Principles Of Flight

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Decks in this class (24)

AirFlow
Draw the coanda effect,
Where is the stagnation point on ...,
What does the venturi tube tell u...
17  cards
Lift
Why are horizontal stabilisers at...,
In the lift equation what is the ...,
What is tas measured in
6  cards
Air Speed
What is the pressure at sealevel,
Whats the equation for volume flow,
Whats the equation for mass flow
13  cards
Drag
What does skin friction drag form...,
What does a low reynolds number i...,
In laminar flow what level is the...
20  cards
Aircraft Axis And Wings
Where do yaw roll and pitch act from,
True or false the gross wing area...,
How do you measure the taper ratio
17  cards
3D Flow
Why do we want an elliptical lift...,
What two things increase wingtip ...,
Why does tapering reduce wingtip ...
9  cards
Wing Design
An efficient wing design will pro...,
At what speed is induced drag mor...,
What does a high aspect ratio do ...
17  cards
Drag Part 2
What type of drag occurs when air...,
What type of drag does fillets re...,
How do you reduce form drag
33  cards
Stalling
A stall is caused by the blank bl...,
How can you increase the adverse ...,
What happens to downwash during a...
33  cards
Spinning
What happens when you roll the wi...,
Why does the outboard wing produc...,
Explain the continuous loop in a ...
8  cards
Stall Warnings
What is vsw,
A control buffet is a blank type ...,
How does a flapper switch work in...
10  cards
Lift Augmentation
Is a thicker or thinner wing bett...,
True or false flaps are for incre...,
True or false flaps are for incre...
21  cards
Ground Effect
What does the ground effect do to...,
At what height could the ground e...,
At the height will the ground eff...
7  cards
Controls
What is the secondary effect of a...,
Whats it called when a rudder and...,
What is a conventional control
8  cards
Aerodynamic Balences
How does an inset hinge work,
What do horn balances do,
How does an internal balance do
16  cards
Flyby Wire
In normal law what pitch control,
In normal law what does roll control,
What protection systems can found...
6  cards
Lateral Control
The bigger the difference in blan...,
What happens to lift on the down ...,
What does a larger wingspan do to...
8  cards
Longitudinal Control
What happens to the elevator when...,
What should you do to the twim wh...,
What does the use of trim tab do ...
41  cards
Directional Control
What is the angle called between ...,
Yawing cause the outboard wing to...,
A microburst encounter on the app...
3  cards
Climbing
What is the angle between the hor...,
What is the angle between the rel...,
What is the symbol for the climb ...
10  cards
Forces In A Climb
What is the angle between the fli...,
How do you calculate the the comp...,
How to calculate gamma
15  cards
Turning
Whats the horizontal component be...,
What the angle between lift and t...,
How do you calculate the vertical...
30  cards
Progress Test
What is bernoulli s equation,
In a divergent low subsonic flow ...,
Compared to the turbulent boundar...
7  cards
Stability
If you increase stability you dec...,
Blank describes the a c responden...,
Gust of wind and pilot inputs are...
5  cards

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