Axes. Imaginary lines about which an aeroplane may change its attitude of flight. An aeroplane has three axes. They are:
(i) Lateral Axis. The straight line through the Centre of Gravity parallel to a line which would join the wing tips.
[edit] Axes of rotation
An airplane has three axes of rotation:
Pitch - in which the nose of the airplane moves up or down in the aircraft's frame of reference. This is typically controlled by the elevator at the rear of the airplane.
9: Axes: X, Y and Z
Beware that older books give peculiar names to some of the axes.
is used by the pilot to control the direction (left or right) of yaw about the airplane's vertical axis for minor adjustments. It is NOT used to make the airplane turn, as is often erroneously believed. Banking the airplane makes it turn.
axes of ...
ROLL One of three axes in flight, specifying the action around a central point.
-Since there are three axes or main directions about which an airplane may turn or rotate it follows that three controlling devices are required.
An airplane may turn about three axes. Whenever the attitude of the airplane changes in flight (with respect to the ground or other fixed object), it will rotate about one or more of these axes.
One feature that caught Cessna's corporate attention is the G1000's Attitude Heading and Reference Systems (AHRS), which uses a system of algorithms to calculate all three axes of flight data.
When fully set in a spin, the aircraft spirals downwards at a high rate of descend about the vertical axes and with the wings at a large angle of attack. Some upward force is generated opposite to the weight of the aircraft, slowing its descent.
PITCH - (1) Of the three axes in flight, this specifies the vertical action, the up-and-down movement. Compare ROLL and YAW.
It detects movement in the roll, pitch, and yaw axes that pilots know so well.
A system of representing attitude by measuring angle of aircraft center line with respect to three orthoginal axes plus rotation about centerline; ...
gyroscope - A comparatively heavy wheel mounted on a spinning axis which is free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the spinning axis.
A helicopter is a heavier‐than‐air aircraft that is supported in flight primarily by the reactions of the air on one or more power‐driven rotors on substantially vertical axes.
Accelerometer: An inertial device for measuring acceleration, usually in three orthogonal axes; accelerometers usually consist of a mass, spring, and damper; accelerometers are usually included in inertial sensors, such as AHRS and INS.
TRACK HANDLE
A device to move a cursor in two axes on a display, much like a mouse
TRACKING
Tracking is performed by the TRN ...
You'll begin to develop a feel for the airplane and how the controls perform around each of the three axes - longitudinal (roll), lateral (pitch) and vertical (yaw).
INS - Inertial navigation system, in which highly sensitive accelerometers record, via a computer, the complex accelerations of an aircraft about its three axes, ...
attitude indicator; artificial horizon
A vacuum powered instrument which displays pitch and roll movement about the lateral and longitudinal axes
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HELICOPTER [ICAO]- A heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes.
Auxiliary rotor means a rotor that serves either to counteract the effect of the main rotor torque on a rotorcraft or to maneuver the rotorcraft about one or more of its three principal axes.
If you display a plot and begin to change the input variables, it may become necessary to rescale the plot axes by pushing the white Rescale button at the upper left of the window. The types of available plots are listed below.
 See also: Aircraft, Pilot, Flight, Speed, Direct
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