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What produces the lift required for helicopter flight
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Rotor blades
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When the camber is the same on both surfaces of an airfoil and results in a fixed center of pressure, what term describes the helicopter airfoil
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It is symmetrical
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What determines the amount of lift generated by a helicopter's rotor
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The lift of a rotor is proportional to the square of the length of the rotor blades
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What is the result of highly polished rotor blades
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Parasite drag is reduced
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Where is density altitude at its greatest
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At sea level
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On a single main rotor helicopter, the tail rotor is used to counteract what force
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Torque
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Other than horizontal flight, how is rotor blade dissymmetry created
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By the wind when the helicopter is hovering
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What type of main rotor allows individual rotor baldes to move in both a vertical and horizontal plane to reduce vibration caused by blade flapping
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Articulated rotor
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The upward bending of rotor blades is known by what term
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Coning
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When a helicopter is close to the ground, will it require more or less power to maintain a hover
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less
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What term refers to main rotor rotation caused by air passing through the main rotor blades instead of being powered by the engine
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Autorotation
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What term describes the effect that occurs when a helicopter experiencces an uncontrollable loss of altitude because of a combination of heavy gross weight, poor density conditions, and low forward speed.
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Power settling
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What is the most common type of helicopter
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Single main rotor with vertical or near vertical tail rotor
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The CH-46 multirotor helicopter has what type of rotor design
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Tandem rotor system
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What feature provides the single rotor configuration with excellent directional control
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The vertical tail rotor
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In what direction does a tandem rotor operate that results in little torque
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Tandem rotors operate in opposte directions
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What pitch control system provides lateral helicopter movement
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Cyclic pitch control system
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What pitch control system provides vertical helicopter movement
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Collective pitch control system
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What does the rotary rudder system control
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Directional heading
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On the rotary rudder control system, what component is preloaded to 600 pounds and considered hazardous to personnel
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The negative force gradient spring
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How many seperate banks of servomechanisms make up the auxiliary servo cylinder
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four
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What component controls and transfers independent movements of the lateral, forward, aft, and directional controls
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Mixing unit
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The movement of what valve allows hydraulic fluid flow in the three primary servo cylinders
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Pilot valve
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What unit sends movement, through the adjustable pitch control rods, to the sleeve and spindle assembly of the rotary blades to change the angle of incidence of the blades
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The swashplate assembly
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What test is required after a helicopter has been rigged
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A flight test
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Proper blade tracking prevents what condition
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Directional heading
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What blade-tracking device can be used in flight or on the ground
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The strobes blade tracker
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What adssembly is comparable to a single disc wheel brake in its design and operation
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A rotor brake assembly
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What component prevents hydraulic pressure from entering the blade fold system during flight
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Safety valve
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What is the blade fold accumulator nitrogen preload pressure that maintains hydraulic pressure in the rotary-wing head
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1500 psi nitrogen pressure
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Before you charge the blade fold accumulator with nitrogen, the blades should be in what position
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Spread position
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