Jeppesen Airframe Ch. 9 Sec. A

Question 1

1. The tailwheel type landing gear arrangement is also known as ______ landing gear

Answer 1

Conventional

Question 2

2. Retracting the landing gear on an aircraft decreases the ______ drag

Answer 2

Parasite

Question 3

3. Almost all current production airplanes use the _____ _____ -type landing gear arrangement.

Answer 3

Tricycle

Question 4

4. Tailwheel aircraft are highly susceptible to an abrupt, uncontrolled change in direction on the ground called a _______ _______ due to the relationship between the main wheels and the __________.

Answer 4

Ground Loop
Center Of Gravity

Question 5

5. The streamlined fairings used to enclose the wheels are referred to as ______ ______.

Answer 5

Wheel pants

Question 6

6. A(n) ______ cord is a bundle of small strands of rubber encased in a loosely woven cloth tube.

Answer 6

Bungee

Question 7

7. The most widely used shock absorber for aircraft is the ______
   _____ shock absorber or more commonly known as an ______ strut.

Answer 7

Air-oil
Oleo

Question 8

8. An oleo strut absorbs the landing impact shock with the _____ .

Answer 8

Oil

Question 9

9. An oleo strut absorbs the taxi shocks with the _____ .

Answer 9

Air

Question 10

10. Oleo strut inflation is checked by measuring the length of the exposed _______.

Answer 10

Piston Tube

Question 11

11. Modern aircraft wheels are almost always _____ -piece units.

Answer 11

Two

Question 12

12. Aircraft wheels may be cast or forged of either _____ or _____ alloy.

Answer 12

Aluminum
Magnesium

Question 13

13. The _______ area is the most critical part of a wheel.

Answer 13

Bead Seat

Question 14

14. Steel keys or keyways on the inboard wheel half drive the rotating ______

Answer 14

Brake Disk

Question 15

15. One or more ______ ______ may be installed in the inboard half of the main wheels of jet aircraft to release the air from the tire in case of extreme overheating.

Answer 15

Fusible Plugs

Question 16

16. Before loosening the bolts joining the halves of a wheel, it is critically important that you _____

Answer 16

Make sure it is completely deflated

Question 17

17. To safely insure complete deflation of a tire, first use a _____ screwed onto the _____ then remove the _____.

Answer 17

Deflator cap
Valve
Valve Core

Question 18

18. Screwdrivers or tire tools _____ to pry a tire bead away from the

Answer 18

Should not

Question 19

19. Aircraft bearings _______ be cleaned with steam.

Answer 19

Should not

Question 20

20. Water stains on a wheel bearing is cause for rejection, because this may be an indication of _____ corrosion.

Answer 20

Intergranular

Question 21

21. Discolored bearings indicate damage due to _____

Answer 21

Overheating

Question 22

22. Dye penetrant inspection _____a good method to use to locate cracks in the bead seat area of an aircraft wheel.

Answer 22

Is not

Question 23

23.______ inspections should be used to detect cracks on the bead seat area.

Answer 23

Eddy Current

Question 24

24. Wheel bolts should be inspected using the ______ ______ indication inspection method.

Answer 24

Magnetic Particle

Question 25

25. If ______ (how many) of the fusible plugs in the wheel show any signs of softening, they must all be replaced.

Answer 25

Any

Question 26

26. A(n) _____ is used to reduce the back and forth oscillations of the nose wheel at certain speeds.

Answer 26

Shimmy Damper

Question 27

27. If the front sides of the wheels of an aircraft are closer together than the rear sides, the landing gear is _____,

Answer 27

Toed-in

Question 28

28. If the tops of the wheels of an aircraft are closer together than the bottoms, the landing gear has a _______ camber.

Answer 28

Negative

Question 29

29. Large aircraft use a system to apply the brakes when the landing gear is selected UP in order to prevent a ______ hazard or possible ______to the aircraft due to spinning wheels.

Answer 29

Fire Damage

Question 30

30. All retractable landing gear systems must have some means of ______ the gear if the primary method fails.

Answer 30

Lowering

Question 31

31. Among the methods emergency gear extension systems may use are:

Answer 31

Mechanical Alternate Hydraulic Compressed Air Free-Fall

Question 32

32. A(n) ______ switch may be installed in a landing gear retraction system to prevent the landing gear from being raised while the aircraft is on the ground.

Answer 32

Squat

Question 33

33. Retractable gear aircraft generally use a _____ light to indicate that the gear is down and _____.

Answer 33

Green Locked

Question 34

34. A gear warning horn will sound if the throttles are _____ and _____ of the landing gear are in the up position

Answer 34

Retarded Any

Question 35

35. Landing gear warning systems are designed to warn the pilot that the gear ____ down and locked when the aircraft is in the ___ configuration.

Answer 35

Is not Landing