PPL General Flashcards
Speed for maximum endurance?
Speed that consumes the less fuel
What is the compass lubber line?
Line showing aircraft heading on the compass
What is pre-ignition
Fuel/air mixture ignited too soon because of hot carbon particles
What will VSI indicate if static source is blocked?
Level flight
What is Newton’s third law
When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the first body.
What is lift formula?
Lift = Cl x p/2 x V^2 x S
List radio readability scale (1 to 5)
- unreadable;
- readable now and then;
- readable with difficulty;
- readable; and
- perfectly readable.
What is slow flight?
Slow flight is the speed range between stalling speed and the speed for maximum
endurance.
Ground to air visual sign one need Fuel or Oil?
L
To which pressure source is the altimeter connected?
Static source
In the turn coordinator gyroscope, the supporting ring (gimbal) of the rotor is ___ to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft.
Tilted 35 degrees
What does the mixture controls?
The amount of fuel sucked by the nozzle
Wing tip vortices rotation from behind?
Clockwise on left, anticlockwise on right
Sign of carburetor icing on variable pitch propeller?
Decrease in manifold pressure
Ball + turn on same side= slipping or skidding?
Slipping
