English Flashcards
Airflow is Now horizontal
ETL
Don’t fly to fast or something will stall
Vne (retreating blade stall
On the trailing edge, helps with lift
Gurney flap
Flying close to ground
NOE
Gas that is odourless
Carbon monoxide
Things that increase blade area
Flaps and slats
Makes the blades see-saw
Trunnion bearing
The difference between true north and magnetic north
Variation
VOR stations are aligned to
Magnetic north
This instrument has a calibrated leak
VSI/VVI
A VOR station sends out 360…
Radials
PAPI has X number of lights on the ground
Four
When the aircraft climbs the diaphragm in the VSI…
Contracts
When the helicopter climbs the aneroid wafers….
Expand
ASI is connected to the static port and the…
Air line
The …. causes the plane to pitch
Elevators
What broken device on a CH53 can exacerbate ground resonance?
Damper
Boiling point Fahrenheit
212*
A device that stops the blades from hitting the tail boom
Droop stop
What type of drag goes up with speed, yet not exponentially?
Parasite
If the wind always come from a certain direction
Prevailing wind
When you pull cyclic back before landing in a autorotation
Flare
What is meant by yaw accelerator?
LTE - Main disc interference
If there is a lot of dust you get this
Brown out