Oral Flashcards
What personal documents do you need to carry with you?
Medical certificate, pilot’s licence, government issued photo ID (passport, driver’s license)
What documents do you need in the plane?
Airworthiness Certificate, registration, radio license(for international only), operating manual/POH, weight and balance
How often is the aircraft registration due?
Every 7 years
When do the medical certificates expire?
First class - ATP privaledges, renew every 12 months, above 40 every 6 months
Second class - Commercial privaledges, renew every 60 calendar months, above 40 every 24 months
Third class - Private, general, student, renew every 60 calendar months, above 40 every 24 months
Limitations expire, but certificate doesn’t expire for 60 months
What is the difference between proficient and current?
Current means you are legally allowed to fly, proficient means you have the skills to still fly
How do you stay current?
You have to have a bi-annual review. Minimum of 1 hour of flight and 1-hour of ground.
what are the requirements to fly with passengers day and night?
Day - 3 takeoffs and landings in the last 90 days
Night - 3 take-offs and landings to a full stop.
When do night landings count vs night time logging?
Time logging- When civil twilight begins to end.
Landing- hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.
Does the airworthiness certificate expire?
No.
Is the airplane always airworthy?
No. It has to pass the inspections.
What kind of inspections does the airplane need to be airworthy?
Anual every year
Ads checked
VOR every 30 days
100 hour
Altimeter every 24 months
Transponder every 24 months
ELT every 12 months, 1/2 battery life, or 1 hour of cumulative use
Static system every 24 months
What are advisory directives (ADs)?
recalls of aviation from the FAA (mechanic deals with them) Manufacturer notifies teh FAA of it)
What are the different types of ADs?
Emergency, recurring, 1 time only
If you notice the plane is unworthy, is it you responsibility to keep the plane airworthy?
It is the owner’s responsibility to keep the plane airworthy, but it is the PIC decision to decide if the plane is unworthy.
Can you over fly an annual inspection?
Yes, only when you are trying to get it to the inspection place, but only with a ferry permit.
Where do you get a ferry permit from?
FISDO (One in Ankeny)
Can you go over a 100 hour inspection?
Yes, only 10 hours when you are flying it to the mechanic
If the 100 hour is due 1958, when is the next 100 hour due?
2058
How do you know if if VFR, MVFR, IFR, or LIFR?
VFR- 5+ visibility or clouds are above 3000
MVFR - 3-5 visibility or clouds 1000
IFR - 1-3 visibility or clouds 500
LIFR- <1 visibility or clouds below 500
Can you fly with the right strobe light out?
No, it’s the anti-collision lights. USE THE FLOWCHART
What are the 4 forces of flight?
Lift, thrust, weight, drag
What are the 3 axis of the airplane?
Lateral, vertical, longitudinal
What are the primary flight controls?
Ailerons, Elevator/stabilator, rudder. We have stabilator
What is a stabilator?
The whole surface moves. It is a horizontal stabilator
What is the elevator connected to?
The horizontal stabilizer
What is the vertical stabilator?
The tail. Rudder is connected to it
What is adverse yaw?
The upward lift is creating more lift and drag, need to correct with rudder
What are the different kinds of ailerons?
Differential (Archer)- The top wing’s aileron is up more than the bottom down so that it can create more drag on the top since it creates more lift.
Frise- there is a gap that opens on the upward wing to allow air through/ adds drag
Flaperons- flaps and ailerons are combined
How is lift created?
Newton’s third law, Bernoulli’s principle, Coanda effect.
How does Newton’s third law create lift?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Wind going over the wind creates downward energy and so the opposite reaction is upward.
How does Bernoulli’s principle create lift?
Velocity is inverse to pressure. Fast air travels above the wing and slower air below creating a higher pressure. High pressure wins over the lower pressure on the top, pushing the plane up.
How does the coanda affect create lift?
The air sticks to a surface. After it sticks it creates a downwash pushing the plane up.
What is drag?
The force than opposes thrust
What is form drag?
Form drag is due to the shape of the airplane (wing, fuselage
What is the interference drag?
Is the drag created by intersecting air streams. Wing and fuselage intersection