Straight and Level, Climbs and Decents Flashcards
Instruments indicate Pitch
Attitude
VSI
Altimeter
Airspeed indicator
Instruments indicate Bank
Attitude
Turn Coordinator
Heading
Ball
Instruments indicate Power
Airspeed
Tachometer
Manifold Pressure
What is the definition of straight and level?
Constant Altitude
Constant Heading
Constant Airspeed
Low power with high AOA maintains
Altitude
Low AOA with high airspeed maintains
Altitude
What are the indirect pitch instruments? How to read pitch with them.
Airspeed indicator, VSI and Altimeter
Correction is needed less than 100 feet on altimeter?
More than 100 feet>
Use atitude indicator with half bar.
Use full bar with change.
Recommended move to return to an altitude?
Don’t exceed double the amount of altitude correction
If 200 is needed, VSI shouldn’t not pass 400
How can you detect the small bank changes?
Look atitude indicator’s banking scale (Center index)
What is the primary bank instrument and what are supporting instruments during the leveled flight.
Heading indicator is primary bank and attitude and turn coordinator are support
What is the most common error for pitch and bank control is:
Over-controlling
What is the recommendation for 5 degrees less or more heading corrections?
If it is less than 5 use rudder, if it is more than 5 use coordinated turn.
How to adjust power for level flight?
Reduce the power and adjust pitch attitude to maintain altitude
for a level flight, what are the primary instruments when the power is adjusted?
Airspeed and altimeter
What are the next steps when the pitch in increased?
Adjust RPM, use right rudder and check airspeed indicator
If the airspeed indicator is going too slow or fast, what not to?
Don’t look at the airspeed indicator, look attitude indicator.
What is the procedure for leveling off from a climb?
Begin to level off when reading 10% of the rate of the climb. 500FPM = 50 ft.
What is the process for constant rate climb?
1) Increase RPM
2) raise the nose on attitude indicator
Primary are VSI and ASI
what is overpowering for power management
during level off from climb?
when you reached your desired altitude, don’t reduce the power. wait ASI to reach speed.
How to enter a decent?
lower the power and reduce to pitch to pre-determined setting.
How to level-off from descent?
more 500 vs less 500
start level of at 10% of the descent rate.
less than 500, start leveling off 10%. if it is more than 500, start 20%
In a constant rate climb, what is the primary pitch instrument?
Vertical Speed Indicator
In a straight and level flight, what is the primary for bank?
Heading indicator
