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Flight Controls and Stability. Airplane Flight: X-Plane in the Classroom. Stability. Control Pitch - nose moves up and down. Stability. Control Pitch - nose moves up and down Yaw – nose moves left and right. Stability. Control Pitch - nose moves up and down - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Flight Controls and StabilityAirplane Flight:X-Plane in the Classroom

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StabilityControl

Pitch - nose moves up and down

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ControlPitch - nose moves up and downYaw – nose moves left and right

Stability

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ControlPitch - nose moves up and downYaw – nose moves left and rightRoll – airplane rolls along the nose to tail axis

Stability

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ControlStability

The property of an airplane to return to its original position when disturbed by an outside force.

Stability

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ControlStability

The property of an airplane to return to its original position when disturbed by an outside force.Roll and Yaw Stability

Stability

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ControlStability

The property of an airplane to return to its original position when disturbed by an outside force.Roll and Yaw Stability

Dihedral- wing angles

Stability

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ControlStability

The property of an airplane to return to its original position when disturbed by an outside force.Roll and Yaw Stability

Dihedral- wing anglesDihedral provides stability

Stability

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ControlStability

The property of an airplane to return to its original position when disturbed by an outside force.Roll and Yaw StabilityPitch Stability

Stability

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ControlStability

The property of an airplane to return to its original position when disturbed by an outside force.Roll and Yaw StabilityPitch Stability

Tail

Stability

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ControlStability

The property of an airplane to return to its original position when disturbed by an outside force.Roll and Yaw StabilityPitch Stability

TailArrow analogy

Stability

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ControlStabilityAirplanes, teeter-totters, and torque

Stability

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ControlStabilityAirplanes, teeter-totters, and torque

Torque or momentApplication of force to rotate an object about a fulcrum.

Stability

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ControlStabilityAirplanes, teeter-totters, and torque

Torque or momentApplication of force to rotate an object about a fulcrum.Tail Moment Arm

Stability

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ControlStabilityAirplanes, teeter-totters, and torque

Torque or momentApplication of force to rotate an object about a fulcrum.Tail Moment ArmCenter of Gravity Moment Arm

Stability

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ControlStabilityAirplanes, teeter-totters, and torque

Torque or momentApplication of force to rotate an object about a fulcrum.Tail Moment ArmCenter of Gravity Moment ArmWing is the “fulcrum”

Stability

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ControlStabilityAirplanes, teeter-totters, and torque

Stability