Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Answer to Rich's Question

Hi Jim,

Are you missing some of what is going on?

 

Hi Bill,

Probably.  That would be normal.  haha. 

In level flight, so that we have positive stability, we have our CG ahead of our CP(center of pressure) - ie: we are nose heavy. To counter that, we apply up elevator for our straight and level flight. When we go towards knife edge, that non-neutral elevator will cause the nose to rise (loop), since the elevator isn't *fully* being used up keeping our nose up from gravity's pull. This, in effect, will cause us to 'climb/loop' towards the center of the circle when we bank. If we 'properly' remove the elevator and place it in true neutral (down from straight and level flight), then banking would only crab us in the direction of bank. It is only the elevator's uppness that causes us to turn when we are on our side, or any fraction thereof.

Actually, I thought that's what I said.  It's our elevators uppness that makes us turn.  OK, I give.  What am I missing?

Jim

Bill

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