Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Your aircraft will fly at a faster true airspeed at higher density altitudes. This gives you a safe buffer on the stall speed and plenty of time to stabilize. In this region of reversed command, use power to control altitude and pitch to control airspeed. With a short field landing, we aim to be at 1.3

Weight-Shift-Control 52

Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Approach 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed.

True Airspeed 87

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 87

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. I did my first aileron roll in an RV-4. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed.

True Airspeed 85

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 85