Slip-Test Questions Flashcards
(b) Rudder, Elevators, ailerons
(a) lateral
(a) It helps to destroy lift on landing
(a) Yes
(b) Differential Ailerons
(a) Nose up
(a) aileron
(a) it will increase the angle of attack
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(a) wing leading edge
(c) It won’t move
'’In the manual mode of operation, the flight control column moves the tab on the control surface, and the aerodynamic forces caused by the deflected tab move the main control surface’’
On ground = no oncoming airflow = no aerodynamic force to move main control surface
What has the most effect on the speed of sound?
(a) Altitude
(b) Air Temperature
(c) Air Density
(b) Air Temperature
(a) M 0.75 - M 1.2
(a) By sweeping the wings back
(b) It slows down
(c) A part will be replaced after a fixed number of cycles.
(a) Prevents a control cable from damaging the structure.
’’ Special consideration will need to be given to the routing of control cables to protect the aircraft structure from the cables. This is accomplished by the use of grommets, fairleads and pressure seals’’
(b) Secondary
(b) The vertical axis
(c) Doors
(c) Twisting
(c) Tension
(c) Semi-monocoque
(b) Larger than their frame
(b) Gates
(c) Gold Oxide
(a) It has no external support braces
(c) Ribs
(c) Fillet seal
????? requires check
may be wrong
(b) Carbon Fibre
’’ Primary structural components of stabilisers (Spars, Ribs and skin panels) are made of laminations of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP).
All other components are made of the same material or Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) or of light alloy’’
(a) 1
(a) front
’’ Change the balance weight in the leading edge of the surface as indicated in the maintenance manual’’
Dale Crane pg 295
How are composite engine cowling doors protected from heat?
(a) Fan from the engine air is blown against them.
(b) Bleed air from the engine air is blown against them.
(c) Titanium heat shield.
(c) Titanium heat shield
’’ Very modern engine hot section doors are rather of composite than of metal sheet construction, but to provide fire protection are covered with stainless steel blankets and titanium alloys heat shield’’
(c) Both
(a) Engines
(b) To vent the cabin
’’ Most aircraft are equipped with an emergency ram air system. The system can be used in flight to ventilate the cockpit and cabin if all packs fail or for smoke removal’’
(b) The vapour cycle system
(c) It controls the temperature
(a) Ram air
(a) Low temperature
’’ The larger reduction in temperature causes the moisture int he air to condense’’
???? double check ans
(c) It is injected overboard
(b) Through the louvers on the sidewall panel
What is the most commonly used cabin altitude?
(a) 8000 ft
(b) 10000ft
(c) 38000 ft
(a) 8000 ft
(b) 500 ft/min
(c) An outflow valve
(a) To prevent the aircraft from exceeding its max cabin press differential
'’Pressure relief valves also called safety relief valves should avoid excessive cabin pressure. When the pressure difference between cabin and outside air becomes too large, there is a chance of damage to the fuselage structure. For this reason, safety relief valves are installed to open in case of too much pressure difference.’’
(b) Aural warning in the cockpit
(b) Platinum
(c) To allow linear expansion
’’ The bellows are designed with corrugations that allow the expansion to be linear with a change in altitude.’’
(b) Static
(c) Flight level
(Note: QNE = STD)
(b) Barometric setting
(a) Precession
(b) Vertical Gyro
(a) -Needs to be double checked
(c) Double check tho
(a) Commutator
(a) Magnetising the poles
(b) Generator output voltage
(c) PMG, Exciter generator, Main generator
'’A brushless alternator consists of three separate fields, a permanent magnetic field, an exciter field, and a main output field.’’
(c) 115V, AC 400 Hz
What is the purpose of a Constant Speed Drive System?
