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  2. Washout (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    He thus suggests that birds do not utilise vertical stabilisers, since they do not need to counteract adverse yaw caused by lift-induced drag. [1] Washout is also found in gliders [2] and hang gliders. [3] In helicopters, blade twist is used to reduce lift towards the blade tip, thus reducing unequal rotor lift distribution. [4]: 2–9

  3. Aerobatic maneuver - Wikipedia

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    The cartwheel portion of the hammerhead is performed with full rudder and full opposite aileron. Gyroscopic forces from the propeller during the rapid rate of yaw will produce a pitching and rolling moment and a degree of forward stick will be required to keep the aeroplane from coming off-line over the top. The yaw is stopped with opposite ...

  4. Quadcopter - Wikipedia

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    Unlike conventional helicopters, quadcopters do not usually have cyclic pitch control, in which the angle of the blades varies dynamically as they turn around the rotor hub. In the early days of flight, quadcopters (then referred to either as quadrotors or simply as helicopters ) were seen as a possible solution to some of the persistent ...

  5. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The damping term is dominated by the product of the roll damping and the yaw damping derivatives, these are both negative, so their product is positive. The Dutch roll should therefore be damped. The motion is accompanied by slight lateral motion of the center of gravity and a more "exact" analysis will introduce terms in Y β {\displaystyle Y ...

  6. Attitude and heading reference system - Wikipedia

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    An attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) consists of sensors on three axes that provide attitude information for aircraft, including roll, pitch, and yaw.These are sometimes referred to as MARG (Magnetic, Angular Rate, and Gravity) [1] sensors and consist of either solid-state or microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) gyroscopes, accelerometers and magnetometers.

  7. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization.

  8. McDonnell Douglas X-36 - Wikipedia

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    The X-36 was built to 28% scale of a possible fighter aircraft and was controlled by a pilot in a ground-based virtual cockpit with a view provided by a video camera mounted in the canopy of the aircraft. For control, a canard forward of the wing was used as well as split ailerons and an advanced thrust vectoring nozzle for directional control.

  9. 30 Captivating Bird Photographs By Raf Raeymaekers - AOL

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    The lives of animals have always fascinated us. Among them, birds remain especially enigmatic, thanks to their unique ability to fly, offering them a perspective of the world from above—one we ...