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  • Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Boundary Layer Separation › Sweepback

    In addition to the delay of the onset of compressibility effects, sweepback…

  • Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Boundary Layer Separation › Shock Waves

    A considerable increase in thrust (power) is required to increase flight speed…

  • Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Aircraft Design Characteristics › Lateral Stability (Rolling)

    There are four main design factors that make an aircraft laterally stable…

  • Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Lift/Drag Ratio

    At high AOA, small changes in the AOA cause significant changes in…

  • Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Slow Flight › Maneuvering in Slow Flight

    Practicing this maneuver in other configurations, such as a clean or takeoff…

  • Chapter 5. ICING OPERATIONS › 5-7. CRUISE › d. Awareness

    potentially more hazardous effect in other configurations. Remember that for normal cruise configurations and speeds, both the wing and tailplane are ordinarily at moderate AOA, making wing or tailplane stall unlikely. After configuration changes and in maneuvering flight, wings ... occur at a less extreme angle than on a clean aircraft. e. Autopilot. When the autopilot is engaged, it can mask changes in handling characteristics due to aerodynamic effects of icing that would be detected by the pilot…