Jeppesen Airframe Ch. 9 Sec. A Flashcards
1
Q
- The tailwheel type landing gear arrangement is also known as ______ landing gear
A
Conventional
2
Q
- Retracting the landing gear on an aircraft decreases the ______ drag
A
Parasite
3
Q
- Almost all current production airplanes use the _____ _____ -type landing gear arrangement.
A
Tricycle
4
Q
- 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
5
Q
- The streamlined fairings used to enclose the wheels are referred to as ______ ______.
A
Wheel pants
6
Q
- A(n) ______ cord is a bundle of small strands of rubber encased in a loosely woven cloth tube.
A
Bungee
7
Q
- The most widely used shock absorber for aircraft is the ______
_____ shock absorber or more commonly known as an ______ strut.
A
Air-oil
Oleo
8
Q
- An oleo strut absorbs the landing impact shock with the _____ .
A
Oil
9
Q
- An oleo strut absorbs the taxi shocks with the _____ .
A
Air
10
Q
- Oleo strut inflation is checked by measuring the length of the exposed _______.
A
Piston Tube
11
Q
- Modern aircraft wheels are almost always _____ -piece units.
A
Two
12
Q
- Aircraft wheels may be cast or forged of either _____ or _____ alloy.
A
Aluminum
Magnesium
13
Q
- The _______ area is the most critical part of a wheel.
A
Bead Seat
14
Q
- Steel keys or keyways on the inboard wheel half drive the rotating ______
A
Brake Disk
15
Q
- 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
16
Q
- 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
- 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
- Screwdrivers or tire tools _____ to pry a tire bead away from the
A
Should not
19
Q
- Aircraft bearings _______ be cleaned with steam.
A
Should not
20
Q
- Water stains on a wheel bearing is cause for rejection, because this may be an indication of _____ corrosion.
A
Intergranular
21
Q
- Discolored bearings indicate damage due to _____
A
Overheating
22
Q
- 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
- Wheel bolts should be inspected using the ______ ______ indication inspection method.
A
Magnetic Particle
25
Q
- If ______ (how many) of the fusible plugs in the wheel show any signs of softening, they must all be replaced.
A
Any
26
Q
- A(n) _____ is used to reduce the back and forth oscillations of the nose wheel at certain speeds.
A
Shimmy Damper
27
Q
- 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
- 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
- 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
- All retractable landing gear systems must have some means of ______ the gear if the primary method fails.
A
Lowering
31
Q
- Among the methods emergency gear extension systems may use are:
A
Mechanical
Alternate Hydraulic
Compressed Air
Free-Fall
32
Q
- 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
- Retractable gear aircraft generally use a _____ light to indicate that the gear is down and _____.
A
Green
Locked
34
Q
- 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
- 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
