AI.IX.A.K3a
KnowledgeAerodynamics associated with steep turns, including:
Maintaining coordinated flight
From the FAA library
- Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Chandelle
decreases, right rudder pressure is progressively increased to ensure that the airplane remains in coordinated flight. The pilot maintains coordinated flight by sensing physical slipping or skidding, by glancing at the ball in the turn-and-slip or turn coordinator…
- Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Level Turns
differential lift and the engine/propeller. The rudder does not turn the airplane. The rudder is used to maintain coordinated flight. For purposes of this discussion, turns are divided into three classes: shallow, medium, and steep. ⦁ Shallow turns—bank angle ... slowly levels the wings unless aileron pressure in the desired direction of bank is held by the pilot to maintain the bank angle. ⦁ Medium turns—result from a degree of bank between approximately 20° and 45°. At medium bank angles…
- Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › The Telling-and-Doing Technique › Instructor Tells—Instructor Does
monitor the flight instruments. ⦁ After clearing the airspace around the aircraft, add power slightly, turn the aircraft in the desired direction, and apply a slight amount of back pressure on the yoke to maintain altitude. Maintain coordinated flight by applying…
- Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Fundamentals of Stall Recovery
next step is rolling the wings level followed by the addition of power as needed all while maintaining coordinated flight. If the airplane is not equipped with speedbrakes or spoilers, this step is also skipped. Returning to the desired flightpath ... reduction of AOA until the stall warning is eliminated. The pilot would then roll wings level while maintaining coordinated flight. Since there is no power to add, this step would not apply. Retracting speedbrakes or spoilers would be the next…
- Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Slow Flight › Maneuvering in Slow Flight
coordinated flight. The closer the airplane is to the 1G stall, the greater the amount of right rudder pressure required. Figure 5-7. Slow flight—low airspeed, high angle of attack, high power, and constant altitude. Maneuvering in Slow Flight ... When the desired pitch attitude and airspeed have been established in straight-and-level slow flight, the pilot needs to maintain awareness of outside references and continually cross-check the airplane’s instruments to maintain control. The pilot should note…
- Chapter 6, Section I: Airplane Attitude Instrument Flying › Attitude Indicator › Helicopter Trim
adjusted to maintain a wings-level attitude. • Using balanced power or thrust when possible to aid in maintaining coordinated flight. Changes in attitude, power, or configuration may require trim adjustments. Use of trim alone to establish a change in aircraft ... attitude, as airspeed changes, to maintain desired attitude for the maneuver being executed. The bank must be adjusted to maintain a desired rate of turn, and the pedals must be used to maintain coordinated flight. Trim must be adjusted…