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AFOQT Aviation Information, Top Examinable Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+. Force necessary to overcome gravitational force to keep the airplane flying is termed - ✔✔Lift Aile... rons are used primarily to - ✔✔Roll the airplane Ailerons are located - ✔✔On the outer edge of the wings Pitch makes the airplane - ✔✔Go up and down Bank makes the airplane - ✔✔Roll or turn The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are - ✔✔Drag, lift, thrust and weight An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively - ✔✔Positive (High) air pressure below the wings surface and negative (Low) air pressure above the wings surface Flight Instruments - ✔✔Airspeed Indicator Altimeter Attitude Indicator Vertical Velocity Indicator Engine Instruments - ✔✔Tachometer Ammeter (battery) Altimeter - ✔✔Altitude in MSL Attitude - ✔✔False Horizon Vertical Velocity - ✔✔How many feet per minute climbing/diving Tachometer - ✔✔Engine RPMS Ammeter - ✔✔Batter Power Forces acting on an aircraft in a steady flight condition (no change in speed or flight path) - ✔✔Lift equals Weight Thrust equals Drag A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot - ✔✔Is cleared to taxi Steady red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land - ✔✔Continue circling Flashing red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land - ✔✔Airport is unsafe for landing Propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to - ✔✔Produce thrust When in the down (extended) position wingflaps provide - ✔✔Greater lift and more drag What makes an airplane turn - ✔✔Horizontal componenet of lift What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable - ✔✔Airplane will require less effort to control If the elevator trim tabs on the airplane are lowered, the plane will tend to - ✔✔Nose up The pilot always advances the throttle during a - ✔✔Climb The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the - ✔✔Ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the take-off of - ✔✔Heavily loaded ships in still air A closed runway is marked on an airfield diagram with - ✔✔X X X Over run is marked on an airfield diagram with - ✔✔>>> The rearward retarding force of airplane drag is opposed by - ✔✔Thrust Cowling is located - ✔✔Around the engine Airport taxiways are identified at night by omni directional edge lights in what color - ✔✔Blue If the aircraft ammeter is indicating a minus value, this means the - ✔✔Generator or alternator output is inadequate The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil and the direction of the relative wind is called the - ✔✔Angle of attack Aircraft Structure - ✔✔Fuselage Wings (w/ ailerons & flaps) Empennage (tail) Landing Gear Power Plant Empannage Parts - ✔✔Fixed: Vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer Moveable: Rudder, elevator, trim tabs Power Plant Parts - ✔✔Engine Propeller What does the cowling do - ✔✔Helps cool the engine Propeller creates - ✔✔Thrust What does the rudder do - ✔✔Moves the airplane nose left and right What does the elevator do - ✔✔Moves airplane nose up and down Atmospheric pressure - ✔✔Weather changes help lift airplane, actuates some flight instruments Air Density - ✔✔Effects airplanes capability Less dense air - ✔✔reduces power, thrust and lift Density - ✔✔Increases with altitude Increase temps - ✔✔Decreases density Newtons Laws of Motion 1 - ✔✔Body at rest remains at rest Newtons Laws of Motion 2 - ✔✔Constant force creates acceleration proportional to mass Newtons Laws of Motion 3 - ✔✔One body exerts force on another, 2nd exerts force equal to 1st but in opposite direction Magnus Effect - ✔✔Low pressure upward force Axes of Flight - ✔✔Pitch Roll Yaw Pitch - ✔✔Lateral Axis (thru wings) Nose & Tail up and down Elevators Roll - ✔✔Longitudinal Axis (thru body) Wings up and down Ailerons Yaw - ✔✔Vertical Axis (up and down) Wings side to side Rudder Rudder - ✔✔Push left pedal, rudder moves left, moves tail to right and nose to the left. Secondary Flight Controls - ✔✔Flaps, leading edge devices, spoilers and trim devices Trim Systems - ✔✔Relieve pilot of the need to maintain constant pressure on flight controls Altimeter Purpose - ✔✔One of most vital inst. in acft. Measures where acft is at in atmosphere presents as altitude. Altimeter Hands - ✔✔Short: 10,000's feet Middle: 1,000's feet Long: 100's feet Vertical Speed Indicator VSI or VVI - ✔✔Indicates whether plane is climbing, descending or in level flight Ex: rate of climb 500fpm Airspeed Indicator - ✔✔Pressure measured, different colored arcs. White-Flap operating range YellowCaution range Red-Never exceed speed Turn Indicators - ✔✔Like a "level", if ball is uncentered aerodynamic forces are unbalanced. Attitude Indicator - ✔✔Miniture airplane and horizon bar. Indicates attitude of airplane relative to the true horizon. Heading Indicator (aka directional gyro) - ✔✔Basically compass, not affected by flight. Turn Indicator - ✔✔If aileron & rudder mvmnts are coordinated during turn, ball remains centered. Magnetic Compass - ✔✔Sets gyroscopic heading indicator. 