Study Guide Flashcards
How Many gallons of fuel are available?
56 max fuel 53 useable
What is Tabs?
35 gallons
What Engine do we have and tell me what you know about it
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.
How much does a gallon of fuel weigh?
6 pounds
Different kinds of fuel for the plane?
100 low lead and 100 octane the lead helps cooling and enrich the mixture
EGT meaning?
Exhaust Gas Temperature
CHT meaning?
Cylinder Head Temperature
How many sumps total?
13
What are the three sumps for the nose?
Reservoir, strainer, selector
Where are the fuel vents located? What are they for?
Pitot Tube and on on each fuel cap. And to not let a vacuum happening.
How many fuel pumps and how do they work?
Two fuel pumps one is engine driven and one is an Auxiliary Driven Fuel Pump
What battery do we depend on when the main battery dies?
The standby battery
What does ADC stand for and what does it provide?
Air data computer and it provides Airspeed, Altitude, PSI, outside air temperature
How does the heating system in the engine work? What is ram air?
Air will go through the exhaust pipe and ram air is the outside air
Why is it dangerous if the exhaust pipe has a crack in it?
You can get carbon monoxide poisoning
What is Interference Drag?
Anything that the plane has that can interfere with the wind and drag
What is skin Friction Drag
Anything on the plane that can disrupt like bolts on the plane or speed tape?
What is induced drag?
by product of lift or when flaps are close to the ground we can get wing tip vortices.
What is Paneras and what powers it?
it is the essential bus and it powers the PFD, Avionics, Nav1, Engine Airframe unit, Radio1 ,Altitude heading reference system, standby lights,
what is the Chord Line?
Straight line through leading edge and trailing edge of the wing
What is the AOA
Angle of attack
At what speed can you stall?
Any
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?
24 Volts and 30 minutes before it dies
Plane will depend on standby battery which will last us another 30 mintues
What current does the alternator produce? how many volts
direct current
60 volts
How many amps does the Alternator produce?
60 amps
How many busses and what are they?
6 busses which are Electrical bus 1 and 2 Cross Feed Bus, Essential Bus, Avionics bus 1 and 2
what does “DC” mean in electrical terms?
Direct Current
What are the magnetos for what do they do for the spark plugs?
Magnetos start the engine and power the spark plugs.
What is PAVE?
Pilot am i ok to fly?
Aircraft is it airworthy
Environment can I land and take off
External pressure
What is IMSAFE?
Illness
Medication
Stress(Acute-short term, Chronic-Long term)
Alcohol and drugs
Fatigue
eating and elimination
Emotional eating
What is Critical AOA?
18-20 degrees
What are the Primary Flight Controls
Ailerons Elevator Rudder
Secondary Flight Control
Flaps, Trim
What is our left turning tendencies?
P-Factor
Torque
Spiraling Slipstream
Gyroscopic Precession
What causes lift?
Bernoulli’s principle low pressure on top high pressure under
Newtons Third Law
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What documents are required to be on the plane? ARROW
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Airworthiness certificate
Registration Certificate
International Radio certificate
Operating Limits
Weight and balance information
What does the PIC need to fly?
PPM
Pilot Certificate
Photo ID
Medical
What is Parasite Drag?
Form Drag
Interference
Skin Friction
