Flight Instructors Training Procedures _revised AIC_x

1. AIM
DEFINITION
WHAT THE INSTRUCTOR IS TO TEACH
AEROBATICS
BARREL ROLL
i. Discuss the aerodynamic principles involved.
ii. The air exercise briefing:
a. Applicable procedures and checklists.
b. Aeroplane handling techniques:- Demonstration and Observation.
c. Considerations of airmanship and engine handling.
d. Similarity of previous exercises.
e. De-briefing after flight.
WHY IT IS BEING TAUGHT
To enable the student to fully understand the principles involved thereby ensuring correct execution of
the manoeuvre in the air.
HOW THE EXERCISE APPLIES TO FLYING
i. Teaches the student co-ordination.
ii. Confidence building manoeuvre.
iii. Handling the aeroplane simultaneously in the rolling and looping planes.
2. PRINCIPLES INVOLVED
i. NEWTON’S LAWS
ii. CENTRIPETAL FORCE
iii. PLANES OF MOVEMENT
a. Variation in size of the barrel roll.
iv. RATE OF ROLL
a. Aileron application and rolling moment.
b. Effect of forward speed (V) and density.
v. LOAD FACTOR AND STALLING SPEED
vi. BARREL ROLL PROPER
a. What happens to speed, “g” loading and stalling speed during the manoeuvre.
b. Slipstream.
c. Control effectiveness.
vii. EFFECT OF:
a. Density altitude.
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