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AIRCRAFT BASIC CONSTRUCTION AND FLIGHT PRINCIPLES Flashcards

1
Q

Aircraft Categories

A

Lighther than air
Airplane
Rotacraft
Glider

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2
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Airplane has 4 engine types

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Single engine land
Single engine sea
Multi-engine land
Multi-engine sea

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3
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What are the major components of an airplane?

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Empennage
Fuselage
Wings
Powerplant
Landing Gear

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4
Q

Position of wing

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High wing
Mid wing
Low wing
Gull wing
Dihedral wing
Inverted gull wing

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5
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What are the wing shapes?

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Rectangle
Swift
Tapered
Delta
Slight sweepback
Moderate sweepback
Great sweepback
Forward Sweep
Simple delta
Complex delta
Variable swept

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6
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What are the wing number?

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Monoplane
Biplane
Triplane

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7
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What are the wing structure?

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Noncantilever wing with external support
Cantilever wing with no external support

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8
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What are the wing internal structure?

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Wing flap
spar
aileron
wing tip
stringers
ribs
skin
fuel tank

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9
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What are the wing construction?

A

Monospar
Multispar
Box beam

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10
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What are the wing spars?

A

Wood
Metal

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11
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What are the wing skin?

A

wood
metal

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12
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Types of fuselage

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Truss type
Monocoque
Semi-monoque

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13
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Older types of aircraft design utilized an open ______ structure constructed of wood, steel, or aluminum tubing.

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Truss type

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14
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________ fuselage relies largely on the strength of the skin or covering to carry the primary loads

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monocoque

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15
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It also consists of frame assemblies, bulkheads, and formers as used in the monocoque design but, additionally, the skin is reinforced by longitudinal members called longerons.

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semi-monocoque

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16
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What are the engine position?

A

on the wings
on the wing pylons
close to fuselage
rear mounted
tractor
pusher

17
Q

What are the engine number?

A

Single engine
twin engine
triple engine
four or multiple-engine

18
Q

What are the engine types?

A

Piston/propeller
Turboprop (propeller Turbine)
Jet
Turbofan

19
Q

What is Composed of the Vertical Stabilizer and Horizontal Stabilizer?

A

Empennage or Tail section

20
Q

Empennage arrangement

A

Conventional
Twin vertical Stabilizers
Triple vertical stabilizer
V-tail (Butterfly)

21
Q

Types of landing gears

A

Floaters/hull
Wheels

22
Q

What are the landing gear arrangement?

A

Tail wheel type
tandem
tricycle

23
Q

For tractor type. The main gear is located forward of the center of gravity, causing the tail to require support from a third-wheel assembly.

A

Tail Wheel Type Landing Gear (Conventional Landing Gear)

24
Q

the main gear and tail gear aligned on the longitudinal axis of the aircraft.

A

Tandem Landing Gear

25
Q

The most used landing gear arrangement is the ______. It is comprised of main gear and nose gear.

A

Tricycle Landing Gear

26
Q

Landing gear construction

A

Fixed
Retractable

27
Q

Fixed landing gear (Non-Shock Absorbing Landing Gear)

A

Leaf Type Spring Gear
Rigid
Bungee Cord

28
Q

Fixed and Retractable

A

Shock Struts

29
Q

Special landing gear: wheel

A

Rough field
Soft field

30
Q

What are the basic flight principles?

A

Lift
Weight
Drag
Thrust

31
Q

the force which opposes the force of gravity (or weight).

A

lift

32
Q

the _______ acts vertically downward from the center of gravity (CG) of the airplane.

A

weight

33
Q

the force that opposes the forward motion of an airplane. Specifically, drag is a retarding force acting upon a body in motion through a fluid, parallel to the direction of motion of a body.

A

Drag

34
Q

defined as the forward direction pushing or pulling force developed by an aircraft engine.

A

thrust

AMCR (3 decks)

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