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1
Q

What documents do you need to have with you when you go on a local solo flight?

A

Student Pilot Certificate
Medical Certificate
Photo ID
Logbook endorsement

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While flying solo, under what circumstances may you land at an airport other than the one from which you departed?

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Airport must be within 25 nautical miles
Training must be done at both airports
Logbook endorsement
Purpose of flight is to practice takeoffs or landings

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3
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May you carry passengers as a student pilot?

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No

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4
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Can you fly solo at night as a student pilot?

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Yes with instructor endorsement

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5
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Are you allowed to deviate from the limitations your instructor specifies in your endorsements?

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Only in an in-flight emergency

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6
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Are you able to fly over clouds while flying solo at a student pilot?

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No, visual reference to the surface is mandatory at all times

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7
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How long can you exercise your student pilot privileges using a Third Class Medical?

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60 calendar months

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8
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Where can you find the medical duration periods?

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FAR 61.23

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9
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What is the minimum medical certificate required for a private pilots license?

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3rd Class medical

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10
Q

Name a medical condition that can be caused by flying an airplane?

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Hypoxia or sinus problems

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11
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Is there a checklist that you can do to make sure you are safe for a flight?

A

IMSAFE checklist

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12
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What is the IMSAFE checklist

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Illness
Medication
Stress
Alchohol
Fatigue
Emotion
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13
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What are the limitations on alcohol use and operating an airplane?

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8 hours bottle to throttle, can’t be over 0.04% BAC

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14
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How would you know if an aircraft is airworthy?

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If the documents are complete and present, inspections are up to date, and all required equipment is onboard

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What documents are needed to verify that the airplane is airworthy?

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Airworthiness Certificate
Registration
Radio License (int'l only)
Operators Manual
Weight and Balance
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16
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What Inspections are needed to verify that the airplane is airworthy?

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Annual (12 months)
VOR (30 days, IFR only) 
Inspections, phase (4x/year, 50 hours)
Airworthiness Directives (as needed)
Transponder (24 months) 
E.L.T (12 months)
Static System (24 months)
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17
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When do the batteries on the ELT need to be switched?

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After 1 hour of consecutive use, or 1/2 battery is left

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18
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What is an ELT?

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Emergency Locator Transmitter

Used to transmit distress signals

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19
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What is the equipment to make an aircraft airworthy for a daytime flight?

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ATOMATOFLAMES 91.205

Altimeter
Tachometer
Oil pressure gauge
Manifold Pressure
Airspeed Indicator
Temp Gauge
Oil Temp
Fuel quantity indicator
Landing gear position indicators 
Anti-collision lights
Magnetic Compass
ELT
Seatbelts
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20
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What is the equipment necessary to be airworthy at night?

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Fuses
Landing light
Anti-collision lights
Position lights
Source of power

Plus daytime requirements

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21
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What does the airplanes static system consist of?

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Pitot tube tracks airspeed, vertical speed, and altimeter

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22
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Why do we do a preflight inspection?

A

Verify airworthiness and safety of aircraft

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23
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What are the required preflight actions for a local flight and for a cross-country flight

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Runway lengths, takeoff & landing distances, weather reports, all information concerning that flight

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24
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Who is responsible for maintaining the aircraft in an airworthy condition?

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Aircraft owner

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25
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Who is responsible for determining aircraft airworthiness prior to flight?

A

PIC

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26
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What is an MEL?

A

Minimum Equipment List (typically larger operations)

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27
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What are some ways to tell how much fuel there is?

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Fuel measuring device, G1000, visually check

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28
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What is a special flight permit?

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Allows an airplane to fly when it doesn’t meet airworthiness standards, usually to go to a maintenance facility to be fixed

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29
Q

How much fuel can the DA40 hold?

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40 gallons for standard and 50 gallons for long range

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30
Q

How much of the DA40 fuel is unusable?

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1 gallon total

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31
Q

How many fuel pumps are in a DA40?

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2

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32
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What type of fuel does the DA40 take and what color is it?

A

100LL and baby blue

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33
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What is the airframe made out of?

A

Semi monocoque molded construction

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34
Q

What is the max crosswind/tailwind we are able to takeoff in?

A

20 knots

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35
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What is a TCDS?

A

Type Certificate Data Sheet

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36
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What is the landing gear like on the DA40?

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Consists of the main landing gear of sprung steel struts and a free catering nose wheel

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37
Q

How do the brakes work on the DA40?

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Hydraulically operating disk brakes on the main landing gear that are operated by the toe pedals

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38
Q

Who is the power plants manufacture?

A

Lycoming IO-360-M1A

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39
Q

How many cylinders does the DA40 have?

A

4

40
Q

How many spark plugs does the DA40 have?

A

8

41
Q

What is the max power of the DA40?

A

180 HP

42
Q

What is the max continuous power of the DA40?

A

160 HP

43
Q

How many magnetos are there on the DA40?

A

2

44
Q

What does the throttle do?

A

Controls Manifold pressure

45
Q

What does the mixture lever do?

A

Controls fuel to air ratio

46
Q

What does prop lever do?

