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ASTB Study Guide Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+ Mechanical Advantage - ✔✔-Distance from applied force to pivot point/distance from pivot point to magnified force Aviation and... Nautical Information: ?'s and time - ✔✔-30 questions, 15 minutes (computer adaptive test) Sections on ASTB-E Describe each - ✔✔-1. Math 2. Reading 3. Mechanical Comprehension 4. Aviation and Nautical Information 5. Naval Aviation Trait Facet Inventory 6. Performance Based Measures Battery 7. Biographical Inventory with Response Validation Scoring on ASTB-E - ✔✔-AOR- predicts Academic performance PFAR- Predicts primary flight performance for Aviators FOFAR- Predicts primary flight performance for NFOs Mechanical Comprehension Questions and Time - ✔✔-25 ?'s in 19 minutes What is an airfoil surface? - ✔✔-Wings, propeller, Rotor blades, buoyancy What are the categories under which civilian aircraft are certified? 7 total - ✔✔-Normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, transport, manned free balloons and special classes Who issues Special Airworthiness Certificates and what are the categories for which they will certify? - ✔✔-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), primary, restricted, multiple, limited, light-sport, experimental, special flight permit, provisional Military aircraft are categorized by their mission. List the missions (15) - ✔✔-Air superiority, Anti-sub, coastal patrol, electronic warfare, ground attack (close air support), interdiction, mid-air refueling, mine sweeping, recon, search/rescue, strategic bombing, surveillance, training, transport, weather observation Define fuselage on a fixed wing aircraft - ✔✔-Fuselage is the nose section- cockpit + cabin What is empennage on a fixed wing aircraft? - ✔✔-Tail of plane with vertical stabilizer, hinged elevator, horizontal stabilizer and hinged rudder How does the pilot control the rudder and what does the rudder do? - ✔✔-Pilot controls rudder with pedals and moves the plane left or right How does pilot control hinged elevator and what does it accomplish? - ✔✔-Joystick + moves plane up and down What is a stabilator and what type of fixed wing aircraft have it? - ✔✔-All-moving horizontal stabilizer and elevator. Some fighters (F-16) What is the purpose of flaps on a plane's wing? Where are they located on the wing? - ✔✔-To increase wing's surface area to reduce speed and augment lift in order to land and take off at lower velocities using less runway. They are located along the aft edge of the wing Some airplanes have slats on their wings. What is their purpose and where are they located on the wing? - ✔✔-Help airplane land/take off at lower speeds, less runway. Located at front edge of wing. C17 has slats an flaps (USAF) What are spoilers, what do they do, and where are they located on the plane? - ✔✔-Hinged panels that move upward after landing and destroy residual lift, putting plane's full weight on landing gear. They are on the top of the wing What are air brakes? What is another name for them? What kind of planes have them and where are they often located? - ✔✔-Brakes that help decelerate the aircraft, and in flight, increase rate of descent. Also called speed brakes. High-performance planes such as fighters. Located on top of fuselage (F-15) What is the difference between air brakes and spoilers? - ✔✔-Air brakes don't destroy lift, spoilers do. Spoilers do not increase rate of descent, air brakes do What is the main structural member inside of a plane's wing? - ✔✔-Spar- usually runs the length of the entire wing. Large wings often have multiple spars per wing What structural member of the wing is perpendicular to the Spar? What is the purpose? - ✔✔-Ribs, increase strength and support What is the skin of an aircraft? What material is it (generally)? - ✔✔-Aluminum surrounding framework of spars and ribs Do planes with wings that are perpendicular to the aircraft's longitudinal axis fly below or above the speed of sound? - ✔✔-Below How are the wings adjusted of jets that fly close to or above the speed of sound in relation to the longitudinal axis? - ✔✔-Wings are swept back to delay drag associated with air compressibility at high speeds. Increase performance. What is a delta wing? - ✔✔-Wing shaped like a triangle What is a variable-geometry wing? How do pilots use them? - ✔✔-Swing wings forward to perpendicular to longitudinal axis for take off, landing and low speeds, swing back for high speeds What is an aileron? Where is it located on the plane? - ✔✔-Hinged flight control surface located on the outer aft edge of wings. Each one operates in the direction opposite of another, controlling the plane's rolling motion. They are used to perform banking turns What is a trim tab? Where are they found on the plane (multiple places)? What is the purpose and how does the pilot control them? - ✔✔-Small tab that changes the aerodynamic load on the surface. Reduce the need for constant pilot pressure on the joystick or pedals. Adjusted using switch or wheel in cockpit. Found on elevator, rudder, and one aileron. Basically, maintains an action you performed with joystick or pedals What two types of engines are most aircraft thrusted by? - ✔✔-Piston or turbine If controlled by turbine engines, what are the three types of propulsions? - ✔✔-turboprop, turbojet, turbofan What is an afterburner? - ✔✔-Provides an increase in thrust past full throttle for turbojet. Seen on fighters Who controls engine operation? - ✔✔-Pilo [Show More]

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