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Quiz: Cold Weather Operations

Flight Training Central

Frequent inspections should be made of aircraft exhaust manifold-type heating systems to minimize the possibility of: exhaust gases leaking into the cockpit. Frost will change the camber of the wing, increasing its lifting capability. When supercooled rain drops fall onto a freezing collecting surface.

Weather 105
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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. The asymmetry between the top and bottom surface of the wing is called wing camber. The downward movement of the aileron increases the asymmetry and, therefore, the camber while raising the aileron reduces the wing camber.

Aileron 90