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1
Q

What are the four forces of flight?

A

Lift, weight, thrust, drag

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2
Q

Pave checklist

A

IMSAFE

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3
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IMSAFE

A

Illness
Medications
Stressor
Alcohol
Fatigue
External pressures

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4
Q

Stability

A

Dynamic-roll
Longitudinal- pitch (positive, neutral, negative)

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5
Q

Left turning tendancies

A

-Torque
-P-factor (propeller/force corckscrewing around plane)
-Slipstream
-gyroscopic precession

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6
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Right-of-way

A

Lower and slower (slower is priority)

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7
Q

Minimum safe altitude

A

2000 over congested area and mountains,
1000 over everything else

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8
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Powerplant

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Air cooled, dual opposed, 160hp, low-led fuel, made by lycombing

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9
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Angle of attack

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Measured by wind over wing and angle to that relative wing

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10
Q

Stalls

A

Not producing lift because not enough wind over wing. Happens when critical angle of attack is exceeded

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11
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Spin

A

Yaw +stall = spin. During a spin both wings are stalled

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12
Q

Towered vs non-towered

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Towered: report as instructed
Non-towered: report all maneuvers and start and end transmission with airport name

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13
Q

Collision avoidance

A

Always scan outside

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14
Q

Required minimum equipement

A

-airspeed indicator
-tachometer
-oil pressure
-magnetic heading indicator
-altimeter
-temp gage
-oil temperature
-fuel gage
-landing gear position indicator
-anti collision light system
-manifold pressure gage
-elt
-safety belt

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15
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Transponder requirments

A

30 nm of DC, mode c veil, class bravo and Charlie

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16
Q

Documentation and airworthiness

A

-pilot license
-gov issued ID
-medical card

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17
Q

Parts 1, 61, 91

A

Part 1: index, abbreviations, definitions
Part 61: how to earn pilots license
Part 91: how to violate pilots license (operating rules)

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18
Q

Airmets

A

Air meteorological events

T:turbulence
Z:icing
S:ifr conditions

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19
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Sigmets

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Significant meteorological events that are potentially hazardous

-thunderstorms producing 3/4 inch or larger hail
-dust storms
-severe turbulence
-severe icing

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20
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Metars

A

Meteorological terminal area report

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21
Q

Tafs

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Terminal area forcast: larger area/longer duration forecast than metars

22
Q

Airport marking colors

A

Runway = white
Taxiways= yellow

23
Q

Two categories of airspace

A

Regulatory
Non-regulatory

24
Q

Major components (wings, fuselage, landing gear, ect)

A
25
Q

Airport pattern

A

(Departure/upwind)
-crosswind
-downwind
-base
-final

26
Q

Aim chpt 2

A
27
Q

Regulatory airspace types

A

Class A, B, C, D and E airspace areas, restricted and prohibited areas. A is most restrictive

28
Q

Class A

A

18,000 feet MSL up to and including FL 600, including the airspace overlying the waters within 12 nautical miles off the coast

29
Q

Class B

A

airspace from the surface to 10,000 feet MSL surrounding the nation’s busiest airports in terms of IFR operations (upside-down wedding cake)

30
Q

Mode c veil

A

The airspace within 30 nautical miles of an airport listed in Appendix D,

31
Q

Class c

A

airspace from the surface to 4,000 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL) surrounding those airports that have an operational control tower, are serviced by a radar approach control,

32
Q

Class d

A

surface to 2,500 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL) surrounding those airports that have an operational control tower

33
Q

Class e

A

airspace that is designated to serve a variety of terminal or en route purposes

34
Q

Class g

A

airspace that has not been designated as Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E airspac

35
Q

Pattern legs

A

Crosswind, downwind, base, final

36
Q

Pattern altitude

A

Propeller-driven aircraft enter the traffic pattern at 1,000 feet above ground level (AGL).

37
Q

Lahso

A

Land and hold short operations (of a runway or taxiway)

38
Q

Notams

A

Notices to air missions

39
Q

Vasi

A

Visual Approach Slope Indicator

40
Q

P-40

A

Camp david restricted space

41
Q

Alcohol wait time

A

8 hours

42
Q

Safety- judging other aircraft height

A

Use the horizon

43
Q

Safety

A

Keep lights on, keep a clean windshield, cockpit management

44
Q

Sources of weather information

A

1-800-WX-BRIEF brief (logged)
http://www.1800wxbrief.com (liedos)

45
Q

Hazard

A

condition, object or activity with the potential of injuries or damage

46
Q

Risk

A

the assessed potential for adverse consequences resulting from a hazard

47
Q

Spin recovery

A

Power: idle
Ailerons: neutral (and flaps up)
Rudder: full opposite to the spin and held in that position
Elevator: forward
Hold these inputs until rotation stops, then:

Rudder: neutral
Elevator: easy pull to straight and level or a climbing attitude

48
Q

SFRA and P-40 Airspace

A

Check notams and tfrs

49
Q

Gauges

A

Airspeed/altimeter don’t need electrical. Magnetic heading indicator. Vacuum gauges (labeled)

50
Q

Bernoulli’s principle

A

states that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure

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