Air Flashcards
(196 cards)
V-2
Maintenance of catapults and arresting gear
V-1
Handling of flight deck aircraft
V-3
Aircraft in hanger bay, elevators and doors
V-4
Fuels
V-5
Air Admin and Tower Personnel
Acceleration
The rate of change of the speed
Speed
Distance measured in amount of time
Velocity
Speed of an object in a given time and direction
Newton’s first law
Inertia. An object at rest will remain at rest until acted upon
Newtons 2nd law
Force. The change of motion will be directly proportional to the amount of force
Newtons 3rd law
Action and Reaction. For every action there there is an equal and opposite reaction
Bernoullis principle
The speed of fluid passing through the construction is increased and its pressure is decreased
Lift
The force that acts in an upward direction
Weight
The force of gravity acting downward
Drag
The force that holds an aircraft back
Thrust
The force developed by the aircrafts engine
Basic components of the aircraft
Ailerons, elevators, rudder
Ailerons control
Roll. Longitudinal axis
Elevators control
Pitch. Lateral axis
Rudders control
Yaw. Vertical axis
What aircraft has a cyclic stick
Rotary wing aircraft
What does the cyclic stick control
Roll/pitch
What type of aircraft had a collective
Helicopter
What is a flap
Creates extra lift by lengthening wing