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What are the three types of axis acting on a aircraft?

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  • lateral axis
  • longitudinal axis
  • vertical axis
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What axis does pitch control?

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The Lateral axis

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What axis does roll control?

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The longitudinal axis

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What axis does yaw control?

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Vertical axis

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What is a primary flight control?

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They’re flying controls that control the aircraft safely

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What can be added to a larger aircraft to increase the efficiency of alieron flying control surfaces?

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Roll spoilers

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What is a secondary flight control?

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They’re flying controls that help the performance characteristics or to relieve control loading

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Which side will roll spoilers extend?

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The side with upward aileron deflection

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What is aileron lock out?

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When the outboard ailerons remain locked down at high speeds

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What is a stabiliser also known as?

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An all-moving tail

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What is a canard?

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It is a fuselage mounted, horizontal surface that is located forward of the main wing to provide longitudinal stability and control

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What are the two types of canard?

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  • lifting canard

- control canard

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What is the job of a lifting canard?

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To generate an upload or positive lift

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What is the job of a control canard?

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To help control pitch during manoeuvring

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How far is the rudder allowed to move at speeds up to 150 knots?

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30’

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How far is the rudder allowed to move at speeds up to 150-200 knots?

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15’

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How far is the rudder allowed to move at speeds up to 200 knots?

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5.7’

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What is a ruddervator?

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A combination between a rudder and a elevator

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What is an elevon?

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A combination of elevators and ailerons

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Where can elevons be found?

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On delta wing aircraft

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What are the two types of lift devices?

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Slats on the leading edge and flaps on the trailing edge

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What are the two types of drag devices?

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Speed brakes and spoilers

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What is an flaperon?

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A combination between flaps and ailerons that work symmetrically

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What percentage does a fowler flap increase lift by?

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95%

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What percentage does a plain flap increase lift by?
55%
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What percentage does split edge flap increase lift by?
65%
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What percentage does slotted flaps increase lift by?
70%
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What percentage does a slat increase lift by?
35%
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Where are the air brakes located on an aircraft?
Anywhere the aircraft structure can take the heavy air-loads
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What is span wise flow?
When boundary layers head towards the wing tips (especially at low speeds with a high angle of attack)
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What is used to reduce span wise flow?
Wing fences
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What has the same effect of wing fences?
Saw tooth leading edge
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What is the job of a vortex generator?
To help increase lift by re-energising the boundary layer
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What is a stall wedge?
A fixed device on the leading edge that modifies aerodynamics
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What are stall wedges made out of?
Aluminium
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How big are stall wedges?
6-12inches in a triangle cross section
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What is the job of stall wedge?
At high angles of attack to stall at the root before the critical stall angle is reached
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Why are trim systems used?
To keep the aircraft balanced
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Which company uses side stick flying inputs?
Airbus
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What is used to control the speed brakes?
The speed brake lever on the cockpit pedestal
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What is used to control the slats and flaps
The flap lever on the cockpit pedestal
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What is the job of a horn balance?
To go into the wind and help the turn of the flying control
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Where is a balance tab located?
The trailing edge of a flap
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Which direction will a balance tab go?
The opposite direction of the control surface
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How does a balance panel work?
It separates the slot of the control surface into two and uses the change of static pressure to help balance
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What is the purpose of a anti balance tab?
To increase the effectiveness of the flying control but takes more effort to deflect it
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What is a trim tab?
It is a tab on the trailing edge of the flying control that automatically changes to help with balance
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In dry air at 20C, how fast is the speed of sound?
343.2mps
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How fast does speed travel through gases, liquids, solids?
- slowly in gases - medium in liquids - fast in solids
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What are the three speed regions?
- subsonic - transonic - supersonic
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How fast is subsonic?
Below the speed of sound
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How fast is transonic?
Some speeds around the aircraft are below and some are above the speed of sound
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How fast is supersonic?
Higher than the speed of sound
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How does a pressure field affect the sound waves on a leading edge during flight?
If the aircraft is subsonic then the sound waves can move out the way. If the aircraft is supersonic they can’t move out the way
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How is the Mach number figured out?
Aircraft speed divided by the speed of sound
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What is the critical Mach number?
It is the highest Mach number we can have without supersonic flow (boundary layer between subsonic and transonic)
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What is a shock wave?
A concentration of pressure waves
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When does a normal shock wave take place?
At Mach 1.2
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What does a normal shock wave create?
A large increase in static pressure behind the wave
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When would a bow wave form?
When the flight speed of the leading edge exceeds the speed of sound
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What is wave drag?
Total drag which is due to shock waves
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What do shock waves turn useful energy into?
Heat energy
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What affect does swept wings have on the time that air is on the wings?
The air is on the wing for longer
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What angle are most modern aircraft swept back?
30 degrees
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Why are wings swept back?
To reduce thickness but increase critical Mach number
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What is the advantage of having a variable sweep angle?
You can get the best performance at high or low speeds
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What type of profile do most aircraft use today?
Transonic profile
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What is a transonic profile also known as?
Rear loaded wing (due to the high static energy at the lower back)
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What is used to prevent the tuck under effect?
The horizontal stabiliser (also known as Mach trim system)
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What happens to the elevators during transonic?
There operations have the opposite effect to normal
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What do shockwaves do to energy?
They turn useful energy into wasted heat energy
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What are the differenttypes of waves?
- normal shock waves - oblique shock waves - expansion waves
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Where do normal shock waves form?
In front of the object
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Where do oblique shock waves form?
Where supersonic air turns into a new flow direction
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How fast must air be before it enters the compressor stage of an engine?
Subsonic velocity
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What also increases with Mach number?
Friction temperature
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What percentage of strength does aluminium alloy lose at 250C?
80%

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