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Understanding Left-Turning Tendencies in Airplanes

Northstar VFR

One of the fundamental aerodynamic concepts in aviation isleft-turning tendenciesthe natural forces that cause an airplane to yaw or roll left, particularly in a single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft. Torque is most noticeable when power is applied suddenly for example, during takeoff. Lets take a quick look at all four of them: 1.

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Mastering Stalls: How to Recognize, Prevent, and Recover Safely

Flight Training Central

A wing will always stall at the same angle of attack; however, weight, and bank angle, power setting and load factor may change the speed or the pitch attitude at which the airplane stalls. Also, the weight in the airplane must be properly distributed and balanced. The test standards divide stalls into power off and power on.

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Boeing inspects undelivered 787s over incorrectly installed fasteners, FAA aware

Aerotime

Two sources who have spoken to Reuters said that more than 900 fasteners per 787, split between the plane’s mid-fuselage, may have been incorrectly torqued or tightened. We are taking the time necessary to ensure all airplanes meet our delivery standards prior to delivery.” The in-service fleet can continue to safely operate.

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How Tech Made the Rotax a Monster

Plane and Pilot

Any airplane developed since the early 1950s needing around 160 hp was probably penned with this engine in mindor its slightly larger but fundamentally similar O-360. cubic inches of it, to create a tidal wave of torque that permits it to run a paltry 2,700 rpm at the max. The familiar great-gray aero engine uses displacement, all 319.8

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Boeing Checking Fasteners On Undelivered 787 Dreamliners

AV Web

The concern is over fasteners that might have been incorrectly torqued, meaning they could be too loose or too tight. For Boeing’s part, the company said in a statement today, “Our 787 team is checking fasteners in the side-of-body area of some undelivered 787 Dreamliner airplanes to ensure they meet our engineering specifications.

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Overcoming the Five Most Common Landing Errors

Flight Training Central

1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway. This would result in the airplane stalling and dropping hard onto the runway. This climbing during the roundout is known as ballooning.

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What Every Pilot Needs to Know about the Airplane Rudder

Northstar VFR

The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. The yaw of the airplane rotates around its vertical axis. The rudder is a movable flight control which is mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer on the back of the airplane. Where is the rudder? Now we’ve rotated and in the air.

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