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1
Q

How Many gallons of fuel are available?

A

56 max fuel 53 useable

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2
Q

What is Tabs?

A

35 gallons

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3
Q

What Engine do we have and tell me what you know about it

A

Lycoming IO 360 L2A I means fuel injected O means horizontally opposed pistons 360 means 360 cubic inches of engine space and L2A is the accessory pack we have.

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4
Q

How much does a gallon of fuel weigh?

A

6 pounds

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5
Q

Different kinds of fuel for the plane?

A

100 low lead and 100 octane the lead helps cooling and enrich the mixture

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6
Q

EGT meaning?

A

Exhaust Gas Temperature

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7
Q

CHT meaning?

A

Cylinder Head Temperature

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8
Q

How many sumps total?

A

13

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9
Q

What are the three sumps for the nose?

A

Reservoir, strainer, selector

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10
Q

Where are the fuel vents located? What are they for?

A

Pitot Tube and on on each fuel cap. And to not let a vacuum happening.

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11
Q

How many fuel pumps and how do they work?

A

Two fuel pumps one is engine driven and one is an Auxiliary Driven Fuel Pump

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12
Q

What battery do we depend on when the main battery dies?

A

The standby battery

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13
Q

What does ADC stand for and what does it provide?

A

Air data computer and it provides Airspeed, Altitude, PSI, outside air temperature

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14
Q

How does the heating system in the engine work? What is ram air?

A

Air will go through the exhaust pipe and ram air is the outside air

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15
Q

Why is it dangerous if the exhaust pipe has a crack in it?

A

You can get carbon monoxide poisoning

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16
Q

What is Interference Drag?

A

Anything that the plane has that can interfere with the wind and drag

17
Q

What is skin Friction Drag

A

Anything on the plane that can disrupt like bolts on the plane or speed tape?

18
Q

What is induced drag?

A

by product of lift or when flaps are close to the ground we can get wing tip vortices.

19
Q

What is Paneras and what powers it?

A

it is the essential bus and it powers the PFD, Avionics, Nav1, Engine Airframe unit, Radio1 ,Altitude heading reference system, standby lights,

20
Q

what is the Chord Line?

A

Straight line through leading edge and trailing edge of the wing

21
Q

What is the AOA

A

Angle of attack

22
Q

At what speed can you stall?

A

Any

23
Q

How many volts is our main battery? If the main battery fails how much time do we have before it dies completely. what happens after it fails?

A

24 Volts and 30 minutes before it dies
Plane will depend on standby battery which will last us another 30 mintues

23
Q

What current does the alternator produce? how many volts

A

direct current
60 volts

24
Q

How many amps does the Alternator produce?

A

60 amps

25
Q

How many busses and what are they?

A

6 busses which are Electrical bus 1 and 2 Cross Feed Bus, Essential Bus, Avionics bus 1 and 2

26
Q

what does “DC” mean in electrical terms?

A

Direct Current

27
Q

What are the magnetos for what do they do for the spark plugs?

A

Magnetos start the engine and power the spark plugs.

28
Q

What is PAVE?

A

Pilot am i ok to fly?
Aircraft is it airworthy
Environment can I land and take off
External pressure

29
Q

What is IMSAFE?

A

Illness
Medication
Stress(Acute-short term, Chronic-Long term)
Alcohol and drugs
Fatigue
eating and elimination
Emotional eating

30
Q

What is Critical AOA?

A

18-20 degrees

31
Q

What are the Primary Flight Controls

A

Ailerons Elevator Rudder

32
Q

Secondary Flight Control

A

Flaps, Trim

33
Q

What is our left turning tendencies?

A

P-Factor
Torque
Spiraling Slipstream
Gyroscopic Precession

34
Q

What causes lift?

A

Bernoulli’s principle low pressure on top high pressure under

Newtons Third Law
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

35
Q

What documents are required to be on the plane? ARROW

A

ARROW
Airworthiness certificate
Registration Certificate
International Radio certificate
Operating Limits
Weight and balance information

36
Q

What does the PIC need to fly?

A

PPM
Pilot Certificate
Photo ID
Medical

37
Q

What is Parasite Drag?

A

Form Drag
Interference
Skin Friction

Ground School (4 decks)

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