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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 11-16
  Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Takeoff and Landing Performance › Landing Performance

  maximum deceleration. On the other hand, an ordinary landing roll with considerable excess runway may allow extensive use of aerodynamic drag to minimize wear and tear on the tires and brakes. If aerodynamic drag is sufficient to cause deceleration ... early stages of the landing roll (i.e., brakes and tires suffer from continuous hard use, but aircraft aerodynamic drag is free and does not wear out with use). The use of aerodynamic drag is applicable only for deceleration…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 2-5
  Chapter 2: Weight and Balance Theory › Mean Aerodynamic Chord

  appropriate numbers. Weight to be shifted = ∆ CG Total weight Distance weight is shifted The equation is balanced. Mean Aerodynamic Chord The CG point affects the stability of the aircraft. To ensure the aircraft is safe to fly, the CG must ... manufacturer. On some aircraft, the CG is expressed as a percentage of the length of the mean aerodynamic chord (MAC) or “percent MAC.” [Figure 2-14] In order to make such a calculation, the position of the leading edge…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 2-26
  Chapter 3: Helicopter Flight Controls

  Chapter Summary This chapter introduced the basics of aerodynamic fundamentals and theory and how they relate to flying a helicopter. This chapter also explained how aerodynamics affect helicopter flight and how important it is for pilots to understand aerodynamic principles ... prepared to react to these effects. For additional information on aerodynamics, refer to the aerodynamics of flight portion of the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. Figure 2-48. Force vectors in vertical autorotation descent. Figure 2-49. Blade regions…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 2-5
  Chapter 2: Aerodynamics of Flight › Newton’s Third Law of Motion › Drag

  much weight one can carry or the engine power that it may have, they are all susceptible to aerodynamic overloading. Unfortunately, if the pilot attempts to push the performance envelope the consequence can be fatal. Aerodynamic forces effect every movement…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 5-42
  Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Weight and Balance › Effect of Weight on Flight Performance

  limitations, it is imperative that weight distribution be within the limits of CG location. The preceding brief study of aerodynamics and load factors points out the reasons for this precaution. The following discussion is background information into some…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 5-32
  Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Load Factors

  necessary to compensate for these varying values. Figure 5-51. Asymmetrical loading of propeller (P-factor). Load Factors In aerodynamics, the maximum load factor (at given bank angle) is a proportion between lift and weight and has a trigonometric relationship ... produces a stress on its structure. The amount of this force is the load factor. While a course in aerodynamics is not a prerequisite for obtaining a pilot’s license, the competent pilot should have a solid understanding…