Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Aircraft Weight and Limitations An aircraft’s weight affects inertia and stopping distance. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights. Smaller aircraft may only have short field landing distances for maximum gross weight. Power controls the rate of descent, and pitch controls airspeed.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Density Altitude 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

This is often the clean configuration at max gross weight. To fight this overbanking tendency, add light aileron pressure in the opposite direction. Climbs and Descents During Slow Flight It’s counterintuitive, but pitching up will not result in a climb during slow flight. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead.

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Lift Rudder Drag Checkride 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

But I have maintained 5000 feet at 6000 pounds gross weight,” notes Ross. The wing’s dead-smooth surface plus the tight-fitting aileron and flap brackets plus aileron gap seals give the build a professional factory look (left). Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 80

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Maximum Gross Weight: 1,587 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 959 lbs. The ailerons feature a small flow-control trailing-edge flap to enhance roll control. Resuming a powered descent to enter the pattern, the aux fuel pump goes on and flaps are deployed to 15 degrees, and the aircraft trimmed to 75 knots for the approach.

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Knot Rudder Airplanes Gross Weight 98