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13 - Manoeuvre Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2013

Antonio Filippone
Antonio Filippone
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University of Manchester
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Overview

This chapter deals with basic airplane manoeuvres, including flight in the vertical plane and in the horizontal plane. After an introductory description of these manoeuvres (§ 13.1), we start with powered turns (§ 13.2) and unpowered turns (§ 13.3); the latter turn essentially refers to glider-type vehicles, including soaring flight. Next, we introduce the manoeuvre envelope of the airplane (§ 13.4) and discuss pilot-related issues, such as sustainable g-loads. Roll performance (§ 13.5) is one example of manoeuvre on a straight line by a high-performance aircraft, and pull-up (§ 13.6) is one example of flight path in the vertical plane. Finally, we discuss aircraft flight in a downburst (§ 13.7).

KEY CONCEPTS: Powered Turns, Banked Turns, Minimum-Fuel Turn, Turn Rates, Cornering Speeds, Unpowered Turns, Manoeuvre Envelopes, V-n Diagram, Sustainable g-Loads, Roll Performance, Pull-Up Manoeuvre, Downbursts.

Introduction

The term manoeuvre refers to any change of the flight path. There are at least three basic types of manoeuvres: 1) a turn in the horizontal plane, when the aircraft changes heading and banks on one side (lateral manoeuvre); 2) a turn in a vertical plane, when the aircraft increases or decreases its altitude (pull-up and pull-out); and 3) a roll around the aircraft's longitudinal axis, when the aircraft rotates around itself whilst following a straight flight path (longitudinal manoeuvre).Many complex manoeuvres can be reduced to a combination of these.

During a turn on the horizontal plane, the aircraft gradually changes its banking angle from zero to a maximum and then back to zero.

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Advanced Aircraft Flight Performance , pp. 360 - 391
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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  • Manoeuvre Performance
  • Antonio Filippone, University of Manchester
  • Book: Advanced Aircraft Flight Performance
  • Online publication: 05 January 2013
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