Figure 9: Control position for taxi
FAA-CT-8080-2H · Sport, Recreational, Private & Remote Pilot supplement · asked on the Private Pilot test
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Question 1 · Private Pilot
(Refer to figure 9, area A.) How should the flight controls be held while taxiing a tricycle-gear equipped airplane into a left quartering headwind?
- A.Left aileron up, elevator neutral.
- B.Left aileron down, elevator neutral.
- C.Left aileron up, elevator down.
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Correct: A. Left aileron up, elevator neutral.
Area A in Figure 9 is a wind from ahead and to the left, a left quartering headwind. The Airplane Flying Handbook says that in a tricycle-gear airplane you turn the control wheel into the wind, which raises the aileron on the upwind (left) side so the wind cannot lift that wing, and hold the elevator neutral. Lowering the left aileron would let the wind get under the wing, and down elevator is used for tailwinds.
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