Answer by Jimmy for Where is the 'zone of reversed commands...'?
This is commonly known as the Speed Stability, not to be confused with speed stability in the sense of static longitudinal stability. I think there's some common confusion with this phenomenon. The...
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According to Bold Method, and importantly pertaining to your checkride, the region of "reversed command" is essentially slow flight technique, where pitch controls speed and power controls altitude, as...
View ArticleAnswer by xxavier for Where is the 'zone of reversed commands...'?
Well, this answer is not from me, but I found it, minutes ago, in Richard von Mises' 'Theory of Flight' Dover Books, ISBN 978-0-486-60541-8. 'The abscissa where the two power curves have parallel...
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One definition of the "region of reversed command" is the part of the flight envelope where a small aftwards movement of the stick or yoke, causing a small decrease in airspeed, with no change in the...
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Both are right in their own ways. First the basics: Power is thrust times speed and is constant over speed for propeller-powered piston aircraft. Therefore, propeller thrust is proportional to speed...
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There seems to be some confusion about where the 'zone of reversed commands' really is, i.e. where a decrease of airspeed results in an increase of drag. Some references place that zone to the left of...
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