Airplane Flashcards
1
Q
5 Main Components
A
Fuselage: The “body,” the long hollow tube for passengers and cargo.
Wings/Foils: these generate the lifting force for flight. They’re in the middle and the back.
Empennage: The tail at the end, this helps with stability using the rudder and elevator.
Power Plant: The engine and propeller.
Landing Gear: Shock absorbers and wheels.
2
Q
Rudder
A
Maintains center
“More right rudder” -CFIs
3
Q
Common beginner planes
A
Piper Cherokee, Piper Tomahawk, Super Cub, Pacer, Colt Cessna 172 (Skyhawk), Cessna 152 Diamond DA40 (Katana or Star?), DA42 Cirrus SR20, SR22 Beechcraft Musketeer, Skipper Champion Citabria Luscombe 8F Ercoupe Grumman Cheetah
4
Q
Airfoil
A
Structure with curved surfaces designed to give the most favorable ratio of lift to drag in flight.
Basic form of wings, fins, horizontal stabilizers of aircrafts, sails, turbines.
5
Q
Parameters of an airfoil
A
Leading edge, trailing edge, chord line, angle of attack, mean camber line.
6
Q
Cargo planes
A
Cessna Caravan (C208) (part 135) ATR 42 or ATR 72 (part
