Cherokee Systems Flashcards
Weights:
1. Gross - ___
2. Empty - ___
3. Useful Load - ___
- 2150 lbs.
- 1290 lbs.
- 945 lbs.
Dimensions:
1. Wing Span - ___
2. Length - ___
3. Dihedral - ___
4. Stabilator - ___
- 30 ft.
- 23.3 ft.
- 7 degrees
- 3 degrees UP & 12 degrees DOWN
Dimensions:
5. Rudder - ___
6. Aileron - ___
7. Flaps - ___
- Pedals, Fin Vertical in line with center of fuselage, 27 degrees (Right/Left)
- 30 degrees UP & 15 degrees DOWN
- First notch 10 degrees, Second notch 25 degrees, Third notch 40 degrees
Engine:
- _____________
- Direct Drive
- Horizontally Opposed
- 4 Cylinders / 4 Strokes
- Sparked Ignition
- Air/Oil Cooled
- Vacuum Pump Driven
- Diaphragm-Type Fuel Pump
- Float Carburetor
Performance:
1. Service Ceiling - ___
2. Absolute Ceiling - ___
3. Top Speed - ___
4. Cruising Speed - ___
- 14,300 ft.
- 16,800 ft.
- 139 kts (142 mph)
- (75% power) 121 kts, 124 mph
Performance:
5. Fuel Consumption - ___
6. Cruising Range - ___
7. Stalling Speed - ___
8. Landing Roll - ___
- (75% power) 9 gallons
- (75% power) 4 hours / 490 miles
- 54 mph
- (Flaps Down) 535 ft.
Four Stroke Engine Cycle:
1. Otto-Cycle - ___
2. Cylinders - ___
3. Pistons - ___
4. Crankshaft - ___
- Nikolaus August Otto
- Where the pistons are fitted
- Acts as a crankshaft through a connecting rod
- Fitted to propeller and converts the piston’s back and forth motions to rotations
Four Stroke Engine Cycle:
5. Intake - ___
6. Compression - ___
7. Power - ___
8. Exhaust - ___
- Fuel/Air
- Fuel/Air
- Fuel/Air ignited by spark plug
- unspent Fuel/Air is released
Four Stroke Engine Cycle:
9. Lycoming O(opposed)-32-E2A - ___
10. Engine Oil - ___
11. Propeller - ___
- 140 HP@2450 RPM / 150 HP@2700 RPM
- 8 quarts (SAE 50/Oil W 100 (ashless dispersant)
- Sensenic M74DM, Fixed-Pitched, Aluminum Alloy,
74 inches (diameter), 60 inches (standard pitch)
Cowling (air cooled)
Fuel:
1. Fuel pumps - ___
2. Rated - ___
3. Wings - ___
4. Mixture - ___
- Engine driven fuel pump / Auxiliary electrical driven fuel pump (critical phases of flight)
- 80/87 RED ||| 100LL/BLUE (uses)
- One bladder in each wing.
Bladder holds 25 gallons (50 gal total) (3 unusable gal in each bladder.
Fuel selector to one bladder at a time. - Pushed in towards instrument panel - ENRICHED
Pushed out - LEANED
Carburetor:
1. Engine - ___
2. Mixture - ___
3. Takeoff / Landing - ___
4. At higher altitudes - ___
- Operates on a strict diet of air and fuel
- Controls manually the proportion of fuel delivered to engine via the carburetor in the correct proportion 15 parts air / 1 part of fuel
- RICH (pushed in toward instrument panel)
- Air is less dense, fuel flow is constant, ratio of fuel to air is changing with altitude, less oxygen blending with constant fuel.
Carburetor:
5. Leaning - ___
- At cruise altitude, must reduce amount of fuel sent to the engine.
Gradually pull back on mixture towards chest until first indicator of engine performance (no rapid movements!).
Once drop in RPM is detected, push back in toward instrument panel until engine’s RPM stabilizes.
Carburetor:
6. Carburetor Heat - ___
- Dumps heat from the engine thru the manifold
- Pushed in toward instrument panel (COLD)
- Pulled out toward chest (heat from engine is being delivered to venture in the carburetor)
Electrical System:
1. Alternator - ___
2. Battery - ___
3. Switches, ___, ___, ___, ___
- 12 volt (35 ampere)
- 12 volt (25 ampere) (60 amp alternator)
- fuses, stall warning lights, circuit, Dual magnetos
Landing Gear (tricycle gear):
1. Nose wheel - ___
2. Main gear - ___
3. Tires - ___
4. Brakes - ___
- 30 degree arc, hydraulic shimmy damper, oleo strut (3.25 inches).
- 2 Cleveland 600x6, oleo strut (4.50 inches)
- 600x6 (four ply with tubes)
- Main gear drums, actuated by toe pedals or hand lever.
