Brent Corrigan Y Brent Everett School

The reason for this post is none other than my surprise at a report by BBC1 aired yesterday in which they recreated the crash of an ultralight pilot. The unit became lost and the pilot was unable to recover the plane. He later described his attempted recovery maneuver as "put the engine at full power and pulled the lever." I would put this as an example of what NOT to do ever.



For those who are not clear what this is going to explain what it means to "stall." The loss, which refers to the loss of lift or "stall" English is a phenomenon that occurs in the aircraft when the wing exceeds a certain angle (called the attack) and stop the air flow through it properly, forming a turbulence on the upper surface of the wing, making it less the lift force that keeps it in the air, the consequence is that the plane stops flying and falls.

The stalling often occur especially in tight turns at low speed. This is because when the plane veered submit to a centrifugal force that increases the weight of it. To compensate for this we need to increase weight gain by increasing lift speed, thus reducing the angle of attack. Otherwise, the wings could not withstand the weight of the aircraft and it would fall.



If you were to produce a stall there is a principle of action common to all aircraft in the world, big, small etc. This principle of action is none other than to cut power and focus controls. Cut power when the plane falls may seem a contradiction, however nothing is further from the truth. The aircraft, especially those having a single engine gyroscopic effect caused by the movement of the propeller, causing the plane tends to turn on itself to the opposite side in which the propeller rotates. This effect is greater the more power you apply it to the engine. The unadjusted stall the plane takes time to fall "curling" on itself in a spiral, is called spin. Adding power thinking it will save us, all you get is to increase the gyroscopic effect and thus further accuse the spiral, making it practically impossible to recover the plane. Therefore it is necessary to cut all the engine power to nullify that effect.



The other point is to focus the controls. During a loss we will run out of aileron control, as we have said that the loss occurs because the air does not flow properly through the wing, so the effect of the ailerons is zero. However, it is necessary to focus the controls to ensure they are not pulling the lever and the other surfaces are kept in the aero position. Pull the lever means increasing the angle of attack, so we'll be getting the plane loss continuously.



Following these two steps, stop rotating the plane only. How long this takes depends on the stability of the aircraft. If it is an unstable aircraft like a fighter or a stunt plane, we may need to use the opposite foot to stop rotation before.



After stopping the rotation and have resolved much of the problem. But we have one that is leveling the plane again, and this is where many pilots were killed. If we have entered into a spin is very likely that we stopped the rotation with the plane inverted. Perhaps the rush to see again the horizon level do we make the huge mistake to pull the lever to raise. This should never be done. After stopping the rotation, the first thing to do is look out. If you're upside down is much easier to implement spoiler and make a half roll, and then pull to level always making sure we have enough speed and not will put the plane and another loss could be fatal. And finally, will put new engine.

We conclude therefore that the engine is the enemy number one for loss, and therefore the first thing to remove. Then the focus control to avoid putting the aircraft follow a loss. And finally, always look out, first with wing level and then the elevator, never backward. Well done, is a maneuver that lasts no more than 5 seconds.



However, we know very well that it is necessary to have another key factor in our favor
HEIGHT
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Here you have a couple of very informative videos.

Gay Cruising Techniques

Loss Vigo Airshow 2008

Festival Vigo air is now undoubtedly one of the most important aviation events worldwide. Not only known for its coastal location, right on the beach, but for its great variety, organization and number of visitors.

The 2008 edition again surprised. More than 200,000 people gathered on the beach at Samil from 9.30 am to enjoy the performances of classics such as air Piper Colt, the Chipmunk and Stearman who inaugurated the conference.



After them came the Yakovlev aerobatic team of 52 Milano, and Castor Fantoba with Sukhoi to put us all goose bumps with their spectacular maneuvers in the sky. A ship invades the exhibition area and immediately see the helicopter Fishing 1 to get a demonstration of rescue at sea where it became clear the vast expertise and coordination of the entire crew of Pesca 1.

Without giving demonstrations on the sea, a CL-415 43 Group of fire showed up on the beach of Samil for what was undoubtedly one of the best shows throughout the festival. The crowd stood amazed at the maneuverability of the CL-415, not only in air but also in the ditching operations, loading and discharge of water into the sea, demonstrating the great capacity of this aircraft for this type of work.



Turning now to the group of the festival, two A-10 from Germany flew overhead, along with an F-18 Hornet the English Army and a Eurofighter . And this year's premiere, the jewel of the festival, a B1 bomber !. No doubt a real treat for our eyes and they seldom have the opportunity to see a B1 flying ahead of us.

also starred in this block Culebra Patrol with Fantoba and Verlarde as actors, beautiful drawing in the sky, and the always spectacular patrols " handles" and Rotors with Portugal Allouette and ASPA, the helicopter aerobatic team of the English Air Force.



And since not everything could be wings in this festival, the sky fell Paragliders group Air Force and Patrol PAPEA ALAS. Highlighting the great skill shown by these great professional divers who had to face a very windy day, which did not prevent nail all their maneuvers.



To close the festival, once again, as always spectacular, the Eagle Patrol . A perfect performance of this patrol as usual people rose from their seats. Surely a 10 for these professionals, who for nearly half an hour we were speechless, without "dead time" between maneuvers and speaker narrates a very clear and precise.



And finally, from here I send a big hug to the organization of the festival and all the staff for their efficient and orderly work, at the height of an international festival, because we are well aware that such events will not performed alone and needed the work of a year so that everything goes as expected. No doubt the Vigo Airshow is a great example to follow, not only nationally but also internationally.

Air Festival de Vigo, on Youtube Tv Caixanova