30 degrees appears as 3. Basic Flight Maneuvers - ✔✔Straight & Level Turns Climbs Descents Rudder moves - ✔✔airplanes nose left and right Aileron moves - ✔✔Airplane wing Elevator control moves - ✔✔airplane nose up and down Flying by attitude - ✔✔visually establishing airplanes attitude with reference to natural horizon Trim - ✔✔Used to relieve all possible control pressures held after desired altitude has been attained Straight and level flight - ✔✔Main maneuver Constant heading and altitude is maintained Wing tips even with horizon Level Turns - ✔✔All 4 primary ctrls used (ailerons, elevator, throttle & rudder) 3 Types Level Turns - ✔✔Shallow 20 degrees Medium 20-45 degrees Steep 45+ degrees Empannage (cabin) - ✔✔not considered a major component of an aircraft structure Moving the control wheel or stick to the right will cause the right aileron to - ✔✔Rotate forward If the control wheel or stick is moved forward - ✔✔Airspeed will increase Aircraft pitch will change If the left rudder is pressed then the aircraft will - ✔✔Yaw Mach refers to - ✔✔Speed of Sound As the radius of a turn decreases the - ✔✔positive g-forces are increased As altitude increases in order to maintain the same amount of lift an aircraft must - ✔✔fly faster If a pilot is instructed to land on Rwy 27 using a straight approach, the heading should be - ✔✔270 degrees When flaps are extended - ✔✔Drag and lift increase Which two flight controls are used to control the rate of a turn - ✔✔Elevator and ailerons An aircraft on a heading of 325 is flying - ✔✔Northwest Under normal VFR conditions how much of a pilots attention should be focused on cockpit instruments - ✔✔10% Large yellow X's painted on the end of the runway indicate - ✔✔closed runway The axis which extends lengthwise thru the fuselage from the nose to tail is - ✔✔longitudinal axis The transponder code which indicates an in-flight emergency is - ✔✔7700 The ctrl system used primarily to relive the pilot from having to maintain constant pressure on the flight controls is the - ✔✔Trim Drag (during climb) requires increase in thrust. - ✔✔Need sufficient thrust to continue climb Climb Types - ✔✔Normal Best rate of climb (Vy) Best angle of climb (Vx) An aircraft instructed to land on Rwy 23L would establish an approach heading of - ✔✔230 degrees The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are - ✔✔Drag, lift, thrust, weight Moving the control stick to the right or left affects which aircraft controls - ✔✔ailerons The tachometer - ✔✔is not a flight instrument Flaps are generally used - ✔✔during takeoff during landings A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot - ✔✔is cleared to taxi In creating lift - ✔✔the air moving over the wing moves faster than the air moving under the wing The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other to - ✔✔produce thrust On the ground, an aircraft is steered by - ✔✔pushing the rudder peddles Depressing the left rudder pedal would move the tail of the aircraft - ✔✔right An aircraft on a heading of 300 degrees is heading - ✔✔Northwest Supersonic means - ✔✔Faster than the speed of sound What is the standard weight for gasoline used in aircraft - ✔✔6lbs/gal The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the - ✔✔ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator What makes an airplane turn - ✔✔horizontal component of lift Larger aircraft generally tend to - ✔✔land on longer runways For runway 23L, what does the L indicate - ✔✔L stands for the left-hand runway at airports with two runways aligned in the same direction Tachometer - ✔✔indicates the speed at which the engine crankshaft is rotating. Not a flight instrument! Flaps - ✔✔Increase lift and drag. Compass headings - ✔✔360 North 90 East 180 South 270 West Northwest Heading - ✔✔Falls between 270 and 360 degrees Inverse Operation - ✔✔Subtraction & Division Prime Number - ✔✔Whole # which can be divided by itself and 1 2 3 5 7 11 13 Addition Answer - ✔✔Sum Subtraction Answer - ✔✔Remainder Multiply Answer - ✔✔Product Division Answer - ✔✔Quotien [Show More]

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