Coordinated flight

Coordinated flight
Tags: FAA Pilot's Handbook
Coordinated flight. Flight with a minimum disturbance of the forces maintaining equilibrium, established via effective control use.

Coordinated flight is usually preferred over uncoordinated flight for the following reasons: ...

Coordinated flight. Flight with a minimum disturbance of the forces maintaining equilibrium, established via effective control use.
COP. See changeover point.

2At this initial moment, other contributions to the yaw-wise torque budget are negligible – assuming the airplane was in more-or-less coordinated flight before the engine failed. 3Remember, this section is assuming cruise airspeed.

The purpose of ground reference training is to be able to control the aircraft in coordinated flight while dividing attention between aircraft control, altitude, and the ground track.

In straight-and-level, unaccelerated flight, (Straight-and-level flight is coordinated flight at a constant altitude and heading) lift equals weight and thrust equals drag, though lift and weight will not equal thrust and drag.

Unintentional spins can be avoided by not allowing the aircraft to stall (take immediate action to recover) and by avoiding uncoordinated flight which leads to autorotation when flying close to the stalling AOA.

It lands too easily, so, although it's a good airplane, it's too easy to fly for a trainer. It also has little adverse yaw, so it is harder to teach coordinated flight in.

including some that may fly under the same flag, which not only share codes on one another's flights and link frequent flyer programs, but also offer consumers benefits such as common airport terminal and lounge facilities and coordinated flight ...

An airplane in coordinated flight almost always stalls in this type of predictable manner. This is what pilots are referring to when they say, “Misusing the rudder in a departure stall could cause a wing to drop off.

See also: Force, Plane, Flight, Wing, Section