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How do you describe a plane taking off?
Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne.
How can you tell VX and VY?
Vx is the speed where you have the most excess force (thrust), and Vy is the speed where you have the most excess power (horsepower).
Why do airplanes turn after takeoff?
During takeoff, air accelerated behind the prop (known as the slipstream) follows a corkscrew pattern. As it wraps itself around the fuselage of your plane, it hits the left side of your aircraft’s tail, creating a yawing motion, and making the aircraft yaw left.
What is VX climb?
Vx is the slowest (IAS), and is the Maximum ANGLE of climb. It allows one to climb to altitude within the shortest horizontal distance. With increasing altitude, Vx increases slightly while Vy decreases, until they are the same at the absolute ceiling, where the airplane cannot go higher.
When does the take off Climb segment start?
The first segment starts when the aircraft reaches the screen height, that is 35 ft. The aircraft keeps climbing at the take off safety speed, that is V2 speed, until the gear is retracted. The objective of this segment is to expedite the climb and to make sure there is reduction in drag.
What should be the climb and descent profile notations?
So 250/280/78 would be a climb of 250 knots below 10,000′, 280 knots above 10,000′, and transition to a climb of Mach .78 somewhere in the high 20’s or low 30’s (i.e. at the point where 280 KIAS = M 0.78).
How tall is the take off climb gradient?
Climb gradient =Excess Thrust *100/Weight The take off climb segments start from the screen height that is 35 ft above the take off surface and end at 1500 ft above the take off surface and are divided into 4 segments. Segment 1 The first segment starts when the aircraft reaches the screen height, that is 35 ft.
What does climb gradient mean in aeronautical terms?
CLIMB GRADIENT :The ratio of change in height (altitude gained), during a portion of a climb, to the horizontal distance traversed in the same time period.It is expressed as a percentage. It also refers to the angle at which the aircraft climbs.For an aircraft to climb, thrust has to balance drag and a part of the weight as well.