(a) To maintain a constant generator RPM
(b) To maintain a constant Engine RPM
(c) To maintain a constant voltage
(a) To maintain a constant generator RPM
(b) It cannot be recharged
(c) a VSCF
VSCF = Variable Speed Constant Frequency alternator
(c) Nickel Cadmium
'’If a nickel-Cadmium cell is subjected to an excessively high charging rate …’’
(b) Sodium Bicarbonate
'’Spilled electrolyte must be neutralized by a solution of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and water’’
(b) Constant Current
’’ The problem of thermal runaway is minimized by using a constant-current charger that limits the amount of current that can be put into the cell’’
(a) Convert AC to DC
(b) Convert DC to AC
(b) 3
(May need verifying)
(b) Split Bus System
(c) Blue
’’ When external power of the correct voltage, frequency and phase sequence is available at the external power receptacle; the ‘‘External Power Available’’ indicator will illuminate. This is usually a blue indicator on the External Power Panel and is repeated in the Cockpit’’
Above which of the following heights must an escape slide be provided?
(a) 1.8 meters
(b) 2.8 meters
(c) 3.8 meters
(a) 1.8 meters
(a) 1, 1/2 minutes
'’For aircraft having a seating capacity of more than 44 passengers, it must be shown that the maximum seating capacity, including the number of crew members required by the operating rules for which certification is requested, can be evacuated from the aircraft to the ground under simulated emergency conditions within 90 seconds.’’
(a) batteries
(c) Carrying baggage.
(a) The pilot
(a) A control tab takes over
(c) The flight control follow-up system
(c) The flight control follow-up system.
(c) No
(b) Pitch down at high speed.
'’Modern aircraft are provided with automatic mach trim compensation achieved by the autopilot or flight management systems. It compensates the aerodynamic pitch down tendency at high speed (v > 0.8M).’’
(a) The flaps stop and the ailerons are trimmed.
(c) Hydraulic
(b) Rudder
(b) No.
(c) A part of the aircraft structure
(b) To transfer fuel from one tank to the opposite engine.
What is the most common principal of operation of a boost pump?
(a) Gear type.
(b) Piston type.
(c) Centrifugal type.
(c) Centrifugal type.
(a) To pressurise the fuel tank.
(b) Capacitors.
(c) 3000 psi
(a) To pressurise the system
(a) 30 psi
(a) To power one hydraulic system from another.
(c) To dampen out surges.
(b) Tricycle landing gear system
Tricycle = nose wheel unit forward of 2 main gear units
Conventional = tail wheel behind 2 main gear units
(b) Nitrogen.
(b) Centering cam.
(b) Over centre link.
Three green lights on the landing gear display in the cockpit mean that?
(a) All the gears are up and locked.
(b) All the gears are down and locked.
(c) All the gears are in transit.
(b) All the gears are down and locked.
(a) Two piece construction
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(b) Anti-skid control lever.
(a) Right side.
(c) Centre
(b) It can cause it to crack.
(a) 21%
(c) Because it has too high a moisture content.
(c) 2600.psi
(c) 14,000ft
(c) Check for discolouration.
(c) Closed
(c) Compressor section.
(c) Check valve.
(b) Under the floor.
'’Potable water is stored in one or more tanks below the cabin floor.’’
(a) An in line electrical heater.
(a) Pneumatic pressure.
(c) From the potable water tank.
????
(c) Both of the above.
(b) Chromel and Alumel
Fire Detection Thermocouples use iron and constantan along with oil sensors and other indicators
An exhaust gas temperature Thermocouple on Turbine Engines are made from Chromel and Alumel
’’ These sensors have a piece of each of the two thermocouple wires, typically iron and constantan’’
(a) Change in resistance when heated
(b) Discharge due to an overheat condition.
(a) Discharging a fire extinguisher.
’’ The containers are sealed with a frangible disk that is broken when a cutter is fired into it by a powder charge, or squib, which is ignited when the pilot closes the agent discharge switch’’
(c) 800 PSI
a) stringers and Longerons
a) Stringers
?????
(a) reporting mode
Where is the HF antenna normally located?
(a) Lower Fuselage
(b) Upper Fuselage
(c) Vertical Stabiliser
(c) Vertical Stabiliser
