Lecture 12: Aircraft Performance

MIT Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019 Instructor: Philip Greenspun, Tina Srivastava View the complete course: YouTube Playlist: This lecture discussed various factors affecting aircraft performance and how to predict performance for all flight phases. License: Creative Commons BYNCSA More information at More courses at 0:00 Introduction 1:09 Importance of Performance 1:56 Reminder: Thrust and Drag 2:38 Climb Performance 5:06 Climb Thrust and Power 5:33 Best Glide Ratio 6:50 Effects of Wind on Performance 7:23 Center of Gravity 10:05 Effect of Atmospheric Pressure 12:11 Determining Pressure Altitude 14:25 Determining Density Altitude 16:54 Humidity: Another Enemy 18:58 Max Convenience: ForeFlight 19:37 Computing Density Altitude Pilot Operating Manual 21:32 Other Factors a