Home Study

New Edition

by Monty Navarre

Reference Diagrams Compact Disc Version

AIRGUIDE PUBLICATIONS, INC.

Home-Study Flight Instruction Copyright 2001 by Airguide Publications, Inc. ISBN 0934754-14-4

Created by Monty Navarre New Edition revised and edited by N. W. Miller

Available in two recorded formats: two cassette tapes, two compact discs Script read by Nick Miller, CFI

The illustrations in this booklet are designed to accompany the audio recording.

Disclaimer:

The recorded material is neither intended nor sufficient to teach you to fly an airplane.

If you are a beginning pilot, you will need the services of a certified flight instructor (CFI) for a complete program of flight instruction leading to a pilot certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. These recordings can help maximize the benefit of the time you spend with your flight instruc-tor.

If you are already a certificated pilot, you will find these recordings useful in refreshing your understanding and execution of basic flying techniques. We recommend that you use the recorded instruction each time you undertake a flight review.

About the Author:

Monty Navarre, creator of Flight Guide, brings his thousands of hours of flight experience into the cockpit with you, as it were. An ATP, instrument flight instructor, and holder of a DC-3 type rating, Mr. Navarre provides detailed descriptions—maneuver by maneuver—of how to control the airplane, drawing on his extensive experience as a pilot and instructor and conforming with FAA terminology and criteria for training.

© 2001 Airguide Publications, Inc.

Disc 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS For the Audio Recording

Track

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

I Effect of the Controls A. Axes of the aircraft ....................................... 2 B. Elevators ............................................... 3 C. Ailerons ................................................ 4 D. Rudders ................................................ 5 E. Smooth and positive ....................................... 6

II Straight-and-Level Flight A. Pitch control ............................................ 7 B. Roll control ............................................. 8 C. How to use the trim tab .................................... 9

III How to Turn an Airplane A. Bank turns an airplane .................................... 10 B. Understanding aileron yaw ................................. 11 C. Entering a bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 D. Holding a constant bank ................................... 13 E. Shallow, medium, and steep turns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

IV How to use the Ball-Bank Instrument ......................... 15

V Climbs A. Climb attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. Use of the rudder ........................................ 17 C. Leveling off ............................................ 18

VI Climbing Turns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

VII Glides and Gliding Turns A. Normal glide ........................................... 20 B. Gliding turns ........................................... 21

VIII Flight at Minimum Controllable Airspeed, or "Slow Flight" ....... 22

IX Stalls A. Nature of the stall ....................................... 23 B. Recovering from a stall ................................... 24 C. Practicing stalls ......................................... 25

1. The approach stall2. The departure stall

TABLE OF CONTENTS For the Audio Recording

(continued)

Disc 2 Track

X Steep Turns A. Overbanking tendency 1 B. Dihedral 2 C. Torque (and the need for rudder) 3

XI Load Factor and Execution of Steep Turns A. Load factor 4 B. Execution 5

XII Normal Takeoffs 6

XIII Normal Landings 7

XIV Crosswind Takeoffs and Landings A. Compensating for a crosswind 8 B. Crosswind takeoff 9 C. Crosswind landing 10

XV Emergency Procedures 11

XVI Panic-Button Control 12

Conclusion 13

Axis of Roll (Longitudinal)

Lateral Axis Vertical Axis Longitudinal Axis

YAWING PITCHING ROLLING

AXES OF THE AIRCRAFT

Axis of Yaw (Vertical)

Axis of Pitch (Lateral)

USE AND EFFECT OF ELEVATOR

Raising elevator forces tail down and the nose rises.

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Lowering elevator forces tail up and the nose drops.

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Action of the elevators moves the plane about its lateral axis.

Diagram 2

MORE CAMBER LESS CAMBER

EQUAL LIFT

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USING THE AILERONS

Lowering aileron increases lift and raises wing.

Normal Lift

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Action of ailerons moves the plane about its longitudinal axis.

Use and effect of ailerons.

GREATER ANGLE LESSER ANGLE

Forces exerted by ailerons.

Diagram 3

"Push" the \ nose to your right with right rudder

"Push" the nose to your left with left rudder

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Trim Tab i

USE OF RUDDER

Diagram 4

ELEVATOR TRIM

Horizontal Stabilizer Elevator

Trim tab holds elevator down (nose down)

wasili .' Trim tab holds elevator up

(nose up)

Trim for a particular airspeed at a particular power setting; any change to either necessitates re-trimming.

Diagram 5