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KnowledgeProcedures for changing aircraft configuration.
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- Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Balancing Automated & Manual Flight
most common errors is failing to move to lower levels of automation suitable to a changing environment. 12292 For example, a pilot may track an approach course adequately using manual control inputs. However, the pilot may also need to listen ... with the assignment from ATC. The lower level of automation allows the pilot to program and configure the aircraft for an unexpected change while keeping the flightpath and aircraft state under control. 12295 Pilots may sometimes choose to disengage…
- Glossary › Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
either case, flaps change the lift and drag on the wing. Floor load limit. The maximum weight the floor can sustain per square inch/foot as provided by the manufacturer. Flight configurations. Adjusting the aircraft control surfaces (including flaps and landing ... autopilot, if coupled) follows. Flight level (FL). A measure of altitude (in hundreds of feet) used by aircraft flying above 18,000 feet with the altimeter set at 29.92 "Hg. Flight management system (FMS). Provides pilot and crew with highly…
- Chapter 6: Flight Controls › Flight Control Systems › Trim Tabs
normal trim procedure is to continue trimming until the aircraft is balanced and the nose-heavy condition is no longer apparent. Pilots normally establish the desired power, pitch attitude, and configuration first, and then trim the aircraft to relieve control ... pressures that may exist for that flight condition. As power, pitch attitude, or configuration changes, retrimming is necessary to relieve the control pressures for the new flight condition. Figure 6-20. The movement of the elevator is opposite…
- Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Climb Performance Factors › Range Performance
part of the cruise control procedure to maintain the L/DMAX. When the aircraft’s fuel weight is a small part of the gross weight and the aircraft’s range is small, the cruise control procedure can be simplified to essentially ... cruise flight. However, a long-range aircraft has a fuel weight that is a considerable part of the gross weight, and cruise control procedures must employ scheduled airspeed and power changes to maintain optimum range conditions. The effect of altitude…