. This type of design is common in delta-winged aircraft such as fighter jets.
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Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines. A propeller forces air backward, while a jet engine ignites a mixture of air and fuel to generate hot gases that eject backward. In jet engines, increasing throttle increases the fuel flow, producing more exhaust gases that can be flung backward.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 25, 2025
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.
Flying Magazine
JULY 2, 2025
The company is working to integrate it on Airbus’ H-125 and H-130, Cirrus’ SR22, and a few business jets. Skyryse One eliminates conventional cyclic, collective, and throttle controls and anti-torque pedals. Twisting the joystick causes rotation, similar to pushing anti-torque pedals. It’s also supplying SkyOS to the U.S.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 22, 2024
This new jet received the Air Force designation YF-96A and first flew on June 3rd, 1950. This device was designed to counteract the torque of the XT40. It was the Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech. The first XP-84 prototype, USAF #45-59475, sitting on the lake bed at Muroc AAF, California.
Fear of Landing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
On a jet aircraft, the hot air from the engines are routed to the critical surfaces of the aircraft, offering continuous thermal protection. Weather warnings had been issued for severe icing conditions in the area, forecasting icing between 12,000 and 21,000 feet.
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