Aerodynamics
What are the 4 main forces of flight?
Lift, weight, thrust, drag
What are the 4 strokes of an internal combustion engine?
intake, compression, combustion, exhaust
What does the star on the top of an airport on the sectional chart represent?
The airport has a lighted beacon
What class airspace is closest to the ground in the majority of the United States?
Class G
What are the primary flight controls?
Ailerons, rudder, elevator
Which of the 4 four forces oppose each other?
Lift opposes weight
Thrust opposes drag
What type of fuel does the Cessna 172 take? What color is it?
Avgas- 100LL, blue
What do the tabs around the edges of the airport symbol represent?
The airport offers services, like fuel.
What is the requirement to be in Class A Airspace?
You must be on an IFR flight plan.
What is the Formula for Center of Gravity (CG)?
CG= moment/weight
_____ lift is converted into ____ lift in a turn.
Vertical lift is converted into horizontal lift in a turn.
When is the battery used in the aircraft? (2 times required)
The start the plane,
in an emergency
What does the shaded magenta line (see image) mean?
The floor of Class E Airspace is 700ft.
List the required equipment for Class C Airspace.
2 way radios
Mode C Transponder
ADSB Out
What year was ACE founded?
1980
What are the 3 types of parasite drag?
Skin/ Friction
Form
Interferance
What is carburetor icing? How do we fix it?
When the temperature drops in the venturri of the carburetor, and there is moisture in the air, ice can form. This ice reduces engine performance and can cause engine roughness. We can get rid of carburetor ice by applying carb heat.
What does this symbol (tall and pointy with a lightning bolt) represent and what to the numbers mean?
Instructor will point to a symbol on the sectional chart.
What class airspace is FTY Airport?
Class D
What class medical is required to obtain your private pilot certificate?
3rd class
Describe Bernoulli's Principle and how it applies to flight
As the velocity of a fluid increases the pressure decreases. This causes an area of relative low pressure to form on to of the wings.
What will happen if the Ram hole (pitot tube) becomes blocked but the static port and drain hole remain open?
The airspeed indicator will read 0.
Tell me what all of the words, numbers, and symbols mean for this airport.
Instructor will pull up the sectional for this question and pick an airport to decode.
According to the AIM, what is the base of Class E Airspace?
14,500 ft
List each axis of rotation on the aircraft and describe which movement is made about that axis and what flight control makes that movement.
Lateral axis- Pitch- Elevator
Longitudinal axis- Roll- Ailerons
Vertical axis- Yaw- Rudder