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Aircraft General Knowledge

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Decks in this class (49)

Piston Engines
How do you measure power using rpm,
How do you measure torque,
How is torque proportional to eng...
36  cards
Piston Engine Design
What does a multi cylinder piston...,
What is in between the crankcase ...,
In a piston engine how many spark...
9  cards
Ignition System In A Piston Aircraft
How long does a starting light ne...,
In a piston aircraft what is stil...,
Draw a magneto circuit
13  cards
Piston Engine Fuel Systems
What is gasoline,
What is the carbon and hydrogen m...,
Avgas is a good antiknock what do...
24  cards
Carboretta
How is fuel able to become charge,
In the climb with no adjustment t...,
What can you use to control fuel ...
14  cards
Fuel Injection
In a fuel injection system what t...,
What three valves does the manifo...,
What does the fadec control
10  cards
Lubrication
What happens to the viscosity of ...,
What does oil need to be kept in,
What aircraft would use a dry sump
10  cards
Power Augmentation
What are the two ways to increase...,
What does the manifold absolute p...,
At idle speed there will be the b...
23  cards
Aircraft Design And Materials
What pressure is it within the ca...,
What is the time of conciseness a...,
What level of certification does ...
30  cards
Aircraft Construction
Whats the most common method for ...,
What allows structural parts to b...,
What type of pin holds the engine...
24  cards
Sub AF Structures
Doors hinge on their blank edge w...,
Flight deck windows are blank for...,
Blank blank windows are capable o...
5  cards
Hydraulic Principles
How is pressure generated in a hy...,
True or false oil is incompressible,
What is a passive hydraulic system
41  cards
Landing Gear
How do the rubber tiers earth the...,
True or false the nose wheel is m...,
What twi techniques allow for an ...
31  cards
Wheels, Tyers And Brakes
Tubeless tyres are lighter what d...,
What are tyres inflated with,
A tyres layers go from crown to s...
47  cards
Primary Flight Controls
What is a manual control system,
Whats a power assist control system,
What is a fully powered flight co...
49  cards
Secondary Flight Controls
What do flaps do,
What do flaps do to stalling speed,
What devices allow the pilot to b...
10  cards
Pneumatic Systems
What pressure is measured at the ...,
What does pneumatic mean,
What air the three sources of com...
16  cards
Air Conditioning And Pressure
How do large aircraft supply the ...,
Provide blank lbs of air per seat...,
Provide at least lbs per seat per...
26  cards
Ice And Rain Protection
What percentage reduction do you ...,
What can be used to detect if ice...,
What uses pressure to detect ice ...
18  cards
Fuel Systems
What facility allows pilots to se...,
Where is an integral tank,
What is a flexible tank made from
16  cards
Electrics
What conducts electricity more go...,
What type of covalent bonds to co...,
How many more batteries in a twin...
16  cards
Batteries
What two things do batteries do,
What does a primary cell mean,
What are the three batteries used...
27  cards
Diesel Engine
What is kerosene,
What is jet a1,
What causes ignition in a diesel ...
20  cards
Propeller Principles
What drag acts 90 degrees to the ...,
What is the propeller disc,
Whats the dome of a propeller called
47  cards
Gas Turbine Principles
What is the thrust equation,
When is a nose chocked,
Total thrust fan thrust blank thrust
41  cards
Gas Turbine Design
What is it called when a compress...,
Where is the highest pressure in ...,
What p s represent the overall pr...
19  cards
Gas Turbine Airinlet
The blank is shaped to reduce flo...,
The blank is a slightly convergen...,
The blank generates an increase i...
11  cards
Magnatism
What type of magnet is stationary,
What type of generator is a dynamo,
What type of generator is an alte...
8  cards
Generator
Frequency rotor magnet poles x rpm x,
Frequency rotor pole pairs x rpm x,
What is the equation for frequenc...
53  cards
Piston Fuel Systems
Jet a and jet a1 have the same fl...,
Jet a and jet a1 have the same fl...,
Jet a and jet a1 have the same fl...
38  cards
Turbine Fuel Systems
How many electric low pressure pu...,
Whats the middle wing fuel tank c...,
What valve allows for fuel to be ...
38  cards
Fire And Smoke
Where would you detect both smoke...,
What does optical smoke detection...,
What smoke detector uses alpha ra...
19  cards
Oxygen
What colour is the oxygen systems,
What are the two types of oxygen ...,
What is the pressure of a full ga...
8  cards
Debrief
Dual ignition probides imbroved b...,
Power of a piston engine using a ...,
Impulse coupling
11  cards
Gas Turbine Compressor
The less work the turbine has to ...,
Modern designs achieve up to x 1 ...,
Axial flow compressor air flows p...
46  cards
Gas Turbine Combustion System
The combustion chamber mixes air ...,
Unlike the piston engine combusti...,
Within the combustor the followin...
18  cards
Gas Turbine Systems
The blank can be considered the p...,
Rotating the blank causes the com...,
The high energy gas stream enters...
20  cards
Gas Turbine Exhaust Systems
Gas velocity from the turbine exi...,
At the exhaust the static pressur...,
Where dies the most noise come fr...
11  cards
Circuit Control And Protection
A gated toggle switch has to be b...,
What type of fault does the elms ...,
What type of fault is a falling f...
20  cards
Electrics PT
What is the purpose of bonding
1  cards
Generating Dc
The dc generator converts ac to d...,
How does a ac alternator work,
Dc generators and alternators pro...
10  cards
Small Aircraft Distrabution Systems
On a single engine aircraft os th...,
Why are all the loads on a smalle...,
What happens after engine start w...
6  cards
Motors
What is the purpose of an electri...,
What is an electrical motor simil...,
What determines the required size...
19  cards
Semiconductors
What can causes a semiconductor t...,
What does the and function requir...,
What does the or function require...
7  cards
Gas Turnines Lubrication
What is the role of a bearing,
Blank bearing carry weight and th...,
What is used to lubricate a bearing
10  cards
Gas Turbine Fuel System
What is dependant of core rotatio...,
What n is core rotation speed,
What supplies high pressure fuel ...
8  cards
Gas Turbine Control And Operation
When you press the on switch whic...,
How long should you wait between ...,
Dc ac electric starter motor driv...
12  cards
Apu
What does the apu supply,
What can cause apu shutdown,
What must an external apu starter...
3  cards
School Final
What does the ptu do,
What is brake fade,
What would occur on an a320 in th...
13  cards

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