Aeromedical Factors

Question 1

An abrupt change form climb to straight and level flight can create the illusion of

Answer 1

tumbling backwards

This is an inversion illusion. The disoriented pilot will push the aircraft abruptly into a nose low attitude, possibly intensifying this illusion.

Question 2

What action should be taken if hyperventilation is suspected

Answer 2

Consciusly breath at a slower rate than normal

Question 3

What visual illusion creates the same effect as a narrower than usual runway?

Answer 3

An upsloping runway

Both narrower than usual and upsloping runways can create the ilusion that the aircraft is at a higher altitude than it actually is

Question 4

Without visual aid, a pilot often interprets centrifugal force as a sensation of

Answer 4

rising or falling

centrifugal force is an apparent force caused by the inertia of the pilots mass while turning or changing direction. changes in this apparent force may be felt as rising or falling.