Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

His system would provide an aircraft with automatic stability and control mechanism, through the control of the ailerons, stabilizer, and tail rudder through the use of a set of simple gyroscopes. Sperrys innovation was presented at the competition installed in a Curtiss C-2 single-engine airplane with a hull-shaped lower fuselage.

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Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 154

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

If you have water access near your aircraft, you can also keep a bucket and soft sponge for cleaning leading edges of the wings, tail, and propeller. Keep the windscreen free of dirt and bugs with a windscreen cleaner and mi crofiber cloth or soft towel. A cover or window shades will also protect the interior from fading or deteriorating.

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Pitot Tube Weather Airplanes Pilot 89

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. It can also disrupt sensors needed for flight safety, like the pitot tubes. If ice blocks a pitot tube, your aircraft’s instruments will provide inaccurate airspeed readings. Together, they form a dangerous combination.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

How To Deal with Ice Onboard de-icing systems generally consist of: De-icing boots located on the leading edges of the wings and tail. Heated pitot tubes and static ports. Thermal anti-ice heaters for the wing and tail leading edge. Electrically heated propellers. Heated windshields.

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Weather Pitot Tube OAT Tail 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Flying against Captain Tom Curtis, the two “Sixes” engaged in a “vertical rolling scissors” maneuver at 38,000 feet (11,600 meters), trying to get behind the other’s tail. Foust would describe the incident thusly: “The aircraft looked like the pitot tube was stationary with the aircraft rotating around it.

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Pitot Tube Ground Effect Drag Pilot 59