Energy Management

Question 1

A MOA is ______.

Answer 1

An airspace for military aircraft to perform maneuvers in the lateral, vertical, and horizontal planes

Question 2

MOAs, alert areas, and the working areas within them are typically defined by ______ or ______, and ______.

Answer 2

VORTAC, radials, and DME, latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude in MSL (or flight levels for MOAs)

Question 3

True or false: Alert area altitude blocks are normally from the surface up to and including FL180.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True or false: Civilian aircraft are not allowed to fly through an alert area.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Potential energy is directly related to ______while kinetic energy is directly related to ______.

Answer 5

Altitude, airspeed

Question 6

Trading kinetic to potential energy is also called ______.

Answer 6

Trading airspeed for altitude

Question 7

A maneuver that results in no net change in energy level (energy state) is called ______.

Answer 7

Energy neutral

Question 8

What is the working energy level for a MOA area which has a floor at 6000 feet MSL and a ceiling of 12,000 feet MSL?

Answer 8

9000 feet MSL/180-200 KIAS

Question 9

What is the starting point for the area orientation decision process?

Answer 9

Knowing where you are

Question 10

What is the first step you need to take in order to compensate for winds in your working area?

Answer 10

Know the winds at altitude for your area.

Question 11

Normally, the primary reference for area orientation within a working area is ______.

Answer 11

Ground references near the geographical center of the area or identifiable landmarks on the borders or outside the area if central references are not available.

Question 12

True or false: An area profile and a mission profile are the same.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

How much altitude is required to safely perform a spin recovery?

Answer 13

1000 feet above, 3500 feet below

Question 14

What is the entry airspeed for a landing attitude stall?

Answer 14

5-10 KIAS above approach speed

Question 15

Slow flight is an ______ maneuver.

Answer 15

Energy neutral or energy losing, depending

Question 16

You planned to do a high area profile and enter at the bottom of the area. Your planned area profile was power-on stalls, nose-high recovery, nose-low recovery, ELP stalls, and slow flight. However, while on departure you are assigned a low area. Your departure and recovery routing forces you to enter and leave at the top of your new area. Which of the modified profiles below will allow you to work into the low area altitude block?

Answer 16

ELP stalls, nose-low recovery, nose-high recovery, power-on stalls, slow flight

Question 17

True or false: Kinetic energy can be traded for potential energy by putting the aircraft in a climb.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Putting the T-6A in a dive at full power with the horizon on the front canopy bow will gain approximately ______ knots of indicated airspeed for every ______ feet of altitude.

Answer 18

50; 1000

Question 19

Which in-flight planning concept tells you where to do an area maneuver?

Answer 19

Area orientation

Question 20

A maneuver that ends at a higher altitude and higher airspeed than at entry is an ______maneuver.

Answer 20

Energy gaining

Question 21

How much altitude is required to complete a traffic pattern stall series?

Answer 21

2500 feet below

Question 22

You should try to maneuver ______ your area center reference when compensating for winds.

Answer 22

Upwind from

Question 23

The basic working energy level for area work in the T-6A is ______.

Answer 23

The middle of the area altitude block at 180-200 KIAS

Question 24

True or false: Potential energy is directly related to airspeed.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Staying within your assigned working area ______ traffic conflicts with other aircraft.

Answer 25

Reduces