Learning The Airplane

Question 1

Main parts of the airplane

Answer 1

Fuselage, Wings, power plant, tail also called Empenage, landing gear

Question 2

The vertical stabilizer does what?

The horizontal stabilizer does what?

Answer 2

The watercolor stabilizer prevents the aircraft noise from drifting left or right.

The horizontal stabilizer prevents the aircraft noise from drifting up or down.

Question 3

Which wheels have the brakes?

Answer 3

The nose wheel does not have brakes but the other two wheels attached to the fuselage have the brakes.

Question 4

Name the control surfaces of the airplane

Answer 4

Aileron, rudder, elevator

Question 5

Components needed to calculate weight and balance

Answer 5

BE basic empty weight
front passenger
Rear passenger weight
Fuel weight
Bag weight

Question 6

Weight and balance calculations

Answer 6

Weight x arm = moment

Calculate the total weight
Calculate the total moment of all the components
Graph to see if total weight and total moment line up in the allowable part of the graph.

Question 7

What are the three types of weather briefing’s

Answer 7

Outlook if wanting info >6 hours
Standard weather briefing for comprehensive briefing
Update weather briefing

To obtain the briefings either call 1800 wx brief
Or use DUATS

Question 8

Airplane engine

Answer 8

The airplane engine is air cold, unlike a car engine which is liquid cooled. The engine also powers accessories including the alternator and the magnetos.

Question 9

Alternator

Answer 9

The alternator power is the electrical components and keeps the battery charged.

Question 10

Magnetos

Answer 10

Magnetos provide independent electrical power for the ignition system.

Question 11

Landing gears

Answer 11

The landing gear of Cessna Skyhawk consist of three wheels in a tricycle design. Two main wheels attached to the flashlight and a nose wheel in the front under the engine. Did you mean gear have a break attached to each wheel and I designed to support the full weight of the airplane.

Question 12

The nose gear

Answer 12

Supports the nose and the engine. How to steer the airplane on the ground. It’s typically lighter and smaller than the main gear. Does not have a break attached.

Question 13

The teal or empennage

Answer 13

The deal has fixed and more about services. The vertical portions of the teal include the vertical stabilizer which is a fixed non-movable surface that stabilizes the airplane and keeps the doors from drifting left and right. The runners are the movable surface that moves the noise off the airplane left or right and he’s used to help make smooth coordinated turns.

Question 14

The horizontal portions of the tail

Answer 14

This includes the horizontal stabilizer which is the fixed non-movable surface. It stabilizes the airplane and keeps the noise from drifting up and down.
Elevator this is the mobile service that moves the nose of the airplane up and down and is used to control the airplane pitch the up and down movement of the nose.

Question 15

What are the three primary flight controls

Answer 15

Elevator, Ruder,ailerons

Question 16

Elevator positions

Answer 16

Pulling back on the elevator the elevator up into the wind pushing the tail down and the nose up.
Pushing forward on the elevator the elevator goes down into the wind pushing the tail up and the nose down.

Question 17

Workings of the aileron

Answer 17

Moving the aileron to the left the left either run up and the right in the round down raising the left Iran and lowering the right and ran into the wind put a downward force on the left-wing put an upward force on the right wing backing the airplane to the left.