Cranky Flier

APRIL 8, 2024

Oh and that one rudder issue on the MAX? Opening a new station is not a heavy lift for United, and it is highly unlikely that this will somehow refocus the company. While I haven’t seen it confirmed, I’ve seen it suggested this could have happened from a bird strike on takeoff.

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Rudder Lift Tail Runway 130

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

With one hand I lifted the back high enough to pull the stick back far enough to stop my dive. I lifted the seat back into place and saw there was a latch to hold it. I then checked all the controls, elevator up and down, ailerons right and left, rudder right and left. Maybe it was just my adrenaline.

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Descent Lift Runway Cockpit 87

Jetwhine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If I’m lucky, like I was last week, it is a Cessna 172 from the Fox Valley Tech program out practicing maneuvers and other essential stick and rudder skills. On this day the lesson was clearly stalls and slow flight.

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Rudder Lift Jet Pilot 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 19, 2024

Photo by Joel Edwards] When A&T commenced the recovery, divers placed inflatable lift bags at strategic points on the two sections to raise them to just below the surface, thus preventing damage during the twelve hours it took to tow the wreckage to the local marina. We had to do some welding on that. They were also in good shape.

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Tail Firewall Approach Flight Deck 119

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A smaller bank angle will result in more lift, while an increased bank angle will reduce the lift. As an aircraft banks, lift is divided into horizontal and vertical components. The horizontal component of lift causes the aircraft to turn. Combining both components of lift, the total lift required increases.

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Lift Aileron Drag Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

We tried lifting the rear of the floats to increase the buoyancy offered by the larger front float chambers. Quickly dropping the water rudders, I reduced the throttle to idle, giddy with the release from our muddy prison. Calling for Chris to join me, we tried to simply push the airplane off the mud bank into deeper water.

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Airplanes Tail Torque Pilot 79

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

We tried lifting the rear of the floats to increase the buoyancy offered by the larger front float chambers. Quickly dropping the water rudders, I reduced the throttle to idle, giddy with the release from our muddy prison. Calling for Chris to join me, we tried to simply push the airplane off the mud bank into deeper water.

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Airplanes Tail Torque Pilot 77

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Common mistakes include neglecting clearing turns, delaying stall recovery, and misusing the rudder. Lift : The aerodynamic force generated due to airflow over the wings. The aircraft’s deceleration reduces the airflow over the wings, which reduces lift. So, how do we increase lift to maintain altitude?

Lift 52

Lift Rudder Drag AGL 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

The Cessna 180’s conventional landing gear and squared-off “straight” vertical fin and rudder give it a distinctive vintage silhouette that many pilots find attractive. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s Top Pick is a 1955 Cessna 180 Skywagon.

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Lift Transponder Rudder Pilot 105

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Adapted from a surplus Nieuport 23 fighter fuselage and configured as a triplane, the helicopter featured two main rotors primarily responsible for lift. Forward flight was stabilized by a conventional rudder and elevator arrangement. A 220 horsepower radial engine provided power. A rotor on the tail controlled pitch.

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Airplanes Tail Cockpit Rudder 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

READ MORE: Cirrus Adds Second Vision Jet Simulator In this scenario, the options are a 180-degree turn using only rudder to avoid overbanking—common when you lose the outside horizon reference—to get back to VFR conditions or contacting ATC to ask where the nearest VFR is. You may even put the learner in and out of the clouds.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Reducing lift puts more weight on the wheels. Use the rudder to keep the aircraft in line with the runway and apply aileron into the wind. These stick and rudder skills will help you with crosswind landings. Make sure not to lock the tires. Use elevator back pressure for aerodynamic braking and to keep weight off the nosewheel.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I watched the stick flutter to and fro in sync with the rudder pedals as Wilkins fought to maintain the centerline, all the while pushing in the throttle. The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Approach 72

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

To get the extra lift required for the turns, I had to dive to get extra airspeed so that the plane could turn at that same AOA. I think that currently, the most improvable aspects of general aviation safety likely will include improving basic flying skills including rudder usage and stall and slow flight well beyond ACS standards.

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Runway 73

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

You’re at a high pitch attitude and are counteracting the left-turning tendencies with rudder. When you bank, with all other factors constant, the total lift doesn’t change. However, the direction in which the lift acts does. The lift splits into a horizontal and vertical component.

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AGL Runway Descent Lift 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 2, 2024

Icing Icing on the aerofoil disrupts the smooth airflow over the wings that produce lift. This decrease in lift has the potential to cause the aircraft to stall. Use rudder to check balance. An aircraft can enter an unusual attitude if not acted upon in a quick manner. This may lead to an unusual attitude.

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Altimeter Descent Turbulence Lift 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

For example, a Cessna 150 pilot lost control of the airplane after touchdown and probably totaled the airplane: “The pilot reported that, during the landing roll, a gust of wind lifted the right wing of the airplane. The pilot advanced the throttle and the airplane lifted off the runway surface again.

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Knot Runway Airplanes Pilot 86

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

There were some patches of moderate lift and sink as would be expected on a normal summer soaring day. Sometimes you fly through virga and you can even find yourself in lift. I immediately pushed in the spoilers, hit hard right rudder, and hard right stick. The next few miles towards the airfield show nothing unusual.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52