7. How does it work?
The high pressure molecules
below the wing work their
way around the wingtip to
the low pressure molecule.
By that time, the low
pressure molecules are gone!
8. Wingtip vortices
are the greatest
when the pressure
differential at the
wingtips is the
greatest which is
when the AOA at
the wingtip is the
greatest.
HEAVY
CLEAN
SLOW
11. BeginTO after large aircraft landing point
Climb out above & upwind of large aircraft flight path
Land after large aircraft touchdown point
Land before large aircraft takeoff point
Light quartering tailwind can hold over runway
13. You’re on a X-C and
big jet crosses in
front of you about a
mile ahead. The FAA
is going to ask you
“What should you do
to avoid wake
turbulence?”
The answer is to
make sure you are
slightly above the
jet’s flight path.
14. So let’s assume that
instead of flying
near a big iron
airplane, you’re
flying in the vicinity
of a big iron
helicopter like this.
Well, do you have to
worry about wake
turbulence behind a
helicopter?
15. Yes, and as matter
of fact, in forward
flight it trails behind
just like it does with
an airplane.
