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1
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What is standard empty weight?

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Weight of standard airplane including usable fuel and full operating fluids

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What is Basic Empty Weight

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Standard empty weight plus optional equipment

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What is Useful Load?

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the weight of the pilot, copilot, passengers, baggage, usable fuel, and drainable oil.

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What is payload

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the weight of occupants, cargo, and baggage.

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What is the Arm

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distance from the reference datum to a specified point on the aircraft

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What is CG

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Point where aircraft is balanced

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What is the moment?

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product of weight x arm

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How to calculate pressure altitude?

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(29.92 - current altimeter) x 1000 + field elevation

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How to calculate density altitude?

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pressure altitude + [120 x (OAT – ISA Temp)]

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10
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What is the standard lapse rate?

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2 degrees / 1000’

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what is the angle of incidence

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angle between the chord line & the longitudinal axis

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12
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What is newtons third law

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every action has an equal and opposite reaction

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What is Bernoulli’s principle

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As a fluid flows through a venturi the velocity of the fluid increases, while the pressure decreases

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as velocity decreases, lift _____

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decreases

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15
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as air density decreases, lift ____

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decreases

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16
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Factors that effect stall speed

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weight
CG
Load factor
Flaps
Ice
Turbulence
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17
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What is Va

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Maneuvering speed, full deflection of any flight control will stall before you break

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18
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Effect of Aft CG

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Lower stall speed

difficult to recover

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19
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Effect of forward CG

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higher stall speed

easier to recover

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20
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What is a slip

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yawed towards outside of turn

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21
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What is a skid

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Yawed too far inside of turn

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22
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What are the phases of a spin

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entry
incipient
fully developed
recovery

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23
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what is induced drag

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drag caused by lift

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24
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When is ground effect encountered

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Within one wingspan of the ground

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What happens in ground effect
less induced drag , better performance
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How do you avoid wake turbulence on takeoff
lift off before departing aircraft | lift off beyond arriving aircraft
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How do you avoid wake turbulence on landing
land before departing aircraft | land beyond landing aircraft
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What is parasite drag
drag caused by the aircrafts shape
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what are the 3 types of parasite drag
Skin friction Form Interference
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What is skin friction drag
drag from the aircrafts surface being rough
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what is from drag
drag from an objects shape
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what is interference drag
drag from the interaction of airflow from the joined components of the airframe
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What is adverse yaw
the deflection of ailerons in a turn have a tendency to pull the nose of the aircraft in the opposite direction of the turn
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Axis for Pitch
lateral
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axis for roll
longitudinal
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axis for yaw
vertical
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what is the center of lift
point at which lift acts
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what are the left turning tendencies
P-factor gyroscopic precession spiraling slipstream torque
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What is p-factor
the downward blade of the prop is at greater AOA, produces for thrust , yawing plane to the left
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what is spiraling slipstream
a result of air passing through the rotating prop , strikes left side of vert stab
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what is gyroscopic precession
as the tail rises, a force is applied to the top of the prop, causing yaw to the left
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what is torque
prop rotates clockwise, aircraft reacts by rolling in opposite direction
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As weight increases, Va speed _____
increases
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what is the reference datum
everything is measured from this point on the aircraft
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As weight increases, takeoff distance _____
increases
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As weight increases, cruise speeds _____
decrease
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as weight increases, fuel economy ____
decreases
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as weight increases, landing distance _____
increases
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Air density is effect by what 3 things?
Change in pressure Change in temperature Change in humidity
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What is indicated airspeed
read of alitimeter
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what is calibrated airspeed
indicated airspeed corrected for instrument and positional errors
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what is true airspeed
the speed of aircraft relative to the air it's flying through
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define Vx
greatest gain in altitude over the shortest distance
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define Vy
greatest gain in altitude over the shortest time
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What is absolute ceiling
altitude where the aircraft will no longer climb
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What is service ceiling
altitude where the max rate of climb is 100FPM
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what is indicated altitude
read directly off alitmeter
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what is pressure altitude
altitude over standard datum plane
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What is density altitude
pressure altitude corrected for non-standard temperature
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what is true altitude
height above MSL
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what is absolute altitude
distance over the surface
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What is gyroscopic precession
when force is applied on a spinning object that force is felt 90 degrees in the direction of spinning
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what is rigidity in space
an object spinning will continue spinning until acted on the an outside force
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What instruments use rigidity in space
attitude indicator | Heading indicator
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What instruments use precession
turn coordinator | heading indicator
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what are the 4 stages of a reciprocating engine
Intake Compression Power Exhaust
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What indications would you get using alternate air
AI - reads high Alt - reads high VSI- initially shows climb
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What indications would you get with blocked pitot tube
AI - acts as altimeter Altimeter - normal VSI - normal
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What indications would you get with blocked static port
AI - low in climb, high in descent Alt- frozen VSI - frozen
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Signs of Carb icing
reduction in RPM | engine roughness
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what is detenation
when fuel/air mixture explodes in the cylinder
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Limit of magneto check
Max drop of 150 RPM w/ difference of 50 RPM
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What frequency does ELT broadcast on?
121.5
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What does a turn & slip indicator measure?
Rate of turn
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What does a turn coordinator measure
rate of turn and rate of roll
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what is variation
difference between true north and magnetic north
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what is deviation
magnetic disturbances in the aircraft
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what are the required documents
``` MEL Airworthiness cert Registration Radio license Operating Limits (POH) Weight + balance Supplemental Manuals ```
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What are the required inspections
``` Annual VOR (30 days IFR) 100-hour (for hire) Altimeter + Static system (24 calendar months, IFR) Transponder (24 calendar months) ELT (12 calendar months) ```
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What is the required equipment for VFR Day + Night
``` Altimeter Tachometer Oil pressure gauge Manifold pressure gauge Airspeed indicator Temp gauge Oil temp gauge Fuel gauges Landing gear position indicator Anti collision lights (after march 11, 1996) Magnetic compass ELT Seat belts ``` ``` Fuses Landing light (for hire) Anti collision lights Position lights Source of power ```
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what is pilotage
navigation by visible landmarks
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what is dead reckoning
based on nav equipment
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what is true heading
true course directed for wind
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what is magnetic heading
relation to magnetic north
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what is compass heading
magnetic heading corrected for deviation
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what is true course
aircrafts course over ground, using sectional
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how long is 1st class medical valid for?
over 40: 6 months | under 40: 12 months
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how long is 2nd class medical valid for?
12 months
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how long is 3rd class medical valid for?
under 40: 60 months | over 40: 24 months
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What do you use if you dont have an MEL
FAR 91.205 Airworthiness Directives VFR Day type cert KOELS
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what is the pave checklist
Pilot Aircraft enVironment External pressures

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