Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Most commercial and general aviation aircraft are designed to be dynamically stable. The Dutch roll generally only lasts for a few oscillations and dies out fairly quickly. To correct a Dutch roll, pilots should apply opposite rudder to the yaw direction to help dampen the motion. Is Dutch Roll Dangerous?

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

It’s as close to “evasive action” as you can get while flying a general aviation aircraft. In maintaining a properly coordinated steep turn, the pilot must use the opposite aileron to maintain bank. You may need to apply the opposite aileron to counter the overbanking tendency.

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Lift Aileron Drag Pilot 52

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. Having researched the topic professionally, the real question for general aviation is not whether the approach should be stable, but how long the approach should be stable?

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 59

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. In most general aviation aircraft, we tend to initiate the flare at 10 feet. Make sure to brief which way the aircraft will yaw, and which rudder you will use to counteract it.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

With the introduction of the Cirrus SR22T in 2010, general aviation had a truly modern, high-flying, personal airplane that could fly at over 200 mph and make reliable long-distance travel a reality for the single-engine piston set. The ailerons, elevators, and rudder featured fabric covering stretched over lightweight aluminum frames.

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Rudder Stability Airplanes Aileron 61

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With me in Warrior 481 were my friend Mark, who joined me for the last excursion to ORA and also sought closure from the aborted airshow, and Noah, a new student pilot with the Williamson Flying Club making his first cross country trip by general aviation aircraft. He was joined by two friends. 1917 Curtiss JN-4H "Jenny" (original).

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Aileron 58

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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). 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 59

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

General aviation is driven by myriad forces. Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. Then theres the sales and marketing footprint.

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Rudder Airplanes Aileron Crosswind 83

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

said the company is the world’s largest privately owned aircraft manufacturer and was the number 1 seller of single-engine piston planes in the first quarter of 2024, according to the General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA) figures. The ailerons feature a small flow-control trailing-edge flap to enhance roll control.

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Knot Rudder Airplanes Gross Weight 72