Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

Torque is most noticeable when power is applied suddenly for example, during takeoff. This force pushes the tail to the right, causing the nose to yaw left. Since most aircraft have clockwise-spinning propellers (as seen from the cockpit), this means a pitch-up change causes a force that yaws the airplane to the left.

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Airplanes Rudder Torque Thrust 52

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Flying in clouds of cold and warm fronts can lead to very small supercooled water droplets which build up as rime ice on the parts of the aircraft exposed to the wind: probes, antennas, and the leading edges of the wings and tail. During the conversation with the controller, there was the sound of a single chime on the cockpit voice recorder.

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Knot Approach Descent Weather 98

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. The rotational force thats needed to move an object about an axis is called torque. The simplest formula for torque is: Torque = F x L L is the distance between the object and the axis of rotation, also called the moment arm.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. Another advantage of the counter-rotating props is the elimination of torque roll.

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Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 78

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Later research made by scholars after the aircraft was placed on display prompted future NASM curator Tom Dietz to inspect the aircraft’s cockpit, where he had found a data plate with the serial number 160756 that had been painted over during the initial restoration, and the link to Rene Darbois was only confirmed through further research in 1995.

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Hangar Torque Ferry Flight Pilot 116

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 3, 2024

91825, 356-6 being hand-cracked by two personnel of the 31st Fighter Group, while a third sits in the cockpit and a fourth man watches on. inches) to counteract the torque from the Monsone engine. Tail of the Smithsonian’s Folgore, featuring the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy. Breda-built C.202 91981 356-8.

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Tail Torque Cockpit Airplanes 119