Private Pilot Licence · Practice

What is 'the leans' and how does it develop?

• A.The leans is only experienced by untrained pilots — instrument-rated pilots are immune
• B.The leans is caused by asymmetric G-forces on the spine during steep turns
• C.'The leans' occurs when a pilot enters a bank slowly (below the threshold of the semicircular canals)
• D.'The leans' is a form of motion sickness that causes nausea during turbulence