Re: Balanced vs Uncoordinated

On Sep 29, 9:15=A0am, "Bob F." <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Ol Shy & Bashful" <selway...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sep 26, 3:25 pm, "Ol Shy & Bashful" <selway...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > More fun and disention. Balanced flight means the ball is centered on
> > the turn and slip indicator. Some call it the turn coordinator, some
> > call it the turn and bank. Ah whatever, we are talking about that
> > little instrument with the happy face and the ball that slips from
> > side to side.
> > So, if you are in balanced flight, the ball should be centered. Every
> > pilot should aspire to fly with that ball centered during all
> > maneuvering unless the ball is not centered for a specific flight
> > condition.
> > Now then, does a ball out of center also mean uncoordinated?
> > hmmmmmm
> > Let the games begin
>
> The original question remains unanswered.
> What is the difference in unbalanced and uncoordinated vs balanced and
> coordinated? Can you have unbalanced and coordinated flight? Perhaps
> this should be asked in a different forum but is intended to make
> students ask their instructors. Very im****tatnt to understand the
> difference.
>
> I know what coordinated flight is since it is well defined in lots of
> literature. =A0I don't recall ever hearing the term "balanced flight" so
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> don't know if it's different. =A0Sometimes new terms are invented by
peop=
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> who don't understand the conventional accepted term and they try to
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> this by redefining the situation to gain level playing field. =A0What
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 you
> have in mind?
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> --
> Regards, =A0Bob F.

Bob
As posted in other replies...... Balanced flight is a term I learned
over 50 years ago in naval aviation. It refers to the ball being
centered during flight maneuvers. If the ball is out of center,
control forces are not equal which is causing the aircraft to be in a
slip or skid which is called "out of balance". Certainly there are a
number of flight maneuvers in which the aircraft is deliberately
placed out of balance but requires a high degree of coordination to
make it do what is intended. A slip is one simple such maneuver. A
snap roll, a slow roll and a Lomcevak are other such maneuvers in
which the aircraft is forcefully placed out of balance to accomplish
the maneuver and they require a high degree of coordination to
accomplish. That is very simplistic but hopefully descriptive?
I hope that helps to explain what I was referring to?
Cheers
Ol S&B