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What is a propeller
An air foil
What has propeller source of thrust in some cases
Turbine aircraft
The empannage consists of
A vertical stabilizer enhinged rutter
Swept back wings
Delay the Drag associated with air compressibility at high subsonic speeds
Hinged wing panels that move upward and destroy lift after landing are called
Spoilers
Profile drag is the sum of
Skin friction and form drag
What are the main types of turbine propulsion
Turbo fan, turbojet, turbo prop
Define coordinated flight
The pilot applying flight and power control input to prevent Slipping or skidding during an aircraft maneuver
Anhedral angle is the ________ angle of an airplane’s wings and tail plane from the horizontal
Downward
Minimum drag speed corresponds to
The point on the total drag curve where the lift to drag Ratio is greatest
A propeller with a blade angle that can be changed by the pilot is called a
Controllable propeller
An aircraft’s initial tendency relative to its longitudinal axis after being disturbed and dropping a wing to return to level flight as known as
Lateral stability
An imaginary line from an air foils leading edge to its trailing edge that is halfway between the air foils upper and lower surfaces
mean camber line
Reason for right rudder upon take off
P factor
A propeller driven airplane tends to roll in the opposite direction of the propeller’s rotation because of
Torque factor
