Flaps Flashcards

1
Q

The primary purpose of flaps:

A

Give required lift at a lower airspeed

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2
Q

Flaps/other parts whose operation cause additional drag or greater rate of descent on purpose are given description?

A

___ Augmentation

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3
Q

Flaps help increase what two components of Lift generation?

A

C-Lift and S

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4
Q

Asymmetrical flap extension will have what flying impact?

A

Roll towards the wing with lesser flap extnded

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5
Q

Flaps increase lift simply by doing what to the aerofoil?

A

Increasing its camber

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6
Q

Flap extension does what to the Centre of Pressure?

A

Moves aft

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7
Q

Flap extension does what to the Lift/Drag ratio?

A

Decreases it

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8
Q

A decreasing Lift/Drag ratio from flap extension has what impact on engine failure emergencies?

A

Glide distance is decreased

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9
Q

What happens to Lift and Drag ratios as flaps are extended?

A

Drag increases at a greater rate than Lift

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10
Q

What happens to the stalling AoA as flaps are extended?

A

It lowers

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11
Q

The stalling AoA reducing for an aircraft indicates what?

A

Flaps extension

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12
Q

On a C-Lift/AoA graph, what happens to the graph line as flaps are extended

A

It goes left and up (C-Lift increases but AoA reduces)

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13
Q

A reduced stalling AoA with flaps extended has what impact on flight performance?

A

The aircraft will stall at a lower nose attitude with flaps extended

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14
Q

Flap reduction does what to the wing’s CP?

A

Moves it forward (due to reduction in camber)

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15
Q

The landing speed must be at least ___ of the V-Stall?

A

1.3

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16
Q

Flap extension does what the pilot’s view?

A

Increase/deepen it

17
Q

Why is the pilot’s view increased/deepened with flap extension?

A

Required nose attitude is lower

18
Q

Slotted flaps’ design basics?

A

Slots allow high-energy air to flow from beneath the wing to the upper surface, delaying the stall

19
Q

Fowler flaps move in what manner?

A

Backwards and downwards

20
Q

Often, leading-edge flaps allow high-energy air to do what?

A

Flow from beneath the wing to the upper surface, delaying the separation and thus the stall