| This chapter briefly discusses the devices with which the pilot
operates the airplane in the air and on the ground, and how those devices
are to be used effectively.
To maneuver an airplane, the pilot must control its
movement around its lateral, longitudinal, and vertical axes. This is
accomplished by the use of the flight controls - elevators, ailerons, and
rudder - which can be deflected from their neutral position into the flow
of air as the airplane moves forward through the air. During flight, the
flight controls have a natural "live pressure" due to the force of the
airflow around them.
With this in mind, the pilot should think not of moving
the flight controls, but of exerting force on them against this live
pressure or resistance. |
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