How an Airplane Creates Lift: Angle of Attack & Load Factor (Real FAA Test Figures)

FAA Figure 1 shows a wing, a chord line, the relative wind and an angle marked A. Most students call it the angle of incidence. It isn't. In this lesson we break down how an airplane really creates lift, using two real figures from the FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement for the Private Pilot written exam: Figure 1 (Lift Vector) and Figure 2 (Load Factor Chart). You'll learn: • The four forces and when they're in equilibrium • How a wing makes lift: Bernoulli's principle and Newton's third law • Chord line, relative wind and the angle of attack (vs the angle of incidence) • The critical angle of attack and why a wing stalls at any airspeed, attitude or weight • What controls lift: angle of attack, airspeed, air density and wing shape • Why flaps allow steeper approaches and why frost is so dangerous • Lift vs drag direction and the center of pressure • Parasite drag, induced drag and wingtip vortices • Why the horizontal component of lift makes an airplane turn • Reading FAA Figure 2: load factor at every bank angle • Load factor math, exactly like the test asks it • Why stall speed goes up in a turn • 9 FAA-style practice questions with answers 📄 FREE LIFT & LOAD FACTOR CHEAT SHEET (both FAA figures explained on one page): https://payhip.com/b/QLF93 CHAPTERS 0:00 Name the angle in FAA Figure 1 0:44 Figure 1 & Figure 2 1:10 The four forces 2:00 How a wing makes lift 3:47 Chord line & relative wind 4:59 Angle of attack vs incidence 6:28 Critical angle & the stall 8:02 Lift factors, flaps & frost 9:54 Lift, drag & center of pressure 11:46 Parasite & induced drag 13:52 Turns & the horizontal component 15:46 Figure 2: the load factor chart 17:30 Load factor math 18:52 Stall speed in a turn 20:28 FAA-style practice questions 22:37 Recap Source: FAA-CT-8080-2H, Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement for Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, Remote Pilot, and Private Pilot, Figures 1 and 2. #PrivatePilot #AngleOfAttack #Aerodynamics #FAAWrittenExam #StudentPilot #LoadFactor