Aircraft axis

Aircraft axis

Aircraft axis can mean:

*Lateral axis — an axis running from the pilot's left to right in piloted aircraft, and parallel to the wings of a winged aircraft
*Longitudinal axis — an axis drawn through the body of the vehicle from tail to nose in the normal direction of flight, or the direction the pilot faces
* Transverse axis — another term for the Lateral axis
*Vertical axis — an axis drawn from top to bottom, and perpendicular to the other two axes

ee also

*Flight dynamics


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