Flight Instruments
Aerodynamics
Single Engine Ops
VMC
From the Midterm
200

The Airspeed Indicator would read zero, under abnormal circumstances, when...

Only the Pitot Tube or Pitot Mast is blocked

200

These two principles describe the theory of lift...

Bernoulli's Theory and Newton's Third Law of Motion

200

Coordinated flight, where the aircraft is flown with the smallest drag profile to the relative wind during single-engine operations

Zero sideslip
200

During aircraft certification, the amount of rudder force required to counteract a failed, windmilling critical engine is limited to that of an average of...

150 pounds

200

Applying rudder force that results in a yaw AND roll is known as this...

Aerodynamic Coupling

400

This indicates an Air Data Computer (ADC) failure or fault.

Red X's on the digital display (Primary Flight Display)

400

At high angles of attack and high power settings, the descending blade on the right produces MORE thrust than the ascending propeller blade on the left, creating asymmetrical thrust vectors.

P-Factor

400

This describes Single-Engine Service Ceiling...

Altitude at which the aircraft can no longer maintain a 50 foot-per-minute rate of climb with one-engine-inoperative (OEI).

400

This helps describe Vmc...

Minimum control airspeed with the critical engine inoperative

400

This type of flap produces the least amount of Coefficient of Lift (CL) for a given angle of attack (AOA).

Plain flap

Which flap type produces the most amount of coefficient of lift for a given AOA?

600

* DAILY DOUBLE *

The Air Data Computer (ADC) uses this as it's primary source of information.

Pitot and Static port(s)

600

When compared to both engines operating, this decreases by approximately 80%, during abnormal operations

Aircraft performance during one-engine-inoperative operations

600

Describe Keel Effect

During Single-Engine operations, the landing gear in the down position provides a stabilizing effect on the aircraft.

600

* DAILY DOUBLE *

The following is the FAA's recommended recovery altitude for a VMC demonstration...

3,000' AGL

600

This is a process of increasing pressure of the induction air by use of an exhaust-gas pump.

Turbocharger

800

Airspeed inaccurate, altitude indicator "frozen", and vertical speed at zero is caused by this...

Blocked Static Port(s)

800

The airspeed at which an airplane gains the greatest amount of altitude in a given distance in a light, twin-engine airplane, following an engine failure

Vxse (Best-Angle of Climb single-engine speed)

800

During one-engine-inoperative (OEI) situations, this directional control technique results in the greatest decrease in performance and increase in drag...

Aileron only into the operative engine "method"

800

This is the most unfavorable CG position for VMC...

Aft CG

800

Three possible causes of propeller overspeed...

Broken speeder spring, loss of nitrogen in the propeller hub, stuck pilot valve

1000

Under abnormal conditions, the Airspeed Indicator acts like an Altimeter when...

Pitot Tube and any related drain hole(s) are blocked

1000

Four forces affecting a multi-engine aircraft having a critical engine

P-Factor, Torque, Spiraling Slipstream, Accelerated Slipstream

1000

VMC may increase by the following amount (in knots) for every degree of bank less than five (5) degrees with a potential increase in VMC of 15 knots

3 knots

1000

During a VMC demonstration maneuver, under which three conditions do you immediately reduce the power and lower the pitch attitude?

Stall warning, aerodynamic buffeting, and loss of directional control

1000

This 12:1 mixture of fuel and air, when burned, leaves no uncombined oxygen or free carbon and typically is the optimal mixture for engine power.

Stoichiometric Mixture Ratio

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