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Aircraft Construction Flashcards

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List the different categories of aviaiton products

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  1. Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes
  2. Transport Category Airplanes
  3. Normal Category
  4. Transport Category Rotocraft
  5. Manned Free Balloons
  6. Aircraft Engines
  7. Propellers
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Explain how a Type Certificate is issued by the FAA

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When the aircraft product complies with the applicable airworthiness standards

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Explain how an Airworthiness Certificate is issued by the FAA

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  1. Aircraft is complete with airframe, engine, and propeller
  2. Aircraft meets the design and manufacturing standards
  3. In condition for safe flight
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State the two types of airworthiness certificates

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  1. Standard
  2. Special
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List the four forces that act upon an aircraft

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  1. Thrust
  2. Lift
  3. Weight
  4. Drag
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Explain thrust

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The forward force produced by the powerplant/propeller

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Explain drag

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The rearward, retarding force and is caused by disruption of airflow by the wing, fuselage and other protruding objects

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Explain weight

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The combined load of the aircraft itself, the crew, the fuel and the cargo or baggage

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Explain lift

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Produced by the dynamic effect of the air acting on the wing and acts perpendicular to the flight path through the wings center of lift

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10
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List the three demensions and the control to move the them.

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  1. Logitudinal: Nose to Tail - Roll
  2. Lateral: Wing Tips - Pitch
  3. Vertical: Vertical through the CG: Yaw
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Explain the CG

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The specific point of the aircraft wheren it is balanced

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12
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List the Performace Instruments

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  1. Altimeter
  2. Airspeed Indicator
  3. Vertical Speed Indicator
  4. Heading Indicator
  5. Turn-and-Slip Indicator
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List the Control Instruments

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  1. Attitude Indicator
  2. RPM Guage
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List the Navigation Instruments

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  1. Course Indicators
  2. Range Indicators
  3. Glideslope Indicators
  4. Bearing Pointers
  5. GPS
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How many satellites must a GPS receiver must lock onto to calculate a two-demensional position (LAT-LONG)?

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3

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How many satellites must a GPS receiver must lock onto to calculate a three-demensional position (LAT-LONG-ALT)?

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4

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