Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

More right rudder!!” The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. Yet the rudder is one of the most important and one of the most under-utilized. The rudder’s most important function is controlling the yaw of the aircraft, which moves the nose of the plane left and right.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Aircraft Controls: Primary ControlsAilerons, Elevators, Rudder The three primary flight controls ailerons , elevators, and rudderare essential for piloting an aircraft. Ailerons, located on the wings, control the plane’s roll. The rudder, also on the tail, adjusts yaw, which affects left and right turns.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 30, 2025

Use rudder appropriately to prevent slipping or skidding through turns. Lets take a look at these ground reference maneuvers: 1. Avoid jerky movementseverything should be gradual. Scan for traffic. These maneuvers are usually done in practice areas where other aircraft may be nearby. Fly coordinated.

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Groundspeed AGL Crosswind Rudder 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

You might spot the spoilers popping up from the top of the wing and the ailerons deflecting upwards and downwards on the rear of the wing. One of the first items on before taxi checklists is to set the take-off flaps well before the aircraft approaches the runway. Part two will soon be available on AeroTime.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 269

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sure, the economics put the airplane in the high-value category in the wild world of 2024 aviation, but this approach ignores what it’s like to fly the RV-12. Like most homebuilts and many SLSAs, the RV-12 steers on the ground via differential braking, but the good-sized rudder does contribute if you have a bit of wind.

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Flight controls mean ailerons, elevator, and rudder, of course, but on some airplanes, if the trim is mis-set, the plane might be difficult or impossible to control. In my glass-cockpit airplane, on an instrument approach, there are a number of things to be set and to look out for. But there are variations from plane to plane.

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Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

As we transitioned from Mobile to Pensacola Approach, I was able to grab the weather report at our final destination airport Destin Executive (KDTS). Approach switched me to Tower. Pointing my thumb into the wind to get my ailerons around I counted one…two…three, and still, no upwind main touching down.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The approach for the soft-field landing is similar to the normal approach. The final approach speed for a soft field approach and landing should be the same as is used for a short field technique to minimuze float once you enter ground effect. Execute your soft field approach and landing with these steps: 1.

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Approach Ground Effect Final Approach Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 21, 2024

After a thorough ground briefing, on the first power-on stall flight with a student, after clearing the air, I would have the learner do a stall with too much right rudder, enough that the ball was out one width. The next stall would be performed with no rudder. Not surprisingly, the Cessna 150 would break to the right.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Aileron 86

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. Hmm, OK, how about the LPV approach? It’s curious to me that we pilots shoot LPV approaches, but ATC doesn’t know what they are. We have to ask for GPS approaches.)

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 84

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Although it is sort of heavy on the ailerons,” Storo said. ” Bristol Bulldog at Tillamook Airport After a short time in the air, Storo circled around to approach Tillamook Airport setting up for landing. And the ailerons are almost worthless at that point; they’re not doing a whole lot for you at all.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Taxiing procedures: Moving the aircraft to the runway involves steering with your feet using the rudder pedals. Landing Approach and descent Returning to the airport involves setting up for a stable approach. Ground operations Before takeoff, youll learn how to operate the aircraft on the ground. After all, youre flying.

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Rudder Descent Pilot Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. The afternoon turbulence had subsided a bit, making it easier to maintain a holding pattern over the town of Cabot, located 6 miles from the approach end of Runway 25.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Key Takeaways Start by setting up your approach correctly to ensure you arrive at the threshold perfectly every time. Perfect the approach phase by managing the aircraft’s energy and using references to improve positioning throughout the pattern. Flying the Approach Haphazard approaches are very likely to lead to haphazard landings.

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Common mistakes include neglecting clearing turns, delaying stall recovery, and misusing the rudder. As the aircraft approaches the target airspeed, add power to ensure you don’t slow down past it. As you increase the throttle, anticipate the need to add more right rudder. Use the rudder to stay coordinated.

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Lift Rudder Drag Checkride 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Briefing A pre-landing briefing highlights essential points critical to the approach and landing phase. Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. It also allows you to focus on flying during the last stages of the approach and landing.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

It only takes a 10% increase in approach speed to increase the landing roll by 20%. These obstacles frequently affect the approach and missed approach paths. Plan your approach path carefully to eliminate large pitch and power changes. Full flaps are generally used since they lower approach speed and increase drag.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Density Altitude 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sure, the economics put the airplane in the high-value category in the wild world of 2024 aviation, but this approach ignores what it’s like to fly the RV-12. Like most homebuilts and many SLSAs, the RV-12 steers on the ground via differential braking, but the good-sized rudder does contribute if you have a bit of wind.

