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Dutch Roll: A Pilot’s Balancing Act

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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). The leading wing experiences increased lift , causing a roll in the opposite direction. This initial yaw shifts one wing ahead of the other.

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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

Key Takeaways Ailerons control the aircrafts roll by adjusting lift on each wing. 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.

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Mastering Crosswind Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

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. We call this de-crabbing.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

According to the Aviation Safety Database, the aircraft touched down with a recorded vertical acceleration of 2.47g with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft not aligned with the runway track. Inflight icing was heavily suspected as the cause of the accident, causing a loss of lift and a stall-induced spin.

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