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18LP Pilots Environment Flashcards

1
Q

What instruments are affected by the pitot static system

A

Airspeed, altimeter, vertical speed indicator

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2
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What are the two major parts of the pitot static system

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The Peto tube with impact pressure chambers and lines,

static air vents with static pressure chambers and lines

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3
Q

Static air vents are the source of _______pressure

A

External atmospheric

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4
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What instruments are affected if the static air vents are blocked

A

All three Peto static system instruments: altimeter, airspeed indicator, vertical speed indicator

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5
Q

Pressure is sensed by a _______ in the altimeter and converted to an altitude

A

Aneroid wafer, barometer

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6
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What does the altimeter indicate

A

Height above sea level when set to the local altimeter setting

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7
Q

The altimeter setting of 29.92 is always used for flights at _____

A

And above 18,000 feet MSL

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8
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When flying from higher pressure to lower pressure the altimeter will read___.

A

A higher altitude than the actual altitude

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9
Q

When flying from lower pressure to higher pressure the altimeter will read_____.

A

A lower altitude than actual altitude

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10
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VSI measures what

A

The rate of climb or discent in hundreds of feet per minute

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11
Q

The VSI gives immediate indication of changes in _______and utilizes _____pressure only

A

Altitude and static pressure

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12
Q

On the airspeed indicator, what do these colors mean?

White arc, green arc, yellow arc, red line

A

White- flap operating range
Green- normal operating range
Yellow- caution range
Red line- never exceed speed

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13
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What is the only instrument that uses the pitot tube for information

A

The airspeed indicator

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14
Q

What is the difference in indicated airspeed and true airspeed?

A

IAS- read directly from airspeed indicator

TAS-airspeed corrected for temperature and pressure

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15
Q

What airspeed is used for flight plans that are being filed

A

True airspeed

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16
Q

True airspeed and indicated airspeed are approximately _______at sea level

A

Equal

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17
Q

Indicated airspeed becomes _____ then true airspeed as altitude increases

A

Less

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18
Q

What is the only self contained direction seeking instrument in an aircraft

A

The magnetic compass

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19
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This is mounted behind the glass of the instrument that can be used for a reference line when aligning the headings on the Compass card

A

Lubber line

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20
Q

What type of Compass error is this?

Angular difference between true North and direction indicated by the magnetic compass

A

Variation

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21
Q

What type of Compass error is this?

Magnetic compass error caused by electromagnetic interference with in the aircraft

A

Deviation

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22
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What are two types of Compass errors

A

Variation and deviation

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23
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What flight instruments use a gyroscope for their operation

A

Turn coordinator,
heading indicator (directional gyro),
attitude indicator

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24
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In some aircraft the gyros are _______, ____ or _____operated

A

Vacuum, pressure, electrically

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25
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What instruments would be affected if the vacuum pump failed

A

Heading indicator, attitude indicator

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26
Q

What are the two fundamental properties of a gyroscope

A

Rigidity in space and Percision

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27
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A body at rest will remain at rest; or if in motion in a straight line it will continue in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. What law is this

A

Newtons first law of motion

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28
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What is newtons first law of motion?

A

A body at rest will remain at rest

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29
Q

All flight instruments using the gyroscope property rely on _____ for their operation

A

Rigidity

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30
Q

What is the second property of a gyroscope

A

Percision

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31
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A turn coordinator is what 2 instruments combined into one

A

Rate of turn indicator and inclinometer

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32
Q

What instrument in a turn coordinator uses a gyroscopic principal for its operation

A

Rate of turn indicator

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33
Q

The inclinometer of the turn coordinator indicates the coordination of

A

The aileron and rudder

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34
Q

A standard rate of turn is _____degrees per second and the aircraft should complete a 360 in ______

A

3

2 min

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35
Q

The ball on a inclinometer indicates whether the airplane is in coordinated flight or a _____ _____

A

Slip or skid

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36
Q

The heading indicator is also referred to as

A

Directional Gyro DG

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37
Q

This is a mechanical instrument designed to facilitate the use of the magnetic compass

A

Heading indicator/DG

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38
Q

Is a heading indicator affected by the forces that make a magnetic compass difficult to interpret?

