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Straight Glides and Shallow Banked Turns
Straight Glides and Shallow Banked Turns for student glider pilots working towards SOLO
4
Aviation
Not Applicable
08/09/2011

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Term
A. Use the elevator to establish the proper pitch attitude of the nose of the glider when compared to the horizon. The airspeed will then stabilize at the desired airspeed.
Definition
With the wings level (or even in a turn), the proper technique to establish a desired airspeed is to:
a) use the elevator to establish the proper pitch attitude of the nose of the glider when compared to the horizon. The airspeed will then stabilize at the desired airspeed.
b) push the nose down to go faster and pull back to go slower.
c) look at the airspeed indicator.
Term
Aileron
Definition
In shallow turns (<20 deg bank) the glider is inherently stable and will try to level the wings and roll out of the turn. Some must be applied (and held) to maintain the desired bank angle.
Term
Yaw ... Drag
Definition
When the control stick is moved left or right, the ailerons deflect causing roll. Unfortunately, an undesired effect called _____ occurs when the ailerons produce different amounts of _______ pulling the nose in the opposite direction of the turn.
Term
rudder
Definition
To counteract this asymmetric aileron drag, _________ is used with the aileron to coordinate the turn.
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