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TECH GENERAL — CHAPTER 13
Aircraft Control, Limitations & Flight Mechanics
DGCA Syllabus — What to Know
Control: pitch (elevator, down-wash, ice on tail), yaw (VMCA/VMCG, engine failure), roll (ailerons, spoilers, adverse yaw, frise ailerons). Aerodynamic & artificial balance, mass balance, trimming. Limitations: flutter, aileron reversal, VMO/VNE/MMO. Manoeuvring envelope (VA/VC/VD, load factor, mass/altitude/Mach contribution). Gust envelope, VB/VRA. Flight mechanics: forces in flight, asymmetric thrust, VMCA/VMCL/VMCG, emergency descent, windshear.
Topics in this Chapter
Control
pitch (elevatordown-washice on tail)yaw (VMCA/VMCGengine failure)roll (aileronsspoilersadverse yawfrise ailerons)
Aerodynamic & artificial balancemass balancetrimming
Limitations
flutteraileron reversalVMO/VNE/MMO
Manoeuvring envelope (VA/VC/VDload factormass/altitude/Mach contribution)
Gust envelopeVB/VRA
Flight mechanics
forces in flightasymmetric thrustVMCA/VMCL/VMCGemergency descentwindshear
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