The Airplane's Flight Controls

Question 1

Where are the hinged moveable sections of the Cessna?

Answer 1

At the trailing edges of the wings, vertical stabilizer, and horizontal stabilizer.

Question 2

What do the flight controls in the cockpit do generally speaking?

Answer 2

The flight controls move the hinged moveable sections of the wings and empennage, deflecting them into the wind and allowing control of the airplane during flight.

Question 3

What happens when a control surface is deflected into the wind?

Answer 3

That part of the airplane moves in the opposite direction.

Question 4

What are the three primary flight controls?

Answer 4

Elevator
Rudder
Ailerons

Question 5

How do you control the elevator?

Answer 5

By moving the control wheel or stick fore and aft

Question 6

What type of flight control does the Skyhawk have?

Answer 6

Control wheel, commonly referred to as a yoke

Question 7

What type of flight control does the SkyCatcher have?

Answer 7

Control stick

Question 8

How is elevator position used?

Answer 8

Used to pitch the nose up or down

Question 9

Pulling back on the control wheel moves…

Answer 9

The elevator up into the wind, pushing the tail down and the nose up.

Question 10

Pushing forward on the control wheel moves…

Answer 10

The elevator down into the wind, pushing the tail up and the nose down.

Question 11

Where are the ailerons?

Answer 11

Near the wingtips attached by hinges to the trailing edge of the wings

Question 12

What are the airlerons used for?

Answer 12

They are used to roll (bank) the airplane left or right.

Question 13

How the ailerons moved/controlled?

Answer 13

By turning the control wheel left or right or moving the control stick in a left or right sliding motion

Question 14

How do the ailerons respond to moving the control wheel or stick to the left?

Answer 14

This motion would move the left aileron up and the right aileron down.

Question 15

How do the ailerons respond to moving the control wheel or stick to the right?

Answer 15

This motion would move the left aileron down and the right aileron up.

Question 16

What happens to the vertical lift when the airplane is in a bank?

Answer 16

A portion of the vertical lift is converted to horizontal lift and it is the horizontal lift that pulls an airplane through a turn.

Question 17

How do you yaw the airplane?

Answer 17

By moving the two pedals mounted on the floor in front of the seat which control the rudder.

Question 18

What are the controls for the rudder?

Answer 18

The two pedals mounted to the floor in front of each seat.

Question 19

What does pushing on the left floor pedal do?

Answer 19

It moves the rudder to the left causing air to hit the rudder and deflecting the tail to the right, yawing the nose of the plane to the left.

Question 20

What does pushing on the right floor pedal do?

Answer 20

It moves the rudder to the right causing air to hit the rudder and deflecting the tail to the left, yawing the nose of the plane to the right.

Question 21

What do the foot pedals control?

Answer 21

The rudder and the brakes for taxiing.

Question 22

If you want to assist a turn, which floor pedal should you push?

Answer 22

The ipsilateral pedal.

Question 23

Which floor pedal should you push to slow or stop the airplane?

Answer 23

Both pedals at the same time.

Question 24

Where is the throttle?

Answer 24

Near the lower center of the instrument panel

Question 25

What does the throttle do?

Answer 25

It increases or decreases engine power

Question 26

How is engine power displayed?

Answer 26

As RPMs

Question 27

To what is the throttle attached?

Answer 27

To the engine via cable

Question 28

What happens when you push forward on the throttle?

Answer 28

Increase engine power
Hear an increase in engine sound
See an increase in RPMs on the tachometer
Make the airplane go faster, climb, or reduce its descent rate

Question 29

What happens when you pull back on the throttle?

Answer 29

Decrease engine power
Hear a decrease in engine sound
See a decrease in RPMs on the tachometer
Make the airplane go slower, descend, or reduce its climb rate.

Question 30

What should you do with the throttle if you want to decrease your descent rate?

Answer 30

Push the throttle forward

Question 31

What is the tachometer?

Answer 31

The gauge that shows RPMs