Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Wing Control: Flaps, slats, and ailerons change the chord line, impacting lift and control. There are many styles of the wing, including: Straight wings Swept wings Delta Wings Elliptical wings Tapered Straight Wing These wings all generate lift. This area is called the center of the lift. Heres a quick recap.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 24, 2025

Once the airplane has reached a point where it nearly stalls or loses lift, youll initiate a pivot or turn. Control Surface Effectiveness Control surfaces such as the aileron, elevator, and rudder require airflow over the surface to change the aircrafts roll, pitch, and yaw, respectively. The stall turn consists of three main parts.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 5, 2025

The FG-1D Corsair is lifted into position back in 1971. Photo by Jerry O’Neill She was lifted off the pole in July 2008 and brought to the CASCs restoration shop. “We were able to trade the oil coolers and exhausts to Chuck Whal for non-airworthy parts and ailerons.” It would remain there for the next 37 years.

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Northstar VFR

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Just remember the acronym PARE: Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite of the spin, and Elevator forward. The nose pitches up, sometimes aggressively because of how the airplane was trimmed on final approach and all your flaps are generally still down (lots of lift there). So how do you recover from a spin? What happens next?

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AV Web

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A pair of aerodynamic researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a raptor-inspired drone that uses its tail feathers to control bank, rather than wingtip feathers mimicked by ailerons on airplanes.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

After a few seconds, Ill lift the tail and then add full power. The airplane is incredibly sensitive, thanks to sweeping, full-span ailerons and an unnaturally tall stick that exaggerates any and all inputs. Before rolling out on the runway, I confirmed my plan with Waghorn based on our ground school session earlier in the day.

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AV Web

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A lap belt secured to the control wheel can serve as a substitute for external aileron and elevator locks. Also, lift fences that serve as spoilers can keep an airplane from trying to “fly” while tied down. AOPA suggests considering deflating tires or digging holes to keep the wheels more firmly in place.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The lift and drag imbalance between the left and right ailerons creates adverse yaw. Adverse yaw is an undesirable side effect of lift production, resulting in an uncoordinated, slipping turn. The changes in aerodynamic forces that occur during aileron deflection cause adverse yaw. What is Adverse Yaw?

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Principles of Flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag Flying a plane for the first time requires a basic understanding of the forces that make flight possible. Lift is generated by the wings, counteracting the force of weight, which pulls the plane down. Ready to experience the skies with us?

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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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Northstar VFR

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If ailerons affect the longitudinal axis of the plane, then how do they turn the plane? Ailerons control the roll of the plane by turning around its longitudinal axis. Ailerons (“little wings” in French) are like smaller wings attached to the trailing edges of the main wings.

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Longitudinal Axis Pitot Tube Checkride Pilot 59

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Wing Control: Flaps, slats, and ailerons change the chord line, impacting lift and control. There are many styles of the wing, including: Straight wings Swept wings Delta Wings Elliptical wings Tapered Straight Wing These wings all generate lift. This area is called the center of the lift. Heres a quick recap.

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Center of Gravity Camber Lift Airfoil 59

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In maintaining a properly coordinated steep turn, the pilot must use the opposite aileron to maintain bank. A smaller bank angle will result in more lift, while an increased bank angle will reduce the lift. As an aircraft banks, lift is divided into horizontal and vertical components.

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Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Generate Lift With Airplane Wings One of the most valuable airplane parts that connect to the fuselage is the wings. The wings work with other sections of an aircraft to increase lift and adjust stalling speed. For example, if the right aileron rises and the left aileron goes down, the aircraft will change directions.

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Flight Training Central

MARCH 29, 2024

Aileron down on the upwind wing Aileron up on the upwind wing Aileron up on the downwind wing Correct! What is likely to occur if you lift off the runway before reaching rotation speed due to ground effect? What is the difference between a normal landing and a crosswind landing?

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The outer wing generates more lift than the inner wing since it’s temporarily moving faster. Extra lift makes the wing rise. Increased lift on the raised wing immediately creates more induced drag. Placing the center of gravity ahead of the aircraft’s center of lift improves longitudinal stability. What’s induced drag?

