Flight Training Central
MAY 7, 2024
As much as it seems sometimes that airplanes fly by magic, it’s important for every pilot to understand at least the basic fundamentals of aerodynamics. The term 'angle of attack' is defined as the angle between the airplane's longitudinal axis and that of the air striking the airfoil. When at high airspeeds.
Air
MARCH 10, 2025
Dutch roll is a coupled, oscillatory motion in an aircraft, combining both yaw (movement around the vertical axis) and roll (rotation around the longitudinal axis). What exactly is Dutch roll, and how does it manifest? It’s triggered by a disruption , like a gust of wind, impacting the aircraft’s stability.
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Flight Training Central
MAY 25, 2024
The 210 is a very heavy airplane in pitch and roll, and you have to be serious about leveling the wings or reducing pitch. Learning to fly a tailwheel airplane is all about takeoffs and landings, since airplanes pretty much fly the same once they’re airborne. A different kind of tailwheel checkout.
Northstar VFR
JULY 7, 2023
The FAA defines this as, “The speed at which the pilot makes a control input, with the intention of lifting the airplane out of contact with the runway or water surface.” This when the plane begins to rotate along its longitudinal axis. Vr: Rotation This is undoubtedly the very first speed every aspiring pilot learns.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Or how do modern airplanes reduce dangerous effects like aileron flutter or adverse yaw? Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis. Since theyre located on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis, both ailerons need to move in the opposite directions to complement each others motion.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
Application of Newton’s Third Law in Aviation When we talk about airplanes, we focus primarily on two forces: Lift (how the aircraft stays aloft). So, an airplane with a propeller or jet doesnt need to push on stationary air molecules in the atmosphere; it simply grabs and throws whichever air molecules are available backward.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 5, 2024
Landing an airplane is not easy, even for experienced pilots. Touching down with the aircraft’s longitudinal axis aligned with the runway. We use the rudder to align the aircraft’s longitudinal axis with the centerline. Use the rudder to align the aircraft’s longitudinal axis with the runway centerline.
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