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What is a cross-controlled maneuver?
In aviation, cross-controlled flight refers to a state of uncoordinated flight where the aircraft’s rudder and ailerons are working in opposite directions. Crossed controls are most commonly used in slips.
What is the stall technique?
When entering a stall,you should increase the pitch slowly and smoothly up to a landing pitch attitude, approximately 10° nose up, and hold it there until the stall occurs. The recovery should not be aggressive. If the airplane is loaded properly within its CG range, the nose should naturally lower when a stall occurs.
How do you teach accelerated stalls?
To demonstrate an accelerated stall, the CFI applicant rolls the aircraft into a banked turn and, while keeping the aircraft coordinated, firmly applies back pressure. The aircraft suddenly stalls, pitches down, and the applicant recovers.
What is the purpose of practicing stall maneuvers?
The purpose of practicing impending stalls is to learn to retain or regain full control of the airplane immediately upon recognizing that it is nearing a stall, or that a stall is likely to occur if the pilot does not take appropriate action.
What does a power off stall simulate?
Power-off stalls simulate an accidental stall occurring during an approach to landing. They are practiced with the wings level or in moderately banked turns. Power-off turning stalls commonly occur during a turn from the base leg to the final approach.
What is a controlled stall?
A cross-control stall is a stall while in a skidding turn, that is a turn with excessive bottom rudder. By bottom rudder, I mean if we are turning right, the bottom rudder is the right rudder.
How does airplane detect stall?
Stall warning is provided by an electronic or mechanical device that sounds an audible warning as the stall speed is approached. The simplest such device is an airframe mounted stall warning horn which sounds when the airflow through it occurs at a specific angle.
Why do we do accelerated stalls?
Accelerated stalls are often caused by abrupt or excessive control inputs made during steep turns or pull-ups.
How do you do a cross control stall?
Cross-Controlled Stalls:
- Simultaneously applying excessive rudder pressure in the direction of turn (thereby accelerating the speed of outer wing)
- Using opposite aileron to prevent over-banking (maintain a constant 25-30° bank) during the turn, and.
- Increasing elevator back-pressure to keep the nose from lowering.
What are stall characteristics?
Most modern airplanes are equipped with a stall warning device. The factors that affect the stalling characteristics of the airplane are: balance (load distribution), bank (wing loading), pitch attitude (critical angle of attack), coordination (control movement), drag (gear or flaps), and power.
What is a cross-control stall?
The cross-control stall occurs when the pilot applies opposite aileron input while maintaining the initial rudder input on the lower wing and adding excessive back elevator pressure to keep the nose up.
What is an AOA cross control stall?
A cross-control stall is a stall that occurs when the critical angle of attack (AoA) is exceeded while in a skidding or slipping turn induced by aileron pressure in one direction and rudder pressure in the opposite direction (hence the name cross-control).
What is the difference between a cross control stall and skidding?
A cross-control stall is a stall while in a skidding turn, that is a turn with excessive bottom rudder. By bottom rudder, I mean if we are turning right, the bottom rudder is the right rudder.
How does a stall affect an airplane?
In that condition, a stall will affect the high wingtip first, rolling the airplane toward level flight. If the pilot acts quickly to break the stall and remove the rudder input, the airplane will wind up in near-level flight. If not, the airplane may continue into an “over the top” spin entry. Actually, Rich Stowell already said this.