Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Your ailerons and rudder will be neutral once you’re in the crab position. Simultaneously, we apply ailerons opposite the rudder input. The ailerons control our lateral position over the runway. We use just enough aileron input to prevent the aircraft from drifting downwind. We call this de-crabbing.

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Crosswind Aileron Longitudinal Axis Rudder 52

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.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Aerotime

MAY 14, 2024

Squadron leader Asim Jawad, 32, was performing aileron rolls at low altitude when the fuselage of the Yakovlev Yak-130 he was flying scraped along the tarmac. An aileron roll is an aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft does a full 360-degree revolution about its longitudinal axis.

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Longitudinal Axis Aileron Tarmac Jet 284

Flight Training Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The bank angle should be reduced gradually with coordinated aileron and rudder input. The pilot should roll the airplane into a medium-banked turn with coordinated aileron and rudder input. Enter the rectangular course maneuvers on a 45 degree angle to the downwind leg.

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Groundspeed Crosswind Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 26, 2024

I disassembled one top wing panel and one bottom wing panel so we could compare the existing ribs, spars, and other parts to the blueprints – other than the ailerons, they were found to be identical, so I had a full set of new spars constructed.

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Airplanes Aileron Tail Pilot 105

Inspire

JANUARY 9, 2020

The mechanics working on the restoration of EAA’s classic Travel Air found something truly incredible when they uncovered its wings: inscriptions on the original ailerons that date back to the Travel Air factory in 1929. The post Original Builder Inscriptions Found on EAA Travel Air first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Aileron Hangar 40

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 21, 2024

For example, I’m told that 115 hp Citabrias can spin from abrupt aileron inputs at the stall. Going back to when I was a student pilot, my highly regarded instructor taught me to pick up a low wing in a stall with the opposite rudder because some of the old planes (1940s era) could spin with aileron input in a stall.

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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Pilot 78

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

We correct for the overbanking tendency with aileron opposite the turn. The aileron on the right wing deflects down, increasing the camber and creating more lift. The left wing’s aileron deflects up, decreasing lift. Keep the overbanking tendency in check with aileron opposite the turn.

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Rudder Lift Aileron Drag 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. Hand flying the circuit, I blasted through the shear with ease, but the big wings made it even more noticeable in rolling motions and aileron slop. Taking off in violent winds was a task.

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Crosswind Weather Aileron Knot 105

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

A pilot might have to use more aileron inputs, especially if it’s bumpy and the aircraft is getting moved around. When aileron input is added to counteract this, just remember that adverse yaw is in play, so some slight rudder will be needed. However, it’s not nearly as pronounced as on takeoff. Just something to be aware of!

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

Despite the early invention of the aileron, wing warping continued to be used, even on some fighters, as late as 1916. The function of an aileron, or any hinged trailing-edge surface, is commonly explained in ground school by simple analogy to, say, a door opened on a windy day. It affects the entire area ahead of the aileron as well.

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Aileron Airfoil Weight-Shift-Control Airplanes 108

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

At this time, it should be gently lowered.Maintain directional control and crosswind correction with appropriate rudder aileron input. Maintain back pressure on the yoke to keep the nosewheel off the ground until it can no longer aerodynamically be held off of the field surface.

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Approach Ground Effect Final Approach Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

I then checked all the controls, elevator up and down, ailerons right and left, rudder right and left. I added some power, leveled off, and dusted off my clothes and hair. Turning back to Lawson, I looked around the cockpit and checked the instruments for anything out of order. Maybe it was just my adrenaline.

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Descent Runway Lift Cockpit 83

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. On checking the hydraulic fluid pressure and quantity gauges, he noticed that they all read zero.

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Runway Airline Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines 301

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As you sit in your window seat and look out the window, have you ever wondered what the different parts of the wings do and why they sometimes lift, bend down, protrude, and retract at various phases of the flight?

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Lift Aileron 105

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Use the rudder to keep the aircraft in line with the runway and apply aileron into the wind. You will need more aileron input as you slow down as the controls become less effective. Not Applying Crosswind Controls Directional control becomes difficult when proper technique isn’t applied during crosswind conditions.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Fear of Landing

MARCH 1, 2024

The fuselage was crushed and the wings only partially attached to the fuselage, with damage to the ailerons and flaps. Regardless, the aircraft entered a dangerous descent at 8,000 feet per minute. The Cessna 172S crashed into the ground, destroying the cockpit. There was no sign of any issues with the engine before it crumpled.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Pilot 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 2, 2024

Maybe I’ll start with just one piece, say an aileron, just to check things out. I have a three-car garage, time on my hands, and already many of the tools I would need. More tools? Not be a problem, always happy to have new tools. Apparently pilot fantasy life doesn’t die easily.