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

The higher speed creates extra lift, causing the airplane to bank further into the turn. 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.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Aerodynamic Differences Fixed-Wing Aircraft (Airplanes) Airplanes , or fixed-wing aircraft, generate lift through their stationary wings as they move forward. This pressure difference produces lift, allowing the aircraft to ascend. Each rotor blade acts as an airfoil, and as it rotates, it moves air over its surface, generating lift.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

” It’s still configured as a cropduster, with gauges in the center section, a hopper, pump, and booms, with flat-bottom high lift wings, a metal covered fuselage and the most distinct looking “stearman” tail you’d ever find. Based in Galesburg is a 600-hp Stearman, affectionately known as “The Beast.”

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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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Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

As air flows over it, a force like lift results, and the tail is pulled in the opposite direction of the deflection. But instead of an upward force of lift on a wing, it’s a horizontal force pushing the tail of the plane causing the nose of the plane to move left and right. Why is this? This is called adverse yaw.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

With one hand I lifted the back high enough to pull the stick back far enough to stop my dive. I lifted the seat back into place and saw there was a latch to hold it. I then checked all the controls, elevator up and down, ailerons right and left, rudder right and left. Maybe it was just my adrenaline.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Lift : The aerodynamic force generated due to airflow over the wings. The aircraft’s deceleration reduces the airflow over the wings, which reduces lift. When the lift force is less than the force of gravity, the aircraft descends. So, how do we increase lift to maintain altitude? The gear adds lots of drag but zero lift.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

I’ve seen a single person lift a Tiger Moth by the tail to take it out of its hangar. Courtesy: Patrick Chovanec] The silver knobs on the left control throttle, fuel mixture, and aileron trim. The Tiger Moth was powered by a de Havilland Gypsy air-cooled, 4-cylinder in-line engine which produced 120-130 hp, depending on the version.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

This is not the same as a simple stall, which is recoverable by just lifting the nose. Other causes include: Uncoordinated turns : This happens when the rudder and aileron are not properly aligned during a turn. Training focuses on recognizing when aileron input can cause further instability.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The J-4, also known as a Cub Coupe, had been dropped off in Kennett for annual in 2008 by its then-owner and ended up becoming a permanent resident when Hurricane Ike stretched inland all the way to the Missouri Bootheel, lifting it from the ground and depositing it on top of the FBO’s maintenance hangar.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And ice doesn’t just make things slippery, it messes with the airflow over the wings, cuts down on lift, and ramps up drag. This leads to a serious loss of lift and an increase in drag. This roughness adds to friction drag, which can reduce lift and increase drag by as much as 50% on a wing’s leading edge and upper surface.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

This creates boundary layer separation, resulting in a loss of lift. The lack of airflow over the ailerons results in a loss of control authority and mushy and ineffective controls. Be careful because retracting the flaps causes the center of the lift to move forward. What Is a Power-on Stall? You’ve got this.

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Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Reducing lift puts more weight on the wheels. 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. Make sure not to lock the tires. Some aircraft models suggest retracting the flaps after touchdown.

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AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

More air molecules in engine cylinders allow the engine to produce more power; more air molecules moving across the propellor blades and wings means more efficient thrust and lift. As altitude increases, air molecules spread out, resulting in less power and lift. Will this aircraft perform exactly as the factory charts say it should?

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Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The pilot applied some aileron to compensate for the crosswind and then applied full power. The flaps had been extended for the take-off, in order to increase lift. .” The pilot taxied to the holding point, checked the skies for any approaching aircraft, and lined up on the runway. They were finally good to go.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. 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).

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

After initial tests, the aircraft underwent several modifications, including a wing sweepback to adjust the center of lift and accommodate the defensive armaments. The aircraft also boasted Gouge-patented flaps that increased lift during landing, improving its water performance by 30 percent.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Storo lifted the British fighter into the air for the first time on June 28, 2022, from Tillamook Municipal Airport near his home. Although it is sort of heavy on the ailerons,” Storo said. At that point, you’re simply looking down the runway, and then it lifts off. 19 Squadron.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The ailerons feature a small flow-control trailing-edge flap to enhance roll control. Baron told us to lift the nose at 50 knots, which proved correct for a takeoff about 900 feet down the runway. A pitot mast is under the left wing, with yoked static ports on the aft fuselage. An electric stall warning vane is provided.

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