IR.VI.C.S2
SkillApply the appropriate power setting for the flight condition and establish a pitch attitude necessary to obtain the desired performance.
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- Chapter 6, Section II: Airplane Attitude Instrument Flying › Learning Methods › Power Control
Different aircraft demand differing amounts of throttle change to produce specific performance. It is imperative that the pilot make the specific changes on the power instruments and allow the performance to stabilize. Avoid the tendency to overcontrol. One common error ... associated with the precision of the digital readouts. This precision causes pilots to focus too much attention on establishing the exact power setting. Control and power instruments are the foundation for precise attitude instrument flying. The keys to attitude instrument…
- Chapter 8: Helicopter Attitude Instrument Flying › Instrument Flight › Instrument Cross-Check
Instrument Flight To achieve smooth, positive control of the helicopter during instrument flight, three fundamental skills must be developed. They are instrument cross-check, instrument interpretation, and aircraft control. Instrument Cross-Check Cross-checking, sometimes referred to as scanning ... continuous and logical observation of instruments for attitude and performance information. In attitude instrument flying, an attitude is maintained by reference to the instruments, which produces the desired result in performance. Due to human error, instrument error, and helicopter performance…
- Chapter 6, Section I: Airplane Attitude Instrument Flying › Attitude Indicator › Power Control
acceptance of its indication should be considered with other instruments that indicate turn information. These include the already mentioned attitude and heading indicators, as well as the turn-and-slip indicator and turn coordinator. Turn Coordinator/Turn-and-Slip Indicator Both of these ... turn-and-slip indicator provides only turn rate. Figure 6-12. Turn coordinator and turn-and-slip indicator. Power Control A power change to adjust airspeed may cause movement around some or all of the aircraft axes. The amount…
- Chapter 6, Section I: Airplane Attitude Instrument Flying › Learning Methods › Aircraft Control During Instrument Flight
Trim (fine tune the control forces) until control pressures are neutralized. Trimming for hands-off flight is essential for smooth, precise aircraft control. Figure 6-2. Performance instruments. Figure 6-3. Navigation instruments. It allows a pilot to attend ... other flight deck duties with minimum deviation from the desired attitude. 3. Cross-check the performance instruments to determine if the established attitude or power setting is providing the desired performance. The cross-check involves both seeing and interpreting…
- Chapter 6, Section I: Airplane Attitude Instrument Flying › Fundamental Skills › Instrument Cross-Check
that should be held at a constant indication. The remaining instruments should help maintain the important instruments at the desired indications, which is also true in using the emergency panel. Cross-checking is mandatory in instrument flying. In visual flight ... level attitude can be maintained by outside references. However, even then the altimeter must be checked to determine if altitude is being maintained. Due to human error, instrument error, and airplane performance differences in various atmospheric and loading conditions…
- Chapter 8: Helicopter Attitude Instrument Flying › Turn Indicator › Power Control During Straight-and-Level Flight
airspeed is changing, adjust the pitch attitude to maintain a constant altitude. A constant heading should be maintained throughout the change. As the desired airspeed is approached, adjust power to the new cruising power setting and further adjust pitch attitude ... maintain altitude. The instrument indications for straight-and-level flight at normal cruise and during the transition from normal cruise to slow cruise are illustrated in Figures 8-9 and 8-10. After the airspeed stabilizes at slow cruise…