Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Question for all Pilots

Meso,

"Yank back on the stick" has absolutely not effect on the rudder(vertical
stabiliser).
It does have a large effect on the horizontal stabiliser, as it will raise the
trailing edge of the horizontal stabiliser.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Meso" <meso@tds.net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:40:47 -0000
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Question for all Pilots

> Agreed...the main wing is what makes the airplane turn. The control
> surface that has the biggest influence in a turn is the rudder. The
> rudder is used to change the angle of attack of the wing to the
> relative wind. A fighter jet in a knife edge with no rudder input will
> continue to fly straight. Yank back on the stick and the rudder will
> drop the tail which will greatly increase the angle of attack of the
> main wing causing enormous lift and making the aircraft "turn" rapidly.
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Watson" <bill@...> wrote:
> >
> > The question asked for a control surface, as opposed to a surface. If it
were asking only for a surface - which one matters most - then the main wing
would be it. By far the main wing is the largest component of lateral lift. Kind
of tough to describe it as a control surface if it doesn't move.
> >
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> > Also this question assumes a fixed wing plane. The answer for a PPC is the
outboard trailing edge. The answer for a blimp is actually the rudder. The
answer for a trike is your butt (weight shift) =)~
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> > Bill Watson
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> > bill@...
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> > From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Harold Burton
> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 7:25 AM
> > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Question for all Pilots
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> > And what part in a turn might dihedral angle in the wing play, if any?
> >
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> > Harold
> >
> > KD5SAK
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> > From: Jim Bair <mailto:jimbair@...>
> >
> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:48 AM
> >
> > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Question for all Pilots
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> > Firstly, I think we need to think about what a turn actually is. I believe
that in this context, the person who posed the original question meant a change
in aircraft heading. What does the airplane do when you make an aileron input?
Does it turn, or does roll?
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> > Jim Bair
> >
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