Realm of Flight
scientist who discovered the speed of sound.
Who is Ernst Mach?
The four forces of flight.
What is Thrust, Lift, Drag and Weight?
the two most common engines in aircraft.
What is Reciprocating engine and Gas turbine Engine?
Simplest system to get fuel from the tanks to the engine.
What is Gravity feed?
The rate the temperature decreases per thousand feet.
What is 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
A graphic mathematical illustration showing both directional and magnitude.
What is a vector.
The most vital part of the Reciprocating engine.
What is the Cylinders?
The two classes of instruments.
What is Performance and Control instruments?
Pounds per square inch of air pressure at sea level.
What is 14.7 psi?
"As a fluid's speed increases, the pressure within the liquid decreases."
What is Bernoulli's principle.
An engine with the best of Gas turbine and Propeller-driven aircraft combined.
What is Turbofan?
An instrument that shows an aircraft's rate of turn and if that turn is "coordinated" or not, meaning it's balanced and not slipping or skidding.
What is the Turn-and-Slip Indicator?
The mixture of nitrogen to oxygen in the region where the majority of flight takes place.
What is one/fifth Oxygen to four/fifths Nitrogen?
Force opposing the motion of the atmosphere.
What is Drag?
The three classifications of fuselages.
What is Truss, Semimonocoque and Monocoque?
Another name for the rate-of-climb indicator.
What is the Vertical Velocity Indicator (VVI)?
The force of fluid friction an object experiences as it moves through a liquid or gas.
What is Viscous Drag.
An increase in air resistance that happens when an object travels close to or faster than the speed of sound, causing air to compress into shock waves.
What is Wave Drag.
An arrangement of landing gear that requires outrigger wheels mounted on the wings.
What is Tandem landing gear?
A change in pressure at any point in an enclosed incompressible fluid at rest is transmitted equally and undiminished to all points in all directions throughout the fluid, and the force due to the pressure acts at right angles to the enclosing walls.
What is Pascals Law?