On Oct 6, 8:05=A0am, "Ol Shy & Bashful" <selway...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Oct 4, 2:23=A0am, st...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:25:18 -0700 (PDT), "Ol Shy & Bashful"
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> > <selway...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >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
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> > Maybe, maybe not<:-))
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> > Regardless of the maneuver the controls must be coordinated to achieve
> > the desired results. Is the ball in the center when doing slips, snap
> > rolls, or knife edge flight? Still the pilot ends up coordinating the
> > rudder and ailerons to achieve the desired attitude.
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> > If speaking of coordinated flight then we start dealing with
> > scemantics.
> > Roger (K8RI) =A0ARRL Life Member
> > N833R (World's oldest Debonair)www.rogerhalstead.com
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> Well of course we are dealing with semantics. The meaning of words!
> The difference in balanced vs uncoordinated. We can be unbalanced and
> highly coordinated such as in the slip, rolls, etc. The two words are
> not the same and that is the point I've been trying to make. If the
> aircraft is out of balance and the ball is not centered, that is just
> plain sloppy flying.
> Cheers
> Ol S&B
A slow roll is the perfect example to use to demonstrate the
difference between the terms balanced and coordinated as the two terms
relate to an airplane in flight.
In a slow roll, the aircraft is aerodynamically demonstrating at any
given instant in time as the roll is being produced; side slip angle,
yaw, roll, and pitch changes, all in various degrees of offset on the
rolling axis. In this condition, the nose, tail, and relative wind are
not directly in line and the aircraft, as far as the ball is concerned
is showing an out of balance condition.
HOWEVER, to produce the roll properly, the controls must be
coordinated in the crossed condition that is producing the out of
balance condition.
The airplane is out of balance, but the controls are coordinated.
In the realm of primary flying, a slip produces the same condition.
DH
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