A

It is not affected

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39
Q

Because of ______caused chiefly by friction, the heading indicator creeps or drifts from a heading

A

Precession

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40
Q

The heading indicator is not a direction seeking instrument, however the ____ is

A

Magnetic compass

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41
Q

What may be obtained from the attitude indicator

A

Degrees of bank

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42
Q

What is the most realistic flight instrument on the instrument panel

A

The attitude indicator

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43
Q

Name the instruments that are used by the pilot to determine position, Course, and distance traveled
7

A 
Automatic direction finder ADF
VOR instrument, 
instrument landing system ILS receiving equipment, 
radio magnetic indicator RMI
horizontal situation indicator HSI, 
distance measuring equipment DME,
 global positioning system GPS
44
Q

The automatic direction finder is used to navigate using _______

A

Nondirectional radio beacons NDBs

45
Q

What presents information to indicate bearing to or from the station

A

The VOR receiver

46
Q

This instrument consist of an Omni bearing selector OBS, course deviation indicator needle, to- from indicator, and navigation frequency tuner

A

VOR instrument

47
Q

What is a radial and a reciprocal on a VOR instrument

A

Radial- magnetic course from the station

Reciprocal- magnetic course to the station

48
Q

ILS receiving equipment is used to do what

A

Make an ILS approach

49
Q

The red localizer and glideslope warning flags appear when ________ to actuate the needles

A

Insufficient voltage is received

Also appear when an unstable signal or receiver malfunction occurs

50
Q

The radio magnetic indicator RMI is designed to receive what

A

Both VOR and NDB signals

51
Q

The RMI consist of what three things

A

Rotating compass card,
double barred bearing indicator
single barred bearing indicator

52
Q

The RMI can be set up to indicate either bearing to ____ or to ____

A

Waypoint or VORTAC

53
Q

HSI

A

Horizontal situation indicator

54
Q

The horizontal situation indicator is a combination of what three instruments

A

Heading indicator, VOR/LOC indicator, glideslope indicator

55
Q

The DME is used in conjunction with the VOR system to show the pilot the exact distance from that_____.

A

VOR

56
Q

The DME transmit a ________signal which is received by the DME ______antenna at the ground facility.

A

Interrogating, transponder

57
Q

This instrument provides accurate position, speed, precise time information on a continuous global basis, reported and latitude and longitude.

A

GPS

58
Q

The VOR course deviation needle indicate the Aircrafts position in relation to the selected______.

A

Radial

59
Q

The range displayed on the DME indicator is called _____range

A

Slant

60
Q

The NAV/COM incorporates what two radios in one unit

A

Navigation and communications radios

61
Q

Civilian transceivers operate in what frequency range?

A

VHF

Very high frequency

62
Q

What is used to set beacon codes a signed by Atc?

A

The transponder

63
Q

When a controller assigns a Beacon code to an aircraft he/she uses the word_____

A

Squawk

64
Q

The_______ is the airborne portion of the secondary radar system

A

Transponder

65
Q

True or false

A transponder is also required to operate in certain controlled air spaces

A

True

66
Q

A transponder code consists of____ numbers, ranging from _____to_____
how many possible codes?

A

4 numbers,
0 to 7,
4096 possible codes.

67
Q

What codes are assigned only to one aircraft for identification purposes?

A

Discrete codes

68
Q

What squawk codes are used in aviation,
e.g.
7700 emergency, 1200 VFR

A

Non-discrete codes

69
Q

What has to be set on the mode C for secondary radar to receive altitude information?

A

ALT on the aircraft mode C

70
Q

This is a computer system that uses a large database to allow routes to be pre-programmed and fed into the system by means of a data loader

A

Flight management system – FMS

71
Q

The electronic flight instruments, are commonly referred to as

A

Glass cockpit

72
Q 
What includes all of these  
-Primary flight display, 
-navigation display 
– engine indicating and crew alerting system (EICAS)
– multi function display (MFD)
 – primary flight display (PFD)
A

Flight management system – FMS

73
Q

What replaces the attitude indicator, altimeter, radar altimeter, airspeed indicator, and glideslope indicator?

