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Lift

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Force necessary to overcome gravitational force to keep the airplane flying is termed

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Ailerons are used primarily to

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Roll the airplane

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Ailerons are located

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On the outer edge of the wings

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Pitch makes the airplane

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Nose tilt up and down

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Bank makes the airplane

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Roll, which results a turn

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The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are

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Drag, lift, thrust and weight

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An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively

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Positive (High) air pressure below the wings surface and negative (Low) air pressure above the wings surface

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Flight Instruments

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Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter Attitude Indicator, Vertical Speed Indicator, Heading Indicator, Magnetic Compass, Turn Coordinator (AKA Rate of Turn Indicator), inclinometer

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Engine Instruments

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Tachometer, Ammeter (battery), voltmeter,

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Altimeter

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Altitude in MSL (based on barometric pressure)

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Attitude

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Artificial horizon

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Vertical Speed

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How many feet per minute climbing/descending

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Tachometer

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Engine RPM

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Ammeter

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Battery Power

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Forces acting on an aircraft in a steady flight condition (no change in speed or flight path) AKA equilibrium

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Lift equals Weight, Thrust equals Drag

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A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot

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Is cleared to taxi

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Steady red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land

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Continue circling

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Flashing red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land

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Airport is unsafe for landing

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Propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to

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Produce thrust

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When in the down (extended) position wingflaps provide

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Greater lift and more drag

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21
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What makes an airplane turn

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Horizontal componenet of lift

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What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable

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Airplane will require less effort to control

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If the elevator trim tabs on the airplane are lowered, the plane will tend to

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Nose up

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The pilot always advances the throttle during a

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Climb

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The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the
Ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator, shaking/buffeting of control surfaces, stall horn noise (if stall warning equipped)
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It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the take-off of
Heavily loaded ships in still air
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A closed runway is marked on an airfield diagram with
X X X
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Over run is marked on an airfield diagram with
>>>
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The rearward retarding force of airplane drag is opposed by
Thrust
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Cowling is located
Around the engine
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Airport taxiways are identified at night by omni directional edge lights in what color
Blue
32
If the aircraft ammeter is indicating a minus value, this means the
Generator or alternator output is inadequate, because the battery is discharging
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The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil and the direction of the relative wind is called the
Angle of attack
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Aircraft Structure
Fuselage Wings (w/ ailerons & flaps) Empennage (tail) Landing Gear Power Plant
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Empannage Parts
Fixed: Vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer Moveable: Rudder, elevator, trim tabs
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Power Plant Parts
Engine Propeller
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What does the cowling do
Helps cool the engine
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Propeller creates
Thrust
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What does the rudder do
Moves the airplane nose left and right (yaw)
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What does the elevator do
Moves airplane nose up and down
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Atmospheric pressure
Weather changes help lift airplane, actuates some flight instruments
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Air Density
Effects airplanes capability
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Less dense air
reduces power, thrust and lift
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Density
Decreases with altitude
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Increase temps
Decreases density
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Axes of Flight
Pitch, Roll, Yaw
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Pitch
Lateral Axis (thru wings) Nose & Tail up and down Elevators
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Roll
Longitudinal Axis (thru body) Wings up and down Ailerons
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Yaw
Vertical Axis (up and down) Wings side to side Rudder
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Rudder
Push left pedal, rudder moves left, moves tail to right and nose to the left.
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Secondary Flight Controls
Flaps, leading edge devices, spoilers and trim devices
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Trim Systems
Relieve pilot of the need to maintain constant pressure on flight controls
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Altimeter Purpose
One of most vital inst. in acft. Measures where acft is at in atmosphere presents as altitude.
54
Altimeter Hands
Short: 10,000's feet Middle: 1,000's feet Long: 100's feet
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Vertical Speed Indicator VSI or VVI
Indicates whether plane is climbing, descending or in level flight Ex: rate of climb 500fpm
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Airspeed Indicator
Pressure measured, different colored arcs. White-Flap operating range Green-Normal Operating Range Yellow-Caution range Red-Never exceed speed
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Turn Indicators
Like a "level", if ball is uncentered aerodynamic forces are unbalanced.
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Attitude Indicator
Miniture airplane and horizon bar. Indicates attitude of airplane relative to the true horizon.
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Heading Indicator (aka directional gyro)
Basically compass, not affected by flight.
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Turn Indicator
If aileron & rudder mvmnts are coordinated during turn, ball remains centered.
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Magnetic Compass
Sets gyroscopic heading indicator. 30 degrees appears as 3.
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Basic Flight Maneuvers
Straight & Level Turns Climbs Descents
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Rudder moves
airplanes nose left and right
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Aileron moves
Airplane wing
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Elevator control moves
airplane nose up and down
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Flying by attitude
visually establishing airplanes attitude with reference to natural horizon
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Trim
Used to relieve all possible control pressures held after desired altitude has been attained
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Straight and level flight
Main maneuver Constant heading and altitude is maintained Wing tips even with horizon
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Level Turns
All 4 primary ctrls used (ailerons, elevator, throttle & rudder)
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3 Types Level Turns
Shallow 20 degrees Medium 20-45 degrees Steep 45+ degrees
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Empannage (cabin)
not considered a major component of an aircraft structure
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Moving the control wheel or stick to the right will cause the right aileron to
Rotate forward
73
If the control wheel or stick is moved forward
Airspeed will increase Aircraft pitch will change
74
If the left rudder is pressed then the aircraft will
yaw
75
Mach refers to
speed of sound
76
As the radius of a turn decreases the
positive g-forces are increased
77
As altitude increases in order to maintain the same amount of lift an aircraft must
fly faster
78
If a pilot is instructed to land on Rwy 27 using a straight approach, the heading should be
270 degrees
79
When flaps are extended
Drag and lift increase
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Which two flight controls are used to control the rate of a turn
Elevator and ailerons
81
An aircraft on a heading of 325 is flying
Northwest
82
Under normal VFR conditions how much of a pilots attention should be focused on cockpit instruments
10%
83
Large yellow X's painted on the end of the runway indicate
closed runway
84
The axis which extends lengthwise thru the fuselage from the nose to tail is
longitudinal axis
85
The transponder code which indicates an in-flight emergency is
7700
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Climb Types
Normal Best rate of climb (Vy) Best angle of climb (Vx)
87
An aircraft instructed to land on Rwy 23L would establish an approach heading of
230 degrees
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Flaps are generally used
during takeoff and during landing
89
The tachometer
indicates the speed at which the engine crankshaft is rotating. Not a flight instrument!
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The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the
ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator

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