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  2. Aircraft principal axes - Wikipedia

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    The pitch axis (also called transverse or lateral axis), [5] passes through an aircraft from wingtip to wingtip. Rotation about this axis is called pitch . Pitch changes the vertical direction that the aircraft's nose is pointing (a positive pitching motion raises the nose of the aircraft and lowers the tail).

  3. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The three axes of rotation in an aircraft. Flight dynamics is the science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle's center of gravity (cg), known as pitch, roll and yaw.

  4. Blade pitch - Wikipedia

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    Blade pitch control is a feature of nearly all large modern horizontal-axis wind turbines.It is used to adjust the rotation speed and the generated power. While operating, a wind turbine's control system adjusts the blade pitch to keep the rotor speed within operating limits as the wind speed changes.

  5. Pitch - Wikipedia

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    Pitch (gear), the distance between a point on one tooth and the corresponding point on an adjacent tooth; Pitch (screw) the distance between turns of a screw thread Blade pitch the distance between the front edge and the rear edge of a propeller blade; Pitch, the distance between passes in the helical scanning pattern of X-ray computed tomography

  6. Rotation (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    An aircraft moves at any given moment in one or more of three axes: roll (the axis that runs the length of the fuselage), pitch (the axis running laterally through the wings), and yaw (the vertical axis around which the front of the aircraft turns to the left or right whilst its rear turns toward the opposite direction).

  7. Longitudinal stability - Wikipedia

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    The longitudinal stability of an aircraft, also called pitch stability, [2] refers to the aircraft's stability in its plane of symmetry [2] about the lateral axis (the axis along the wingspan). [1] It is an important aspect of the handling qualities of the aircraft, and one of the main factors determining the ease with which the pilot is able ...

  8. Pitch-up - Wikipedia

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    A commonly used solution to pitch-up in modern combat aircraft is to use a control-canard. [9] Another modern solution to pitch-up is the use of slats. When slats are extended they increase wing camber and increase maximum lift coefficient. [10] Pitch-up is also possible in aircraft with forward-swept wings as used on the Grumman X-29. With ...

  9. Pitch angle - Wikipedia

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    Pitch angle (kinematics), the rotation about the transverse axis of a stiff body Pitch angle (aviation), an airplane's rotation about its transverse axis; Pitch angle (ship motion), a ship's rotation about its transverse axis; Pitch angle of a spiral, the angle between a spiral and a circle with the same center