PPGS Lesson 5.8 | Aerodynamics: Turning Flight

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School! In this Aerodynamics lesson, Certified Flight Instructor Mike Thompson explains the aerodynamic effects on an aircraft during turning flight, including how lift, bank angle, and coordinated controls affect stability and performance. You’ll review the three primary flight controls and the three axes of flight, then learn how shallow and steep turns change load factors and overbanking tendencies. This lesson helps student pilots understand how to manage balance, control inputs, and aerodynamic forces during all types of turns. #PrivatePilotGroundSchool #EpicFlightAcademy #PilotTraining #AviationEducation #Aerodynamics #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction with Instructor Mike Thompson 0:35 – Turning Flight Overview 0:42 – Review of Primary Flight Controls and Axes of Flight 2:18 – Turning Flight Explanation 5:23 – Steep and Shallow Turns 6:22 – Shallow Turn 7:15 – Steep Turn (Overbanking) 8:07 – Review and Summary 🎓 Start Your Pilot Training Journey: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequal... Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/private... This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching": https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Te... To begin YOUR pilot training, visit our website: https://epicflightacademy.com/pilot-t... Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook:   / epicflightacademy   Twitter:   / epicfltacademy   Instagram:   / epicflightacademy   LinkedIn:   / epic-flight-academy   Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/