Take-off
Take-off
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Take-off
After this, the pilot has to do the checklist conscientiously. Consisting in a large list that remains important point must be check before a fly, like :
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baggage hold closed
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full of fuel is done
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no freeze on glass and wings
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tests motor are done
Then, thanks to the marshaller you can join the taxiway. The marshaller are people who indicate the pilot on the driving part, especially at the park moment. They are easily identifiable with a yellow or orange jacket and fluorescent sticks in the hands. They have a special move language that precisely indicates to the pilot what to do.
The taxiway is the part between park and runway. It’s a way where planes drive to the runway and wait their turn to take-off. The Runway is the track in asphalt used to take-off or to land the planes. The length of the runway depends on the planes that use it. It’s often the biggest and heaviest planes that require important length.
Control tower gives the pilot the ability to proceed to a take-off and authorises him at every
checkpoints and maneuvers.
Control Tower
Before the take-off, at the beginning of the runway, motors on, the plane is stopped to do the last checklist. This one is short but it can be considered as the most important.
It repeats the most important points of the last checklist, and some points about the aileron and the flap. After all of these steps, the acceleration is coming.
To suit the plane model, the pilot has to put the aircraft to a fixed speed of take-off. It varies depending on the weight, the aerodynamism and the wind power and direction.
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Arriving at the take-off speed, the plane lift became more important than the attraction of the earth. At this moment the aircraft wheels leave the ground. It’s the moment for the pilot to nose up the plane thanks to the control stick.
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According to the speed take-off and the aircraft model, every plane has a fixed incidence of rising.
The incidence is the angle between the sea level and the axis of the plane.
A stall is very dangerous, it’s a loss of lift that includes a loss of altitude and command control. If a stall happened, the pilot could regain control of the command by taking a nosedive and increase the speed.
It’s a very important point for the pilot to maintain the speed and the incidence during the rise, to avoid doing a stall.
After the rise moment, and arriving at cruise altitude, the pilot takes back a neutral incidence. He could now accelerate and take a speed cruise.
During the cruise part, the piloting role is light.
The pilot only has to keep a good cap, to stay in his flight route and take care to avoid crossing the flight route of another plane at the same altitude.
That is to say, in the sky, there are many flight levels, according to the localisation, the direction, the speed possibility, the plane models allowed and the altitude of the flight route.