Cessna Pilot Training Flashcards
Spatial disorientation is the lack of…
orientation in regard to the position, attitude, and movement of the airplane’s position in space
The body uses 3 integrated sensory systems during flight. What are they?
Visual
Vestibular - inner ear
Postural - proprioceptive, kenesthetic
The fluid and hairs in the three inner ear canals help you sense motion in the _____, _____, and ____ axes
pitch, roll, and yaw
The otilith organs of the inner ear detect _____ _______ and _______.
linear motion (acceleration, deceleration
gravity
Vertigo is a state of _______ _______ ________ resulting from misleading information sent to the brain by the various sensory organs.
temporary spatial confusion
Vestibular illusions include…
Inversion illusion
Coriolis illusion
Elevator illusion
Leans
Graveyard spiral
Somatogravic illusion
You may feel the leans when you enter a bank too ______ to set the fluid in your ears in motion and then _______ correct back to level flight, making you feel like you’re now banking in the ________ direction so you bank back in the ________ direction or feel compelled to lean in the perceived ________ ______.
slowly
quickly
opposite
original
vertical plane
Coriolis illusion happens during a ________ _____ when the fluid in the ear catches up to the speed of the canal. If you make an _______ head movement, the fluid is set in motion and when you return to your ________ head position, the prolonged turn now feels like ______ _______.
prolonged turn
abrupt
original
level flight
Graveyard spiral happens during a ________ _____. When you return to level flight you feel like you’re turning in the ________ direction so you turn in the ________ direction. You’ll sense an altitude loss in the turn so you’ll pull back on the yoke, _________ the spiral.
prolonged turn
opposite
original
tightening
Somatogravic illusion happens during a rapid acceleration when the otilith organ tells you you’re falling _________ so you pitch ______, or during a rapid deceleration you sense that you’re falling ________ so you pitch ___.
backwards
down
forward
up
Inversion illusion happens when you make an abrupt change from a climb to level flight. It makes you feel like you’re falling __________ so you pitch _____.
backwards
down
Elevator illusion happens during an abrupt upward vertical acceleration (updraft) and you feel like you’re ________ so you pitch ______, or in an abrupt downward vertical acceleration (downdraft) so you pitch ___.
climbing
down
up
What are the factors that increase susceptibility to spatial disorientation?
Fatigue
Illness
Sleep loss
Hypoxia
Medication
Alcohol
A standard rate turn is __ degrees per ________.
Also known as a “2 minute turn” because you will make a ____ degree turn in ____ minutes.
3
second
360
2
Terminal, or “T class,” VORs have a reliable signal to a distance of ___ NM from _____ feet AGL up to _______ feet AGL
25
1,000
12,000
When the MEA changes on your route of flight you climb or descend ______ you’ve crossed the fix where the altitude change takes place
after
When approaching a Minimum Crossing Altitude (MCA) you should climb _______ you get get to the MCA so that you cross at or above the MCA and then continue climbing at your normal rate to the MEA
before
How do you correct for a nose high unusual attitude?
Nose low?
Power- Full
Pitch - Forward
Wings - Level
Coordinated return to level flight
Power - Idle
Pitch - Aft
Full scale deflection for a VOR is ____.
10*
Full scale deflection on a localizer is ____. ____ times more sensitive than a VOR.
2.5*
Four
Unless otherwise specified by publication or ATC, standard turns in a holding pattern are ______ hand turns.
right
If icing is suspected and you are using autopilot, what should you do? Why?
Disengage the autopilot and hand fly because the autopilot can hide a hazardous handling characteristics. When the autopilot reaches its design limit, it could kick off leaving you with a difficult to handle plane
