Is used to move the nose of the airplane up and down during flight?

The Elevator Controls Pitch On the horizontal tail surface, the elevator tilts up or down, decreasing or increasing lift on the tail. This tilts the nose of the airplane up and down.

What is the stabilized approach concept?

A stabilized approach is one in which the pilot establishes and maintains a constant angle glidepath towards a predetermined point on the landing runway. It is based on the pilot’s judgment of certain visual clues, and depends on the maintenance of a constant final descent airspeed and configuration.

What makes an approach unstable?

At most airlines, continuously exceeding 1,000 FPM on an instrument approach is considered unstable. Momentary deviations are allowed, however. On some aircraft, if there is a “sink rate” aural warning, it can be corrected for by the pilot once. If the warning sounds again, an immediate missed approach must be flown.

What is the radial g of an aircraft during a dive?

By the time, the dive recovery is just about complete, at point C, the aircraft has accelerated to VA, and a pull to 3.8 Gs, the limit load factor of the aircraft, is achieved. Since gravity now acts parallel to lift, and in the opposite direction at this point, radial G is 2.8 (3.8 G’s minus 1.0 G due to gravity).

What happens when you pull harder during a dive?

This penalty is more than offset, however, by pulling harder, thus increasing lift, as airspeed increases. By the time, the dive recovery is just about complete, at point C, the aircraft has accelerated to VA, and a pull to 3.8 Gs, the limit load factor of the aircraft, is achieved.

Why do pilots fly within narrow tolerances when landing?

For the sake of our safety and for that of our passengers, we usually fly within narrow tolerances as we takeoff, climb, level off, turn, cruise, descend and finally land.

What happens when we depart from the relative safety of flight?

But if we depart from the relative safety of controlled flight, whether due to pilot input, mechanical failure, or an external influence (such as turbulence), gravity usually wins out, and we find ourselves with a windscreen full of rapidly approaching ground.