Quiz

Question 1

The landing gear of a fixed wing aircraft consists of?

Answer 1

Main and auxiliary units

Question 2

Forms the principles support of the aircraft on land or water and may include any combination of wheels, floats, skis, shock absorbing equipment, breaks, and etc to attach any of the foregoing to the primary structure

Answer 2

Main landing gear

Question 3

Consists of tail or nose wheel installment ,outboard pontoon, skid, etc with necessary cowling and reinforcement

Answer 3

Auxiliary landing gear

Question 4

What is the purpose of a landing gear?

Answer 4

Impact absorption

Question 5

Landing gear arrangements

Answer 5

1. Tricycle arrangements
2. Conventional arrangements
3. Tandem arrangement

Question 6

Component parts of a tricycle gear arrangement are the?

Answer 6

Nose gear and the main gear

Question 7

Advantages of a tricycle gear arrangement

Answer 7

1. AMore forceful brake for higher landing speed without nosing over
2. Better visibility for the pilot during landing and taxiing
3. Prevent aircraft crown looping

Question 8

Is referred to as a “bogie”

Answer 8

Attaching mechanism

Question 9

Main landing gear is in front

Answer 9

Conventional arrangement

Question 10

Main landing gear is in front

Answer 10

Conventional arrangement

Question 11

Disadvantages of a conventional arrangement landing gear

Answer 11

Prone to propeller strikes

Question 12

Most common in the military

Answer 12

Tandem landing gear arrangement

Question 13

Are self contained hydraulic units that support an aircraft on the ground and protect the aircraft structure by absorbing and dissipating the tremendous shock loads of landing

Answer 13

Shock struts

Question 14

A _______ shock strat uses compressed air combined with hydraulic fluid to absorb and dissipate shock loads

Answer 14

typical pneumatic/hydraulics

Question 15

A _______ shock strat uses compressed air combined with hydraulic fluid to absorb and dissipate shock loads

Answer 15

typical pneumatic/hydraulics

Question 16

The shock struct is made up of?

Answer 16

2 scoping cylinder or tubes

Question 17

What are the two cylinders in the shocks rat called?

Answer 17

Cylinder and piston

Question 18

What happens when the cylinder and piston or assembled?

Answer 18

They form an upper and lower chamber for movement of the fluid

Question 19

Among the two chambers which one is filled with fluid in which one is filled with compressed air?

Answer 19

The lower chamber is filled with fluid while the upper chamber contains compressed air

Question 20

Is placed between the two chambers and provides a passage for the fluid into the upper chamber during compression and return during extension of the strut

Answer 20

Orifice

Question 21

Most shockstruts employ a ______ for controlling the rate of fluid from the lower chamber into the upper chamber.

Answer 21

Metering pin

Question 22

Some shock struct are equipped with _______Consisting of a recoil valve on the piston or recall tube to reduce the rebound during the extension stroke and to prevent too rapid extension of the shock struct

Answer 22

Dumping or snobbing device

Question 23

Majority of shockstruts are equipped with an ____ attached to the lower cylinder to provide for installation of the wheels

Answer 23

Axle

Question 24

Is located near the upper and of each shock strat to provide a mean of filling the hydraulic fluid and inflating it with air

Answer 24

Fluid filler inlet and air valve assembly

Question 25

Designed to seal the sliding joint between the upper and lower telescopics cylinders is installed in the open end of the outer cylinder

Answer 25

Packing gland

Question 26

Is also installed in the groove in the lower bearing or gland nut on most shockstrap to keep the sliding surface of the piston free of debris

Answer 26

Packing gland ring

Question 27

Entry of foreign matter into the packing land would result in?

Answer 27

Leaks

Question 28

To maintain correct alignment of the wheel, shockstrap without dark arms having spleen piston heads and cylinder switch maintain correctly

Answer 28

Torque arms attached to the upper and lower cylinder

Question 29

Nose gear shock strats are provided with an ____ attached to the upper cylinder and a _ ____ attached to the lower cylinder

Answer 29

1.Upper locating cam 2. Mating lower locating cam

Question 30

Prevents the nose wheel from being cocked to one side when the those gear is retracted

Answer 30

Cam line

Question 31

Generally, nose gear strut are equipped with _____ to enable quick turning of the aircraft when it is in standing idle on the ground or in the hanger

Answer 31

Locking pin

Question 32

What happens if the lacking pin is disengaged?

Answer 32

It will allow the will fork spindle to rotate 360°

Question 33

Occurs at the end of the compression stroke

Answer 33

Extension stroke

Question 34

The following procedures are typical of those used in deflating a shockstrut

Answer 34

Servicing shock struts