Airplane Systems

Question 1

Fuselage

Answer 1

Houses the cabin and cockpit, which contains the controls for the airplane, seats for the occupants, and room for cargo

Question 2

Open Truss

Answer 2

A structure with visible struts and wire bracing

Question 3

Stressed Skin

Answer 3

When designers use the skin to carry some of the flight loads

Question 4

Monocoque

Answer 4

When the skin carries all of the flight loads and there is little or no internal frame work. It can be very strong but cannot tolerate any dents or deformation of the surface

Question 5

Semi-Monocoque

Answer 5

This skin incorporates a substructure for added strength

Question 6

Monoplanes

Answer 6

Airplanes with a single set of wings

Question 7

Biplanes

Answer 7

Airplanes with two sets of wings

Question 8

Ailerons

Answer 8

located on the outside portion of each wing connected to a control wheel. When moved, the ailerons move in opposite directions to create aerodynamic forces that roll the airplane in and out of turns.
If you turn the yoke to the right, the right alerion moves up and the left moves down. turning it left doe

Question 9

Flaps

Answer 9

located on the inside portion of each wing. They are normally flush with the wing’s surface during cruising flight.

Question 10

Empennage

Answer 10

consists of the vertical stabilizer, or fin, rudder, the horizontal stabilizer, and the elevator. These help steady the airplane and help maintain a straight path through the air.

Question 11

Rudder

Answer 11

attached to the back of the vertical stabilizer. It created aerodynamic forces that move the nose of the airplane left or right. You operate the rudder with your feet using pedals.

Question 12

Elevator

Answer 12

attached to the back of the horizontal stabilizer. It is adjusted by a control wheel or stick through a system of cables, pullies, and other connecting devices. when you pull back on the yoke, the elevator moves up, causing the airplanes nose to move or pitch up.

Question 13

Stabilator

Answer 13

A one piece horizontal stabilizer. Used in lieu of an elevator, the stabilator pivots up and down on a central hinge point.

Question 14

Trim Tab

Answer 14

attached to the trailing edge of the elevator. Helps minimize your work load by aerodynamically helping you move a control surface or maintain the surface in a desired position.

Question 15

Anti-Servo Tab

Answer 15

a stabilator uses this to provide you with a control “feel” similar to an elevator. Without this, control forces from the stabilator would be so light that you might over control the airplane. It also functions as a trim tab to maintain the stabilator in the desired position.

Question 16

Main Wheels

Answer 16

one on each side of the fuselage and a third positioned either at the front or rear of the airplane.

Question 17

Conventional Landing

Answer 17

landing gear with a rear mounted wheel

Question 18

Tailwheel

Answer 18

airplanes that have conventional landing gear

Question 19

Nosewheel

Answer 19

when the third wheel is located on the nose

Question 20

Tricycle Gear

Answer 20

when the third wheel is located on the nose

Question 21

Fixed Gear

Answer 21

always remains extended and has the advantage of simplicity combines with low cost

Question 22

Retractable Gear

Answer 22

streamlines the airplane by stowing the landing gear inside the structure during cruising flight.

Question 23

Oleo Strut

Answer 23

consists of an enclosed cylinder, which houses a piston, oil, and air. It absorbs pressure rapidly and slowly releases it.

Question 24

Disc Brakes

Answer 24

located on the main wheels. (used in training airplanes) Applied by pressing on top of the rudder pedals.

Question 25

Differential Braking

Answer 25

hand operated parking brake that holds pressure on both brakes to keep the airplane from rolling when your feet are off the pedals

Question 26

Powerplant

Answer 26

in small planes, this includes both the engine and the propeller

Question 27

Engine

Answer 27

its primary function is to provide the power to turn the propeller.

Question 28

Firewall

Answer 28

located between the engine compartment and the cockpit, protects aircraft occupants and serves as a mounting point for the engine,

Question 29

Propeller

Answer 29

mounted on the front of the engine, translates the rotational force of the engine into a forward acting force called thrust, which moves the airplane through the air.

Question 30

Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH)

Answer 30

Most of the pertinent information about a particular make and model of an airplane in this. It’s to make pilots have an easy transition between different makes and models of airplanes.

Question 31

FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM)

Answer 31

this is specifically assigned to the individual airplane and must be accessible by the pilot during flight.

Question 32

Pilot’s Informational Manual (PIM)

Answer 32

contains the same information as the POH / AFM except for precise weight and balance data and optional equipment specific to a particular airplane.

Question 33

Annual Inspection Manual 100-Hour Inspections

Answer 33

inspections done by an appropriately certificated aviation maintenance technician.