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Control Mechanisms Airplane Controls In airplanes, pilots manage flight using three primary controls: the ailerons, elevator, and rudder. Ailerons, located on the wings, control roll by increasing lift on one wing while decreasing it on the other, allowing the aircraft to bank left or right.

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Camera at the Ready We passed from Syracuse, through multiple sectors of Boston Center, and ultimately to Boston Approach once within the boundaries of New Hampshire. The Bear wielded her trusty Nikon like a pro and captured our approach and landing. Same course, same altitude, same frequency handoffs as the week prior.

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By doing so, a recognizable, firm input demonstrates that using all the aileron travel wasn’t the answer—those rudder pedals are not footrests. Fixating on the runway numbers can lead to flying through treetops during the approach. Never rely on students to turn on the carburetor heat—double-check that it was done. Go no lower.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By doing so, a recognizable, firm input demonstrates that using all the aileron travel wasn’t the answer—those rudder pedals are not footrests. Fixating on the runway numbers can lead to flying through treetops during the approach. Never rely on students to turn on the carburetor heat—double-check that it was done. Go no lower.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Aviation Bussiness News

JANUARY 30, 2025

These systems provide the power and precision needed to operate critical components, from landing gear and braking activation to flight control surfaces (ailerons, elevators, and rudder) and flaps. Safety may well be the first word that springs to mind when thinking about hydraulics on aircraft.

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Aileron Rudder Approach Jet 40

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

PARE: Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite, Elevator forward. Ailerons: Neutral. Rudder: Full opposite input to the spin direction. A – Ailerons The second step in the spin recovery procedure is to move the ailerons to the neutral position. What if you apply ailerons in the direction of the spin?

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Center of Gravity Weight-Shift-Control Aileron Rudder 98

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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Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Learn to avoid common mistakes during approach, roundout, touchdown, and rollout. We have two main challenges when performing crosswind landings: Staying aligned with the extended centerline on the approach. Staying Aligned on the Approach Crosswinds try to “push” the aircraft off the approach course.

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Crosswind Longitudinal Axis Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

He replaced the two-cylinder, horizontally opposed Detroit Aero 25hp engine with a three-cylinder Szekely SR-3 45-hp radial engine, and in 1935, he changed out the wooden fuselage frame for a tubular steel one, and removed the pulleys and cables for wing warping and added ailerons to the wings.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

Other causes include: Uncoordinated turns : This happens when the rudder and aileron are not properly aligned during a turn. Once the aircrafts nose is lowered, the next step is to apply opposite rudder to counteract the rotational force. Training focuses on recognizing when aileron input can cause further instability.

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Rudder Aileron Pilot Turbulence 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

So to prevent gear-up landings, a runway duty officer (RDO) sat by the runway with a flare gun and would fire it ahead of any hapless pilot lined up on final approach with the wheels up. Loops, barrel rolls, half cuban eights, spins and simulated dead stick approaches to open fields and low altitude wave-offs were common sights.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Poor Control Feel When the aircraft approaches a stall, the boundary layer separates from the wing. The lack of airflow over the ailerons results in a loss of control authority and mushy and ineffective controls. This requires rudder input to maintain directional control.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. But you can see the change to separate ailerons and flaps is just one part of preparing the F2 to grow into a four-place airplanebuying aerodynamic benefits now to spend later on a heavier, more powerful model. Out back, theres an entirely new tail.

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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

But it was apparent the smallest Grumman flying boat was too small and full of quirks—the cabin door won’t open if the flaps are down, for example—to justify something approaching a direct copy. An elegantly simple rope system inside the fuselage raises and lowers the Gweduck’s water rudder mounted inside the base of the main rudder (right).

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79

Air Facts

JUNE 21, 2024

I taxied the Cessna 172 out, took off, and approached the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River, like in John Denver’s song “Country Roads” except for a lot more propeller noise. I let him have the controls again, my hands approximately one-sixteenth of an inch away away from the yoke, my feet surreptitiously on the rudders.

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Rudder Crosswind Knot Airplanes 75

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The ailerons feature a small flow-control trailing-edge flap to enhance roll control. The jaunty vertical fin and rudder enhance the fuselage lines, fitted with a fixed trim tab and aft position light. Clearing the final approach path, we extended full flaps and stabilized at 70 knots. An electric stall warning vane is provided.

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Knot Rudder Airplanes Gross Weight 96

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Luckily, he and his crew had earlier spotted an unmarked airfield and made an approach for it. The rudder and wingtips have been painted with the Norwegian insignia of the period, and the woodland camouflage pattern applied by the Italians in Milan has been replicated.

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