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		<title>Autopilot</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave Autopilot is an automatic flight control system that keeps an aircraft in level flight or on a set course. It can be directed by the pilot, or it may be coupled to a radio navigation signal. Autopilot reduces the physical and mental demands on a pilot and increases safety. The common features available on [...]


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		<title>Secondary Flight Controls (Part Six) – Ground Adjustable Tabs and Adjustable Stabilizers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave Ground Adjustable Tabs Many small aircraft have a nonmovable metal trim tab on the rudder. This tab is bent in one direction or the other while on the ground to apply a trim force to the rudder. The correct displacement is determined by trial and error. Usually, small adjustments are necessary until the aircraft [...]


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		<title>Secondary Flight Controls (Part Five) – Balance Tabs and Antiservo Tabs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave Balance Tabs The control forces may be excessively high in some aircraft, and, in order to decrease them, the manufacturer may use balance tabs. They look like trim tabs and are hinged in approximately the same places as trim tabs. The essential difference between the two is that the balancing tab is coupled to [...]


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		<title>Secondary Flight Controls (Part Four) – Trim Tabs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave Trim Systems Although an aircraft can be operated throughout a wide range of attitudes, airspeeds, and power settings, it can be designed to fly hands-off within only a very limited combination of these variables. Trim systems are used to relieve the pilot of the need to maintain constant pressure on the flight controls, and [...]


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		<title>Secondary Flight Controls (Part Three) – Spoilers</title>
		<link>http://www.flightlearnings.com/2009/09/11/secondary-flight-controls-part-three-%e2%80%93-spoilers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave Found on many gliders and some aircraft, high drag devices called spoilers are deployed from the wings to spoil the smooth airflow, reducing lift and increasing drag. On gliders, spoilers are most often used to control rate of descent for accurate landings. On other aircraft, spoilers are often used for roll control, an advantage [...]


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		<title>Secondary Flight Controls (Part Two) – Leading Edge Devices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave High-lift devices also can be applied to the leading edge of the airfoil. The most common types are fixed slots, movable slats, leading edge flaps, and cuffs. [Figure 5-18] Fixed slots direct airflow to the upper wing surface and delay airflow separation at higher angles of attack. The slot does not increase the wing [...]


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		<title>Secondary Flight Controls (Part One) &#8211; Flaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave Flaps are the most common high-lift devices used on aircraft. These surfaces, which are attached to the trailing edge of the wing, increase both lift and induced drag for any given AOA. Flaps allow a compromise between high cruising speed and low landing speed, because they may be extended when needed, and retracted into [...]


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		<title>Flight Controls (Part Nine) – V-Tail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave The V-tail design utilizes two slanted tail surfaces to perform the same functions as the surfaces of a conventional elevator and rudder configuration. The fixed surfaces act as both horizontal and vertical stabilizers. [Figure 5-16] Figure 5-16. Beechcraft Bonanza V35. The movable surfaces, which are usually called ruddervators, are connected through a special linkage [...]


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		<title>Flight Controls (Part Eight) – Rudder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave The rudder controls movement of the aircraft about its vertical axis. This motion is called yaw. Like the other primary control surfaces, the rudder is a movable surface hinged to a fixed surface, in this case to the vertical stabilizer, or fin. Moving the left or right rudder pedal controls the rudder. When the [...]


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		<title>Flight Controls (Part Seven) – Canard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0savesSave The canard design utilizes the concept of two lifting surfaces, the canard functioning as a horizontal stabilizer located in front of the main wings. In effect, the canard is an airfoil similar to the horizontal surface on a conventional aft-tail design. The difference is that the canard actually creates lift and holds the nose [...]


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