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General Aviation Weather Pilot Cockpit 79

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

He reported back that both ailerons were in the full-up position. The plane kept wanting to roll right, so I hard to start the jet and get it up to 100% on that side to keep it from rolling over. I asked our co-pilot who was a nervous newer guy to go back and see how bad the damage was.

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Cockpit Cargo Airplanes Pilot 109

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

Pointing my thumb into the wind to get my ailerons around I counted one…two…three, and still, no upwind main touching down. My left hand follows which means instead of full deflection on the ailerons, I’m now aileron neutral. Not so perfect… my downwind wheel touched down on the runway first.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 72

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Among the aircraft’s unique features are working flare tubes, an original gunsight, a period-correct radio, fabric-covered ailerons, and a complete set of.303 However, for reliability, it currently flies with a more modern Merlin 35 engine, while the original is kept as a spare.

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Aileron Pilot 111

Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Keep the ailerons into the wind. You don’t always need to apply ideal brake pressure, though. Use just enough braking as necessary. It’s even possible to slow down without braking at all if the runway is long enough. If a crosswind catches the underside of the wing, it could cause a tip strike or even flip the aircraft upside down.

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

AV Web

JULY 23, 2024

According to the manufacturer, “The introduction of our high-performance aileron package delivers superior roll authority. Extra said the 330SX model is much easier to fly— allowing pilots to achieve higher scores in aerobatic competitions.

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Aileron Clearance Cockpit Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

All of the control surfaces, the ailerons, elevators, and rudders from the Liberty Belle have all been repaired and are now recovered through silver. DB: “And we have the horizontals from Liberty Belle. One of those has been repaired, and the other one is in process now. So, we’ll use the original horizontals.

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Tail Airplanes Cockpit Firewall 126

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Clipped wings, four ailerons, big engine, skinny wheels and wheel pants, with similar markings to the Boeing P12, this example is more fantasy than war-time accuracy. It also had 50 caliber machine guns below each wing, and a “bomb” between the mains.

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Tail Aileron Airplanes Transponder 107

Air Facts

JUNE 21, 2024

I don’t think he knew what the ailerons or rudder did. The way I could tell he didn’t know what they did is that he could only land if the wind was dead calm, when you don’t really need ailerons or rudder—though an elevator comes in handy, not he knew what an elevator was. I finally thought (thought!)

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Rudder Crosswind Knot Aileron 76

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

To fight this overbanking tendency, add light aileron pressure in the opposite direction. Not Maintaining Heading Once you’ve practiced slow flight a few times, you’ll realize just how ineffective the ailerons are. You’ll have to manage adverse yaw due to the ailerons and left yawing from the high power setting.

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Lift Rudder Drag AGL 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Additional equipment includes electric pitch trim, rudder trim, Flightcom six-place intercom, cabin ventilation fan, auxiliary power receptacle, and aileron gap seals.

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Aileron Transponder Rudder Stability 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Hearing no other traffic in the area, Wilkins opted for a relatively straight-in approach to Runway 22, once again dancing on the rudder pedals and wrestling the ailerons as the gusty winds threatened to shove us off the pavement.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Approach 53

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Courtesy: Patrick Chovanec] The silver knobs on the left control throttle, fuel mixture, and aileron trim. The feature was absolutely essential when a student or instructor needed to quickly bail out wearing heavy parachutes.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Upgraded wheel pants, flap and aileron seals, vortex generators, and a 3-bladed prop have been added. Once an aircraft is certified by the FAA, the factory charts, like the climb chart above, are set in stone. Over the past four decades, our aircraft had several (legal) modifications done by previous owners.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 17, 2024

The rounded leading edge was correctly fitted but the ailerons were not modified and remained the ones of the C.200. To proceed with their reconstruction, a left-half wing of a C.200 200 was recovered at the AerMacchi factory which was used as a pattern for the reconstruction of the right wing.

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Torque Pilot Aileron Tail 133

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The ailerons, elevators, and rudder featured fabric covering stretched over lightweight aluminum frames. However, the Spartan’s belly flap was controlled separately from the wing flaps. The sturdy main landing gear retracted quickly into the forward wing roots, similar to the ubiquitous AT-6 Texan basic trainer.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 76