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The Six Pack: Basic Flight Instruments

Pilot Institute

The aircraft is in coordinated flight when the rudder input prevents the aircraft from slipping or skidding in a turn (similar to a car) or when its tailplane is aligned with its flight path during straight flight. This ball is located in a tube filled with fluid and can move freely to the right and left. vertical speed), and airspeed.

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Getting Back in the Air

Plane and Pilot

The 172 has a steerable nosewheel, much heavier than the rudders on my RV-9A with a castering nosewheel. Repairs included replacing the pitot tube/angle-of-attack sensor and the outside air temperature probe. Not really a problem, as the CFI and I had a great chat for an hour about things aeronautical.