Global GK Flashcards
What documents are required to be on board?
Airworthiness cert Registration cert Radio station license (OCONUS) Operating limitation (POH) Weight and balance (current) Compass deviation card
What are the required tests and inspections?
Annual w/i 12 mo ADs complied with VOR w/i 30 100 hour Altimeter (pitot-static) w/i 24 mo Transponder w/i 24 mo ELT w/i 24 mo
Can you fly this aircraft with known inoperative equipment?
Is the inoperative equipment required as part of 91.205? Listed on the KOEL? Required by AD? If the answer is yes, I cannot fly. If no, the instrument must be deactivated and placarded.
What is a MEL?
Minimum Equipment List. A listing of instruments, equipment and procedures that allows the aircraft to fly with inoperative equipment
What effect does a forward CG have?
Higher stall speed, slower cruise, more stable, lower Vmc
What effect does an aft CG have?
lower stall speed, higher cruise, less stable, higher Vmc
What is standard empty weight?
(GAMA) weight of the standard airplane including unusable fuel, full operating fluids, and full oil.
What is basic empty weight?
(GAMA) standard empty weight plus optional equipment (beyond standard)
What is zero fuel weight?
The maximum allowable weight of the airplane and payload, assuming no usable fuel. (purpose to limit load forces on wing spars with heavy fuselage weight)
What is payload?
The weight of occupants, cargo, and baggage.
How does an aft CG affect Vmc?
Shorter rudder moment arm; greater thrust moment arm on operative engine.
How does a change in weight affect Vmc?
Unaffected in straight and level. But in a bank, where a horizontal component of weight (side load) creates a more effective sideslip, Vmc increases as weight is reduced.
How does a change of density altitude affect Vmc?
Higher DA, lower Vmc; because thrust is less
How does a windmilling propeller affect Vmc?
Higher Vmc–more drag
How does a sideslip affect Vmc?
With wings level, Vmc is increased because there is no horizontal component of lift helping combat asymmetric thrust. Vmc decreases with zero-sideslip.
