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  2. Rotation (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Rotation applies to tricycle gear aircraft rather than those with conventional gear (tailwheel aircraft). The on-ground angle of attack of the wing has to be established during the design phase. The main and nose-gear leg lengths are chosen to give a negative angle of attack relative to the ground.

  3. Aircraft principal axes - Wikipedia

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    In aeronautical and aerospace engineering intrinsic rotations around these axes are often called Euler angles, but this conflicts with existing usage elsewhere. The calculus behind them is similar to the Frenet–Serret formulas. Performing a rotation in an intrinsic reference frame is equivalent to right-multiplying its characteristic matrix ...

  4. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle's center of gravity (cg), known as pitch, roll and yaw. These are collectively known as aircraft attitude , often principally relative to the atmospheric frame in normal flight, but also relative to terrain during takeoff or landing ...

  5. V speeds - Wikipedia

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    Rotation speed. The speed at which the pilot begins to apply control inputs to cause the aircraft nose to pitch up, after which it will leave the ground. [7] [26] [Note 1] V rot: Used instead of V R (in discussions of the takeoff performance of military aircraft) to denote rotation speed in conjunction with the term V ref (refusal speed). [19 ...

  6. Spin (aerodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    The rapid rotation, combined with the nose-down attitude, results in a visual effect called ground flow that can be disorienting. The recovery procedure from a spin requires using rudder to stop the rotation, then elevator to reduce angle of attack to stop the stall, then pulling out of the dive without exceeding the maximum permitted airspeed ...

  7. Rotor wing - Wikipedia

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    These were angled upwards when the craft was on the ground, creating a cyclic variation in the blades' angle of attack or pitch when the craft was moving forwards. This cyclic variation induced a radial lifting component to the blades, when in the horizontal segment of rotation, which was intended to augment the wing lift. [1]

  8. Flight instruments - Wikipedia

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    Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25A) 2008; The Gyro Horizon Enables Instrument Flying A history of how aircraft instrumentation was developed with an emphasis on the gyro horizon. 2007 "How Aircraft Instruments Work." Popular Science, March 1944, pp. 116–123/192. Current Practice in Instrument Panel Layout – Aero Digest

  9. Glossary of aerospace engineering - Wikipedia

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    It has two major and overlapping branches: Aeronautical engineering and Astronautical Engineering. Avionics engineering is similar, but deals with the electronics side of aerospace engineering. Aerospace materials – are materials, frequently metal alloys , that have either been developed for, or have come to prominence through, their use for ...