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Jeppesen Airframe Ch. 9 Sec. A Flashcards

1
Q
  1. The tailwheel type landing gear arrangement is also known as ______ landing gear
A

Conventional

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Q
  1. Retracting the landing gear on an aircraft decreases the ______ drag
A

Parasite

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3
Q
  1. Almost all current production airplanes use the _____ _____ -type landing gear arrangement.
A

Tricycle

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4
Q
  1. Tailwheel aircraft are highly susceptible to an abrupt, uncontrolled change in direction on the ground called a _______ _______ due to the relationship between the main wheels and the __________.
A

Ground Loop
Center Of Gravity

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5
Q
  1. The streamlined fairings used to enclose the wheels are referred to as ______ ______.
A

Wheel pants

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6
Q
  1. A(n) ______ cord is a bundle of small strands of rubber encased in a loosely woven cloth tube.
A

Bungee

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7
Q
  1. The most widely used shock absorber for aircraft is the ______
    _____ shock absorber or more commonly known as an ______ strut.
A

Air-oil
Oleo

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8
Q
  1. An oleo strut absorbs the landing impact shock with the _____ .
A

Oil

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9
Q
  1. An oleo strut absorbs the taxi shocks with the _____ .
A

Air

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10
Q
  1. Oleo strut inflation is checked by measuring the length of the exposed _______.
A

Piston Tube

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11
Q
  1. Modern aircraft wheels are almost always _____ -piece units.
A

Two

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12
Q
  1. Aircraft wheels may be cast or forged of either _____ or _____ alloy.
A

Aluminum
Magnesium

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13
Q
  1. The _______ area is the most critical part of a wheel.
A

Bead Seat

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14
Q
  1. Steel keys or keyways on the inboard wheel half drive the rotating ______
A

Brake Disk

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15
Q
  1. One or more ______ ______ may be installed in the inboard half of the main wheels of jet aircraft to release the air from the tire in case of extreme overheating.
A

Fusible Plugs

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16
Q
  1. Before loosening the bolts joining the halves of a wheel, it is critically important that you _____
A

Make sure it is completely deflated

17
Q
  1. To safely insure complete deflation of a tire, first use a _____ screwed onto the _____ then remove the _____.
A

Deflator cap
Valve
Valve Core

18
Q
  1. Screwdrivers or tire tools _____ to pry a tire bead away from the
A

Should not

19
Q
  1. Aircraft bearings _______ be cleaned with steam.
A

Should not

20
Q
  1. Water stains on a wheel bearing is cause for rejection, because this may be an indication of _____ corrosion.
A

Intergranular

21
Q
  1. Discolored bearings indicate damage due to _____
A

Overheating

22
Q
  1. Dye penetrant inspection _____a good method to use to locate cracks in the bead seat area of an aircraft wheel.
A

Is not

23
Q

23.______ inspections should be used to detect cracks on the bead seat area.

A

Eddy Current

24
Q
  1. Wheel bolts should be inspected using the ______ ______ indication inspection method.
A

Magnetic Particle

25
Q
  1. If ______ (how many) of the fusible plugs in the wheel show any signs of softening, they must all be replaced.
A

Any

26
Q
  1. A(n) _____ is used to reduce the back and forth oscillations of the nose wheel at certain speeds.
A

Shimmy Damper

27
Q
  1. If the front sides of the wheels of an aircraft are closer together than the rear sides, the landing gear is _____,
A

Toed-in

28
Q
  1. If the tops of the wheels of an aircraft are closer together than the bottoms, the landing gear has a _______ camber.
A

Negative

29
Q
  1. Large aircraft use a system to apply the brakes when the landing gear is selected UP in order to prevent a ______ hazard or possible ______to the aircraft due to spinning wheels.
A

Fire
Damage

30
Q
  1. All retractable landing gear systems must have some means of ______ the gear if the primary method fails.
A

Lowering

31
Q
  1. Among the methods emergency gear extension systems may use are:
A

Mechanical
Alternate Hydraulic
Compressed Air
Free-Fall

32
Q
  1. A(n) ______ switch may be installed in a landing gear retraction system to prevent the landing gear from being raised while the aircraft is on the ground.
A

Squat

33
Q
  1. Retractable gear aircraft generally use a _____ light to indicate that the gear is down and _____.
A

Green
Locked

34
Q
  1. A gear warning horn will sound if the throttles are _____ and _____ of the landing gear are in the up position
A

Retarded
Any

35
Q
  1. Landing gear warning systems are designed to warn the pilot that the gear ____ down and locked when the aircraft is in the ___ configuration.
A

Is not
Landing

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