Theory of Flight -- Part 2: Control Surfaces

[@Aerosnapper]

Don - masterful work on this video. This series will really help new RPAS operators who struggle with the Transport Canada syllabus.

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you, Mike! Much appreciated!

[@zackjshaw9776]

Awesome video! Thanks for stopping by yesterday:)

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you so much for your help and time, Zach!!!

[@davestredulinsky]

Greetings Don. An excellent Part 2 focusing on stability and control surfaces. Great that you included views of control surfaces on real airplanes. Thanks for sharing.

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you, Dave! It was a very cool experience visiting the airport and talking to the pilots about the controls. AND today, I did the same thing with helicopters! Video coming soon (well....many days from now!)!

[@EliProductions]

Rock on Don! Im looking forward to the next parts! Thank you for doing us the drone community a huge service!

[@DonJoyce]

And thank you for watching, Eli!

[@PinetreeLine]

Awesome Don! Cool that you got to spend some time at the airport seeing things first hand. Packed full of information yet again! Enjoyed seeing the Arrow again. Thanks brother!

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you, Doug! Yes, it was a fun and different morning visiting the airport! Sadly, it was too windy to fly, but they gave me the 'kiddy ride' on the ground so I could get some footage moving.

[@PinetreeLine]

@@DonJoyce It worked cause I was convinced they had taken you up. Hopefully next time

[@DonJoyce]

Well, it might have been me in the Spitfire...but I was just practicing...

[@hamadcheats]

*_Great video._*

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you, Hamad!

[@lucassherry3126]

Thank you Don.

[@shaunthedrone]

Interesting chat Don, enjoyed the whole video - many thanks for taking the time making these :)

[@DonJoyce]

Glad you enjoyed it, Don Q! The third episode is in the making!

[@rohanmorgan3469]

Hi Don, all these regulations makes me hesitant about flying my drone. It's just your videos I find more intriguing

[@randypattison7963]

Nice video. One note - the table at the 6:45 point has Longitudinal and Lateral switched. Longitudinal runs lengthways down the fuselage in the roll axis.

[@DonJoyce]

Thanks, Randy. Actually the table is correct. This can be very confusing but here is a nice summary from Wiki, "The longitudinal stability of an aircraft, also called pitch stability, refers to the aircraft's stability in its plane of symmetry, about the lateral axis (the axis along the wingspan)." and "The lateral axis is parallel to the wings and passes through the aircraft's center of gravity. It is the axis around which the aircraft pitches, as controlled by the elevators. ... So, elevators provide lateral rotation to achieve longitudinal stability, and vice versa for ailerons." Don't worry...I recall studying this for ages before preparing the table!

[@waynehammakh8732]

Thank you so much for explaining greatly.

[@DonJoyce]

Glad you found it helpful, Wayne!

[@KevinBacks]

Another excellent video! Thanks Don!

[@DonJoyce]

Thanks, Kevin! Working on Part 3!

[@KevinBacks]

@@DonJoyce I have a couple of photos you can use if you'd like.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Great video and information Don well done 👍

[@DonJoyce]

Thanks for watching, Rod! Appreciate your ongoing support!

[@gerogoya332]

Great explanation Don. Greatly appreciated

[@DonJoyce]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!

[@DoryAbelman]

Really well-made video, thank you for your time in putting it together! I learned a lot from it about things I was curious about before but didn't understand how they worked

[@DonJoyce]

This whole series on the Theory of Flight was really interesting and fun to do! Glad you have found it helpful!

[@DoryAbelman]

@@DonJoyce thank you! I'm really enjoying watching your videos. I feel like I'm learning a lot from them while also having fun. I really appreciate your time in putting them together!

[@DonJoyce]

Thanks, Dory! And so glad you're finding it fun...this material can be pretty dry!!

[@DoryAbelman]

@@DonJoyce thank you! Yes I agree, can be dry but also very fascinating.. I'm an aviation nerd so get excited by this stuff haha :) The way you present the content is also very interesting and engaging, it was especially cool when you went to the airport to show videos of how the collective and cyclic affected the helicopter propeller in the third theory of flight video via the swashplate. Seeing the levers moving the blades made the content so much simpler to understand compared to reading it in a textbook! I really appreciate your efforts in creating such excellent education materials in this area. Also I feel like your videos really helped me pass my advanced exam, so thanks so much for that! Can't wait to get to know your app and get flying

[@channelforeveryone..9535]

Thanks a lot don

[@DonJoyce]

Thanks, Hemant!

[@DroningVeteran]

Great video Don.

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you, Dan! Third episode is in production!

[@DroningVeteran]

@@DonJoyce looking forward to watching it.

[@JaypeaFoto]

Love to fly. This was so neat to watch

[@DonJoyce]

Glad you enjoyed it! it was fun to film!

[@dallascowboy2221]

Excellent 👏🏽👏🏽

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you!

[@hussamGURU]

Don = gift from god.

[@DonJoyce]

Lol...that's exactly what my wife said...I think..

[@claudenormandeau9211]

Good video

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you!

[@191ChristosPanagiotou]

Hello very good video Good work my friend !!! LIKE !

[@DonJoyce]

Thanks!!

[@leahccorpuz7208]

Heya Don it might be your accent I am taking notes for my Advanced Exam, are you saying "Attitude" or "Altitude"?

[@DonJoyce]

Hi Leah! The 'attitude' of an aircraft, for example around the 4:40 point in the video, refers to the pitch of the aircraft (pointing up or down). Hope that helps!

[@GaryCameron]

Love those old warbirds!

[@DonJoyce]

Agreed! Very cool. Thanks for watching!

[@rohanmorgan3469]

You make learning fun for me who is dyslexic 😂

[@bobhysong4215]

Excellent video.

[@DonJoyce]

Thank you, Bob!