Aircraft controls and Structure

Question 1

What does the elevator alter

Answer 1

Aircraft pitch, which the attitude about the horizontal or lateral axis causing the nose to pitch up or down

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Question 2

What does the rudder change

Answer 2

The aircraft rotates on the vertical axis(yaw)

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Question 3

What does pulling or pushing the yoke forward or aft do

Answer 3

Changes the elevator causing nose pitch up or down

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Question 4

What happens when the right pedal is pushed forward

Answer 4

Deflects the rudder to the right which moves the nose of the aircraft to the right along the yaw

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Question 5

The stress that resists a force that tends to pull apart

Answer 5

Tension

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Question 6

The stress that resists a crushing force, tends to shorten or squeeze aircraft parts

Answer 6

Compression

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Question 7

The stress that resists the force tending to cause one layer of material to slide over an adjacent layer

Answer 7

Shear

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Question 8

The stress that resists the force that the rivet or bolt places on the hole.

Answer 8

Bearing

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Question 9

The stress that produces twisting

Answer 9

Torsion

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Question 10

Is a combination of compression and tension

Answer 10

Bending

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Question 11

What axis does the ailerons control

Answer 11

Longitudinal axis
roll

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