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VA (2)
- Usado para
- design maneuvering speed
- Fonte1
- FAA FLIGHT SAFETY BRIEFING. Washington, DC: FAA, mai.-jun. 2015.
- Nota adicional1
- Flying at or below VA, means that the airplane will stall before the structure is damaged by excessive loads. If you encounter a gust that causes a sudden, significant increase in load factor while flying above VA, the aircraft could experience structural failure. Another important thing to understand is that VA changes with the aircraft weight: VA decreases as weight decreases, and it increases as aircraft weight increases. It is a mistake to assume that as long as you are at or below VA, you can move the controls from stop to stop repeatedly without damaging the aircraft. To clarify this point, 14 CFR part 25 states that “flying at or below the design maneuvering speed does not allow a pilot to make multiple large control inputs in one airplane axis or single full control inputs in more than one airplane axis at a time without endangering the airplane’s structure.” Although GA aircraft are certificated under 14 CFR part 23, this point is still valid.
- Subárea1
- Piloting