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1
Q

Airflow is Now horizontal

A

ETL

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2
Q

Don’t fly to fast or something will stall

A

Vne (retreating blade stall

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3
Q

On the trailing edge, helps with lift

A

Gurney flap

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4
Q

Flying close to ground

A

NOE

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5
Q

Gas that is odourless

A

Carbon monoxide

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6
Q

Things that increase blade area

A

Flaps and slats

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7
Q

Makes the blades see-saw

A

Trunnion bearing

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8
Q

The difference between true north and magnetic north

A

Variation

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9
Q

VOR stations are aligned to

A

Magnetic north

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10
Q

This instrument has a calibrated leak

A

VSI/VVI

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11
Q

A VOR station sends out 360…

A

Radials

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12
Q

PAPI has X number of lights on the ground

A

Four

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13
Q

When the aircraft climbs the diaphragm in the VSI…

A

Contracts

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14
Q

When the helicopter climbs the aneroid wafers….

A

Expand

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15
Q

ASI is connected to the static port and the…

A

Air line

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16
Q

The …. causes the plane to pitch

A

Elevators

17
Q

What broken device on a CH53 can exacerbate ground resonance?

A

Damper

18
Q

Boiling point Fahrenheit

A

212*

19
Q

A device that stops the blades from hitting the tail boom

A

Droop stop

20
Q

What type of drag goes up with speed, yet not exponentially?

A

Parasite

21
Q

If the wind always come from a certain direction

A

Prevailing wind

22
Q

When you pull cyclic back before landing in a autorotation

A

Flare

23
Q

What is meant by yaw accelerator?

A

LTE - Main disc interference

24
Q

If there is a lot of dust you get this

A

Brown out

25
Q

Having this in the kerosene is bad for the engine

A

Impurities

26
Q

Name the five legs of the pattern

A

Upwind, crosswind, downwind, base, final