Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › IX. Performance and Ground Reference Maneuvers › Task A. Steep Turns

AI.IX.A.K3b

Knowledge

Aerodynamics associated with steep turns, including:

Overbanking tendencies

Study note

Get a short, cited explanation of this element written from the FAA handbooks: the core idea, the numbers that matter, common test traps, and a quick self-check.

From the FAA library

Airplane Flying Handbook p. 3-14
Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Level Turns › Turn Radius
faster airspeed than the inside wing and, as a result, it develops more lift. This creates an overbanking tendency that needs to be controlled by the use of opposite aileron when the desired bank angle is reached. [Figure…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 10-1
Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Steep Turns
first demonstrated and performed, the pilot will be exposed to: 1. Higher G-forces 2. The airplane’s inherent overbanking tendency 3. Significant loss of the vertical component of lift when the wings are steeply banked 4. Substantial pitch control…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 3-20
Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Climbs and Climbing Turns › Climbing Turns
during level constant-altitude turns affect the airplane during climbing turns. Compensation for the inherent stability of the airplane, overbanking tendencies, adverse yaw, propeller effects, reduction of the vertical component of lift, and increased drag needs to be managed…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 3-14
Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Level Turns › Establishing a Turn
causes a slight slip during steep turns that should be corrected by use of the rudder. Figure 3-15. Overbanking tendency. Establishing a Turn On most light single-engine airplanes, the top surface of the engine cowling is fairly flat…