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  2. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Flight path angle γ: is the angle between horizontal and the velocity vector, which describes whether the aircraft is climbing or descending. Bank angle μ: represents a rotation of the lift force around the velocity vector, which may indicate whether the airplane is turning.

  3. Steep turn (aviation) - Wikipedia

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    A steep turn in aviation, performed by an aircraft (usually fixed wing), is a turn that involves a bank of more than 30 degrees. This means the angle created by the axis running along both wings and the horizon is more than 30 degrees. [1] [2] Generally, for training purposes, [3] steep turns are demonstrated and practiced at 45 degrees ...

  4. Aircraft principal axes - Wikipedia

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    An angular displacement about this axis is called bank. [3] A positive rolling motion lifts the left wing and lowers the right wing. The pilot rolls by increasing the lift on one wing and decreasing it on the other. This changes the bank angle. [6] The ailerons are the primary control of bank. The rudder also has a secondary effect on bank. [7]

  5. Flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The equilibrium roll angle is known as wings level or zero bank angle, equivalent to a level heeling angle on a ship. Yaw is known as "heading". A fixed-wing aircraft increases or decreases the lift generated by the wings when it pitches nose up or down by increasing or decreasing the angle of attack (AOA). The roll angle is also known as bank ...

  6. Banked turn - Wikipedia

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    If the bank angle is zero, the surface is flat and the normal force is vertically upward. The only force keeping the vehicle turning on its path is friction , or traction . This must be large enough to provide the centripetal force , a relationship that can be expressed as an inequality, assuming the car is driving in a circle of radius r ...

  7. Standard rate turn - Wikipedia

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    For aircraft holding purposes, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) mandates that all turns should be made, "at a bank angle of 25° or at a rate of 3° per second, whichever requires the lesser bank." [4] By the above formula, a rate-one turn at a TAS greater than 180 knots would require a bank angle of more than 25 ...

  8. Attitude indicator - Wikipedia

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    An adjustment knob, to account for the pilot's line of vision, moves the aircraft up and down to align it against the horizon bar. The top half of the instrument is blue to represent the sky, while the bottom half is brown to represent the ground. The bank index at the top shows the aircraft angle of bank.

  9. Axes conventions - Wikipedia

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    Heading, elevation and bank angles (Z-Y’-X’’) for an aircraft. The aircraft's pitch and yaw axes Y and Z are not shown, and its fixed reference frame xyz has been shifted backwards from its center of gravity (preserving angles) for clarity. Axes named according to the air norm DIN 9300