Turning Left
The clockwise action of a spinning propeller (single engine) causes this reaction, tending to rotate the airplane counterclockwisenabout the longitudinal axis.
What is torque?
Maximum lift to drag ratio, the angle of attack resulting in the least drag on your airplane resulting in best glide angle and the maximum gliding distance.
What id L/D max?
To make an airplane turn, this happens to the lift vector?
What is "the lift vector must act horizontally"?
The ratio of the load supported by the airplanes wings to the actual weight of the aircraft and it's contents.
What is load factor?
These instruments use static pressure.
What are the VSI (vertical speed indicator) and the Altimeter?
A turning propeller also exhibits the characteristics of rigidity in space and precession.
What is gyroscopic precession?
At a given weight, L/Dmax will correspond to a certain airspeed, in most cases this speed will give you the maximum gliding distance.
What is best glide speed?
This is caused by additional lift on the outside or raised wing in a turn.
What is overbanking tendency?
The relationship between load factor (G's) and angle of bank.
What is as angle of Bank increases load factor increases?
This instrument use both pitot pressure and static pressure.
What is the ASI (airspeed indicator)?
At high AOA's, the descending blade of the propeller takes a greater "bite" of the air than the ascending blade causing this left turning tendency.
What is asymmetrical thrust or "P" factor?
This represents the distance an airplane will travel forward, without power, in relation to altitude lost.
What is glide ratio?
Two components that define airplane performance during turning flight.
What are rate and radius of turn?
The amount of stress or load factor, that an airplane can withstand before structural damage or failure occurs.
What is load limit factor?
This instrument will assist you in performing a standard rate turn. (3 degrees per second, 360 degrees in 2 minutes).
What is the turn coordinator?
As the propeller rotates, it produces a backward flow of air, which wraps around the airplane, causing a change in the airflow around the vertical stabilizer, striking it on the left resulting in a sideward force yawing the nose of the airplane to the left.
What is spiraling slipstream?
With wind from this direction, and reducing your glide speed slightly will increase your glide distance.
What is a tailwind?
This refers to the amount of time it takes for an airplane to turn a specified number of degrees.
What is rate of turn?
The maximum airspeed at which you can use full, abrupt control movement without overstressing the airframe.
What is design maneuvering speed
This depicts airplane yaw, which is side to side movement of the airplane nose.
What is the inclinometer (liquid filled curved tube with a ball inside).
This action is required from the pilot to counteract left turning tendencies.
What is apply right rudder?
With wind form this direction, your will need to increase your glide speed to provide the best glide distance.
What is a headwind?
This refers to to the amount of horizontal distance an aircraft uses to complete a turn.
What is radius of turn?
This is the total of potential energy from altitude and kinetic energy from airspeed.
What is total mechanical energy?
29.92 " HG and 59 degrees F (15 degrees C).
What is the pressure and temperature for a standard day?