Timeline for What makes airplanes pitch up during landing?
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| Nov 9, 2019 at 9:30 | vote | accept | George Clooney In a Mooney | ||
| Nov 8, 2019 at 14:44 | comment | added | quiet flyer | It's not real clear whether you are asking about pitch torque generated by flaps, or about how flap deployment affects the angle-of-attack that correlates to a given airspeed, or about how the pilot controls the pitch attitude and executes the landing flare. Looks like various answers have addressed various ones of these; probably too late to edit now as you may invalidate an existing answer. | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 14:10 | answer | added | Heliomaster | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 8:03 | answer | added | Bianfable | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 7:55 | answer | added | Sanchises | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 6:53 | answer | added | Brilsmurfffje | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 6:15 | comment | added | Jan | The elevator is used to pitch up the aircraft just prior to touch down. That is a flap at the rear at the airplane that deflects upwards and thus pushes the tail down and the nose up. | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 5:36 | history | asked | George Clooney In a Mooney | CC BY-SA 4.0 |