Theory – Effects of Airspeed, Flaps, Slipstream & Trim (again) – PPL Exercise 4(ii)

Again, a health warning for those of you simply looking for ‘light’ reading regarding my exploits. This is more theory to support the supposition that I am actually trying to learn something here ;-)

In Lesson 03, my instructor focused on PPL Exercise 4(ii)  which in the PPL Course books by Jeremy M. Pratt covers sections 4.20 to 4.24 inclusive or, what is called in general aviation circles, secondary flight controls which, is a logical follow-on the effects described in the Theory 02 blog which focused mainly on primary controls (plus trim).

The effect of secondary controls

An overview of secondary controls according to profpilot.co.uk which covers the secondary effects of the primary controls can be found below:

In addition, an interesting view of secondary control effects including propeller slipstream and airflow impacts on control sensitivity can be found in the sister video below:

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