Flight Instructors Training Procedures _revised AIC_x

1. AIM
DEFINITION
EXERCISE 7
CLIMBING
Climbing is a condition of flight whereby an aircraft gains potential energy by virtue of elevation, due to
the expenditure of propulsive energy above that required to maintain level flight.
Therefore, climbing flight is a steady process during which additional propulsive energy is converted
into potential energy. Climbing performance also involves a flight condition whereby the aircraft is in
equilibrium as altitude is gained at a specified airspeed with the aircraft in balance.
WHAT THE INSTRUCTOR IS TO TEACH
i. Discuss the principles involved.
ii. The air exercise briefing:
a. Applicable Procedures and checklists.
b. Aircraft handling techniques:- Demonstration and Observation.
c. Considerations of Airmanship and engine handling.
d. Similarity to previous exercises.
e. De-briefing after flight.
HOW THE EXERCISE APPLIES TO FLYING
i. Navigation.
ii. General flying.
iii. Take-off and overshoot.
iv. Spinning and aerobatics.
2. PRINCIPLES INVOLVED
1. NEWTON’S LAWS – Inertia as applicable to:
i. Initiating a climb.
ii. Attitude changes during a climb.
iii. Levelling off from a climb.
2. FORCES ACTING ON THE AIRCRAFT
With the aid of a diagram explain the following:
WEIGHT (W)
i. A component of weight will be acting backwards along the flight path resulting in
additional aerodynamic drag.
ii. Discuss the effect of changes in weight.
LIFT (L)
i. Formula.
ii. Speed/attitude relationship.
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