A

Primary flight display – PFD

74
Q

The primary flight display – PFD – can be configured in what two configurations

A

Approach configuration, Cruise configuration

75
Q 
What configuration is this – PFD: 
– Localizer information
 – glideslope information
 – radar altitude, not usable above 1200 feet
 – altimeter 
– DME
 – decision altitude (DA)
A

Approach configuration

-only information unique to The approach phase of flight will be displayed

76
Q 
What configuration is this – PFD:
– Pressure altitude
 – indicated airspeed Mach number
 – heading
 – Course
A

Cruise configuration

- only information you need to the en route phase of flight will be displayed

77
Q

What instrument can be configured in either the full compass configuration or the segmented arc configuration?

A

The navigation display – ND

78
Q

Traffic alert and collision avoidance system

A

TCAS

79
Q

A self-contained, airborne collision avoidance system that is intended to provide a back up for the separation services provided by Atc

A

TCAS

80
Q

Generates traffic advisories and resolution/collision avoidance advisories in the vertical plane…
TCAS I or TCAS II

A

TCAS II

81
Q

Is TCAS and air traffic system?

A

No, but it is a system that directly affects Atc

82
Q

On what aircraft is TCAS required?

A

Most commercial, and some general aviation aircraft

83
Q

TCAS consist of what three functions?

A

Surveillance,

  • collision avoidance system (CAS) algorithms,
  • air to air coordination
84
Q

What interrogators are on the same frequency as ground radar and receives replies from the same transponder used to reply to ground interrogations?

A

T CAS

85
Q

The surveillance function on a TCAS provides information of an intruder’s Aircrafts:
(4 things)

A

– Range
– closure rate
– bearing
-altitude and vertical speed

86
Q

TCAS has how many levels of alerting

A

2

87
Q

Traffic advisories – TAs) – are issued about _________prior to the closest point of approach – CPA)

One of the two levels of alerting (TCAS)

A

45 seconds

88
Q

Resolution advisories – (RA’s) are issued about______ prior to CPA
(TCAS II only)
One of two levels of alerting

A

30 seconds

89
Q

When an aircraft under your control informed you that it is responding to a TCAS RA, what do you do?

A

Do not issue control instructions that are contrary to the RA

90
Q

TCAS I =

TCAS II=

A

Traffic,

RA and traffic (2)

91
Q

Only aircraft with an ________ will be identified by the TCAS system

A

Operational transponder

92
Q

What occurs when the oxygen available to the body tissues is insufficient to meet their needs?

A

Hypoxia

93
Q

What induces a feeling of well-being/euphoria that can prevent the pilot from recognizing it’s effects?

A

Hypoxia

94
Q

Hypoxia – pilot performance can seriously deteriorate within ______minutes at _____feet

A

15 min

15,000

95
Q

What can hypoxia result in?

A

Unconsciousness and death

96
Q 
What are the symptoms of
– Slow reactions
 – impaired thinking
 – unusual fatigue
 – pilot sounds intoxicated and they reflect carefree, humorous attitude
A

Symptoms of hypoxia

97
Q

If the pilot is showing symptoms of hypoxia, and has no oxygen system, suggest a dicsent below _____feet

A

10,000

98
Q

What occurs when there is an abnormal increase in the volume of air breathe in and out by the lungs

A

Hyperventilation

99
Q

What are the symptoms of?
– Dizziness
– nausea
– drowsiness

A

Hyperventilation

100
Q

This is the loss of proper bearings: state of mental confusion as to position, location, or movement relative to the position of the earth.

A

Spatial disorientation/vertigo

101
Q

What occurs when an aircraft returns to straight and level flight, but the pilot feels compelled to lean into an imaginary turn which is still sensed by the inner ear.?

A

Leans

102
Q

This occurs when a pilot in a turn makes a sudden head movement.

A

Coriolis illusion

103
Q

Components of a Pitot static system instruments:

A

Altimeter, vertical speed indicator, airspeed indicator

104
Q

self contained instruments:

A

Magnetic compass

105
Q

Gyroscopic instruments:

A

Turn coordinator
– heading indicator
– attitude indicator

106
Q

Radio/satellite instruments:

A

-ADF (NDB receiver)
-VOR
– ILS
– DME
– GPS

107
Q

Combination instruments:

A 
Radio magnetic indicator :
– heading indicator
 – dual VOR/ADF display, 
horizontal situation indicator:
 – heading indicator 
– VOR or LOC indicator
 – glideslope indicator

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