First 2 Weeks Flashcards
What uses Cable Operated Systems
Low speed general aviation
What material is used for cables in cable operated systems
Steel
How do cable and hydraulic systems interact in Boosted Cable Systems
Parallel to each other
What is the boost ratio on Boosted Cable Systems
14:1
What does a Primary Stop do
Limits Flight controls at the surface of the Flight Control
What does a Secondary stop do
Limits Flight controls at the Control Column in the cockpit
What powered system is completely hydraulic
Hydraulic power operated system
What power operated system needs artifical feel
Hydraulic powered operated system
How is non proportional feedback given to pilot on Hydraulic Power Operated Systems
Springs
How is proportional feedback given to pilot on Hydraulic Power Operated Systems
Q pots
What system is irrevrisble
Hydraulic Power Operated System
What do torque tubes do
Transmits torionsal force between actuating control and the device being controlled
What is fly by wire
Using electrical wires instead of cables in an aircraft
What does LVDT stand for
Linear Variable Displacement Transfuser
What does RVDT stand for
Rotary Variable Displacement Transfuser
What is fly by light
Uses fiber optic cables instead of steel cables
What is EMI
Electro Magnetic Interference
What is Roll and Yaw trimming for
Is used to adjust aircraft to fly straight hands free
How is Pitch trimming done
Adjusting Leading edge of horizontal stabiliser / THS
What is mach trim
In modren aircrafts
Compensates for aerodynamic pitch down tendency at high speeds
Done by adjusting THS
What do Trailing Edge Flaps do
Increase Camber or Increase Camber and area
What do leading edge flaps do
Allows for a higher AOA
Decreases takeoff and landing distance
What are the positions of a Leading Edge Flap
Extended and Retracted
When are slats retracted
Cruise
When are slats in the intermediate setting
Takeoff
When are slats extended
Landing
What are the two types of Spoiler
Flight and Ground
When can ground spoilers be used in flight
Never
What is the center of gravity dependant on (3)
Amount of fuel
Number of passangers
Amount of distribution of the cargo
Where are slots normally
Fixed to leading edge
When are slats used
High AOA
Why are slats not used at normal angles
Only induces drag at normal angles
Where are fowler flaps
Trailing edge
Where are slotted flaps
Trailing edge
Where are kruger flaps
Leading edge
What is the most common flap on commerical Aircrafts
Fowler
What are spoilers used for
To kill lift allowing for rapid descent
Why is it important for an aircraft to stall at the root out to the tip
So ailerons will be effective in a stall
What direction is an aileron on a downwards wing in a bank
Up
What is the only tab with the same direction of motion as the flight control
Anti balance / Anti Servo
What does a trim tab do
Statically balances the aircraft in flight
“Hands off”
What does a Balance tab do
Aids pilot in overcoming force needed to move control surface
What does a servo tab do
Aerodynamically positions control surfaces that require too much force to move manually
What does an Anti servo tab do
Increases force needed by pilot to change flight control position
Desensitizes flight controls
What does a spring tab do
Enabled moving control surface when forces are high
Inactive during slow flight
What happens to velocity in subsonic
Increases
What happens to pressure in subsonic
Decreases
What happens to density in subsonic
Stays the same
What happens to velocity in supersonic
Decreases
What happens to pressure in supersonic
Increases
What happens to density in supersonic
Increases
What is speed of sound effected by
Temperature
When temperature increases what happens to speed of sound
Increases
What is speed of sound on a standard day
1224.1 kmph
What is a mach number
Ratio of speed of aircraft to speed of sound
What measures speed of sound and displays information to the pilot
Machmeter
What is the flight speed range for subsonic
Below 0.75
What is the flight speed range for transonic
0.75 to 1.2
What is the flight speed range for supersonic
1.2 to 5
What is the flight speed range for hypersonic
Greater than 5
When does air become compressable
Supersonic
What are the 3 types of supersonic waves
Normal oblique and expansion
What wing causes a normal shock wave
Blunt nose subsonic airfoil
What wing causes a Oblique shock wave
Sharped Edge airfoil