A

controls the propeller pitch, aka the engine RPM

47
Q

Does the DA40 have a fixed pitch or constant speed propeller?

A

Constant Speed propeller

48
Q

What is a constant speed propeller?

A

The blue lever in the cockpit sends a signal to the prop governor which senses the RPM of the engine and the varies the amount of oil pressure going to the propeller to control the blade angle.

49
Q

Describe the DA40 electrical system

A

28 volt DC system

50
Q

What are the primary flight controls?

A

Ailerons, Elevator, rudder

51
Q

What are the secondary flight controls?

A

Trim and Flaps

52
Q

What are the 4 strokes in a 4 stroke piston engine?

A

Intake, Compression, Combustion, Exhaust

53
Q

What does the Oil quantity have to be at for a DA40?

A

6-8 quarts

54
Q

What are the 4 forces of flight?

A

Weight, Lift, Drag, Thrust

55
Q

How is lift controlled by the pilot?

A

Changing airspeed, changing angle of attack, change shape of wings

56
Q

How does induced drag change with airspeed?

A

Increases with a decrease in airspeed

57
Q

How does parasite drag change with airspeed?

A

Increases with an increase in airspeed

58
Q

How can you control altitude without changing airspeed?

A

Power + Pitch

59
Q

How can you control airspeed without changing engine power?

A

Pitching up or down

60
Q

How do you change airspeed while staying at a constant altitude?

A

Increase/Decrease power

61
Q

What causes a stall?

A

Airflow separation from the upper surface of the wing

62
Q

How does a stall affect lift and drag?

A

Reduction of lift, increase in drag

63
Q

How do you recognize a stall?

A

Stall warning horn, mushy controls and buffeting

64
Q

How do you recover from a stall?

A

Decrease angle of attack

65
Q

What is a spin?

A

Aggravated Stall condition

66
Q

How would you get out of a spin?

A

Power: idle
Ailerons: Neutral
Rudder: opposite
Elevator: back when spinning stops

67
Q

What causes a spin/

A

Mishandling of rudder/uncoordinated stall

68
Q

What is P-factor?

A

The tendency for the airplane to yaw to the left due to the descending prop rotation on the right and ascending rotation on the left

69
Q

What is load factor?

A

Ratio of lift to the aircraft weight

70
Q

What effect does increased load factor have on stall speed?

A

Increased load factor also increase stall speed

71
Q

How does the ground effect influence the four forces of flight?

A

Induces drag and reduces upwash, downwash, and wingtip vortices

72
Q

What is Va?

A

Maneuvering speed.. 111 kias

73
Q

What is DA40s max takeoff weight?

A

2535 lbs

74
Q

What is DA40s max landing weight?

A

2407 lbs

75
Q

What’s DA40 max operating altitude?

A

16,400 ft.

76
Q

What is DA40s max altitude for US registered planes?

A

14,000 ft.

77
Q

What are two reasons why high density altitude increases takeoff distance?

A

Greater takeoff speed needed

Decreased thrust and reduced accelerating force

78
Q

What performance comes along with FWD center of gravity?

A

Stability would increase, higher stall speed, stall recovery better

79
Q

What performance comes along with AFT CG?

A

Stability decreases, lower stall speed, stall recovery worst

80
Q

What is wake turbulence?

A

Wing tip vortices that form from aircrafts wing usually when landing or takingoff

81
Q

How can you prevent being disturbed by a wingtip vortices?

A

Land after the plane prior, takeoff before the plane prior

82
Q

What airspace is KPVU?

A

Class Delta

83
Q

What are the dimensions for KPVU?

A

Surface-7000 MSL

9NM wide except for the portion taken out for Spanish Fork

84
Q

What are the weather minimums for Class D airspace?

A

3SM visability, 1000’ ceiling, 500’ below 1000’ above, 2000 horizontal from clouds

85
Q

What must be done prior to entering into a class D airspace?

A

2 way radio communications

86
Q

What runways are right traffic and which ones are left traffic?

A

13 and 18 are right traffic, 31 and 36 are left traffic

87
Q

If you lost comms while flying in provo what would you do?

A

Squak 7600

88
Q

What would it mean if provo tower said to “line up and wait?”

A

Line up on the runway but don’t takeoff

89
Q

What is the emergency frequency?

A

121.500

90
Q

How do you input the emergency frequency into the G1000 quickly?

A

Press and hold COM frequency transfer key

91
Q

What is density altitude?

A

Pressure corrected for nonstandard altitude

92
Q

What comes into a factor when finding density altitude?

A

Altitude, Temperature, Humidity

93
Q

What happens if you have a runaway trim?

A

Pull autopilot circuit

94
Q

When is P-factor pronounced?

A

During highest power setting

95
Q

What is adverse yaw?

A

The tendency of an airplane to yaw in the opposite direction of the turn

96
Q

Explain adverse yaw

A

when making a right turn with ailerons, the right aileron would go up and create less lift and less drag while the left aileron would be creating more lift and more drag. So the airplane would yaw to the left naturally with no rudder

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