Archer Supplement
PHAK Definitions
Answers that Rhyme
Math
Parts of the Archer
100
The ABCDEs of an emergency

Airspeed, best place to land, checklist, declare an emergency, ELT and emergency landing

100

Total drag created by design or shape of airplane parts. Increases with airspeed

Parasite drag

100

Basic force that opposes drag. We should add 50% of ___ factor to our speed on final.

Thrust and Gust

100

Assuming 10 gallons used per hour, per 91.151, this amount of additional fuel is required during the daytime.

30 minutes - 5 gallons

100

We have these types of flaps

Slotted, manual flaps, spring loaded to zero degrees, settings 0, 10, 25, 40

200

The Air Data Computer gives us these instruments that would otherwise be found in a six pack

Altimeter, Airspeed (ASI), Vertical Speed (VSI)

200

Navigating by reference to visible landmarks

Pilotage

200

Our Vg tells us this, especially useful while we use this common risk management model.

Best Glide and Decide

200

Distance traveled in 15 minutes traveling at 100 knots

25 nm

200

The range of our ailerons' movement.

12.5 degrees down, 25 up

300

When extending your downwind, this is when you configure to land/ complete before landing checklist.

Abeam touchdown point

300

The initial tendency to return to a state of equilibrium when disturbed from that state

Positive static stability

300

Call these people on 118.1 when you're holding short of the runway. This is the second step in our power-off stall recovery.

Tower and max power.

300
Assuming a max. ramp weight of 2558 and your current zero fuel weight is 2458, how many gallons of fuel could you take?

16 Gallons. 100/6

300

Transmits a signal on 121.5 automatically upon the impact of a crash

Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)

400

This happens to the engine during an electrical failure.

Nothing

400

The ratio of lift generated over weight. Expressed in Gs.

Load factor

400

This protects our electrical system from high electrical loads. PFD/MFD stand for this.

Overvoltage Relay + Primary flight display/ multi-function display

400

Winds on the METAR report 30012KT. Runway 6/24 is the runway available. Which runway would you use?

24

400

We check all nine (9) of these during preflight inspection. They discharge electricity.

Static Wicks

500
This is the category/class/type of our airplane

Airplane/Single-Engine Land/PA-28-181

500

A visual ground based structure to provide traffic pattern information. The windsock can be placed inside this.

Segmented circle

500

The acronym CFR (as in 14CFR) stands for this. In the back of the FAR/AIM is this manual.

Code of Federal Regulations + Aeronautical Information Manual

500

Burning 9.5 gallons per hour, the amount of fuel burned on a 4 hour flight.

38 Gallons

500

Antennas on the top of the vertical stabilizer (tail). The ones that make a V shape.

VOR/Localizer/Glideslope Antenna (NAV)
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