Can airplanes turn in flight by using only ailerons?

Question

Can aileron turn aircraft in a 90 degree angle?

Answer 1

Yes, sure--why not?  Ailerons control roll.  Roll to the bank angle you want.  It'll turn.

Answer 2

Dave plays too much flight simulator.....While the question has already been answered, I will disagree with dave on a few subjects. First of all....I would LOVE to see you barrel roll a 747.....and then crash and burn. Jumbo jets cannot fly upside down. Example..U.S Air flight 427, which rolled over onto its back and crashed outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Auto-rudder? This, my friend, I believe is a simulation only feature, and all airliners require the pilots to manually coordinate the rudder motion with the ailerons, unless the plane is in auto pilot....Stick to your flight sims, pal...

Answer 3

It would be a little sloppy, but you can take up any heading you want without using the rudders.  It depends on the airplane, but in most airplanes the more shallow the bank the less the effect of not using the rudders.

Answer 4

You bet, it's called an uncoordinated turn

Answer 5

actually ailerons or the primary turning source for a Boeing 747 the secondary turn is rudders this corrects the aircraft very slowly and the only air plane that can turn 90 degree's by just aileron is Extra 300S red bull stunt plane

Answer 6

Ailerons bank the airplane. Airplanes turn by banking.

Answer 7

yes but very slowly. You would side slip and lose altitude to

the side you move and there by start turning.

Answer 8

Yes?...but the turn wont be balanced...and there will be a tendancy to begin a spiral dive!...a normal turn in an airliner is balanced by auto rudder and slight back pressure on the yoke to maintain angle of attack...next time you fly...watch your drink?...and youlle see that the contents stay straight and you wont feel any sideways lean...unlike in your car,where you get pushed over by inertia...most modern airliners have a computerised flight envelope management system that will not allow the aircraft to exceed limits that are preset...a barrel roll can be performed by disengaging the computer?...but this will show up on the flight data recorder...and sackingsetc... will result from any mis-use...

Answer 9

Yaw is meant for only minor adjustments.  It's rolling and then pitching that gets you there.  It would take quite a while to turn 90 degrees yawing.

Answer 10

turn radius is dependent upon airspeed.  the slower you fly, the tighter you can turn.

if you throw in a load of nose-up while laying it over 90 degrees, you can turn pretty tight.  you may tear the wings off, but what the h**l

Answer 11

Most Cessna aircraft can, because the rudder and aileron linkage is connected.

Answer 12

Yes.  There a many aircraft you pactically ignore the rudder while other aircraft are more rudder intensive.  Unpowered planes with high aspect ratios and very long wings demostrate a rudder intensive plane.  Meaning it's a must if you want to keep control.

Answer 13

yes, but very slowly