Aileron General Aviation Rudder 
Flight Training Central
MARCH 3, 2025
Depending on design, airfoils used in general aviation, stall at angles of attack between 16 to 18 degrees. Recovery is made by lowering the nose, simultaneously applying full power while maintaining directional control with coordinated use of aileron and rudder. The recovery procedure is the same as for all stalls.
Plane and Pilot
JANUARY 12, 2025
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
At first glance, ailerons look like ordinary hinged panels on the wings, but don’t be fooledthey’re important for keeping an aircraft both stable and maneuverable. But theres much more to ailerons than just rolling left or right. Or how do modern airplanes reduce dangerous effects like aileron flutter or adverse yaw?
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 21, 2024
Stalls are feared in general aviation for being a significant factor in a large proportion of accidents. 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.
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?
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.
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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