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42 Cards in this Set
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What are the four dynamic forces that act on an airplane during all maneuvers? |
Lyft, gravity, thrust, and drag. |
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What flight condition will result in the sum of the opposing forces being equal |
In straight and level un accelerated flight |
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A device when she gets useful reaction from air moving over its surface. For example a wing or an elevator is known as what |
An airfoil |
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The angle formed by the longitudinal axis of the airplane and the cord line of the wing is known as what |
The angle of incidence |
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The direction of the airflow with respect to the wing is known as what |
Relative wind |
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What is the angle of attack? |
The angle between the wing cord line and direction of the relative wind |
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Name the two different types of drag |
Parasite drag and induced drag |
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The propeller revolving in one direction, and equal forces trying to rotate the airplane in the opposite direction is known as what |
Torque effect |
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Torque affect his greatest when? |
Lower speeds with the high power settings and a high angle of attack |
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The ratio of the total loan supported by the airplanes wing to the actual weight of the airplane and its content is known as what |
Load factor |
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What are three situations were a result in a increased load factor would be achieved |
Level turns, turbulence, speed. |
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What are the three different operational categories for aircraft |
Normal, utility, aerobatic. |
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What effect does an increase in load factor have on stalling speed |
Stalling speed increases |
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The maximum speed at which the limit load can be imposed without causing structural damage is known as what |
Maneuvering speed |
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Maneuvering Speed does what with an increase in weight Or a decrease in weight |
Maneuvering speed increases with an increase in weight and decreases with a decrease in weight |
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What causes an airplane to stall |
Excessive angle of attack |
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Exceeding the critical angle of attack while applying excessive or insufficient runner may result in a what |
A spin |
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What acronym is used for the procedure that should be used to recover from an inadvertent spin |
PARE |
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PARE |
Power idle ailerons neutral Rubber full opposite Elevator forward |
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Improved performance the airplane experiences when it is operating near the ground is known as what |
Ground effect |
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The weight of the airframe, engines, all permanently installed equipment and unusable fuel is known as what |
The empty weight |
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The maximum allowable weight of both the airplane and its contents is known as what |
Gross weight |
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The weight of the pilot, copilot, passengers, baggage, usable fuel and drainable oil is known as what |
The useful load |
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The basic equation is used an old weight and balance problems to find center of gravity location of an airplane and or its components |
Weight * arm = movement |
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Define density altitude |
Pressure altitude corrected for non-standard temperature |
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What three factors affect air density |
Altitude, temperature, and humidity |
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Define pressure altitude |
The altitude indicated when the altimeter set a window is adjusted it to 29.92 |
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Vso |
Stall speed in the landing configuration 41 knts |
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Vy |
Best rate of climb speed 73 knots |
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Vx |
Best angle of climb speed 60 knots |
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Vfe |
Maximum flap extension speed 85 knots |
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Vso |
Stall speed in the landing configuration 41 knts |
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Vy |
Best rate of climb speed 73 knots |
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Vx |
Best angle of climb speed 60 knots |
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Vfe |
Maximum flap extension speed 85 knots |
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Vso |
Stall speed in the landing configuration 41 knts |
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Vy |
Best rate of climb speed 73 knots |
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Vx |
Best angle of climb speed 60 knots |
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Vfe |
Maximum flap extension speed 85 knots |
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Va |
Maneuvering speed 90 knots |
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Vno |
Normal operating speed 128 kn |
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Vne |
Never exceed speed 160 knots |
