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Vertical Aerospace performs piloted thrustborne flight test in full-scale eVTOL

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UK-based electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has become only the second company in the world to perform a piloted thrustborne flight test in a full-scale vectored thrust aircraft. This enables the Vertical Aerospace team to assess how the VX4 behaves under real-world flight conditions.

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Understanding Left-Turning Tendencies in Airplanes

Northstar VFR

Left-turning tendencies are primarily caused by four aerodynamic effects:torque, spiraling slipstream, gyroscopic precession, and P-factor (asymmetric thrust).Each As the propeller spins, it creates a spiral pattern of airflow that wraps around the fuselage and strikes the left side of the vertical stabilizer (rudder). The result?

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know:   Part two   

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Flaps, which help to lower an aircrafts speed while providing additional lift at those lower airspeeds, are lowered in stages, as adding too much flaps at once can upset the aerodynamics and thus stability of the aircraft. At this point, the use of the aircraft’s flaps becomes critical.

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Mastering Stalls: How to Recognize, Prevent, and Recover Safely

Flight Training Central

When the airplane is stabilized in the approach attitude and speed, begin to smoothly and slowly bring the nose up to an attitude which will cause a stall. If the bank increases, the loss of vertical lift component tends to lower the nose. As the airspeed slows into the white arc, extend the wing flaps.

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Flying a Small Plane: Key Insights for Beginners

Pilot's Life Blog

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lift is generated by the wings as air flows over them, counteracting weight, which pulls the plane downward due to gravity.

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Bomber Aircraft: Avro Vulcan [ADAM FINISHED]

Vintage Aviation News

2 with larger Wings for better lift and stability, a strengthened undercarriage for better support while carrying heavier payloads, updated avionics, which handled increasing demand for electronic combat and navigation and electronic countermeasures which improved survivability against radar and missile systems. meters Length 32.13

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High Wing or Low Wing – Which Trainer Should I Choose?

Flight Training Central

This meant the airplane, if were to carry anything, had to be built from very light materials incapable of providing support for a wing long enough to generate the needed lift. The bi-wing design allows two shorter wings to be braced against one another with a series of struts and wires providing the strength and lifting surface required.

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