slide 1: Turning An Aircraft Need Some Guid elines Check Them Out
What inspires your learning process in flying an aircraft is how much ready you’re in learning various
controls of the aircraft. The quicker you learn the controls the speedily you learn how to fly an
airplane. You need to know how different controls affect the light status of the aircraft. There are
various display controls like aircraft tachometer or speedometer while there are some other controls
needed for other activities like turning an aircraft etc.
Today we will guide you on how to turn an aircraft.
Learn the Concept of How An Airplane Turns
With the banking of the wings the aircraft make their turns possible which can be done with the
banking of the wings in the desired direction at a particular angle which is referred to as bank angle.
slide 2: Types of Aircraft Turn
There are three aircraft turns which are categorized as follows:
Shallow Turn: When the bank angle is less than 20 degrees the turn of the airplane is
categorized as Shallow Turn
Medium Turn: If the bank angle ranges between 20 to 45 degrees the turn comes into the
Medium Turn Category
Steep Turn: When the turn is more than 45 degrees it comes under the category of Steep Turn
How to Turn the Aircraft In A Better Way
Turning an aircraft is made possible with the following steps as mentioned below:
There are four possible controls available which are used in a coordinated manner to turn an
aircraft
These 4 controls are named as ailerons throttle elevator and rudder
Ailerons which are rectangular flaps are present at the back of the wing and are used to
initiate the turn. You are required to bank the plane towards the right through the control
column. The aileron present at the left side goes down while the one present towards the
right goes upwards. As soon as the left side goes down it creates more lift and thus the plane
rolls towards the right.
Now the banked position of the aircraft is maintained either through the control column or
through autopilot facility and in this way the plane keeps its turn towards the right.
The elevator the second control is used to maintain the altitude during the turn.
The rudder which is the third element in the proper coordination while turning an aircraft is
used to coordinate the movement of the aircraft nose.
The throttle is the last piece of the puzzle in the entire process of turning which is used to
either increase or decrease the thrust. This thrust is responsible for affecting the radius of the
aircraft turn
Always keep one thing in mind that the accurate control over all the four controls is utmost needed to
successfully turn an aircraft. Any lapse in concentration in controlling either of them can result in
slide 3: unbalance status of the airplane. Learning all controls and knowing their details and functioning will
bring you closer towards becoming a successful pilot
Resource:http://mechanicaltachometer.blogspot.com/2017/05/turning-aircraft-need-some-
guidelines.html