Primary Flight Controls
This primary flight surface is attached to the wings. It controls roll movement about the longitudinal axis.
What are the ailerons?
This device is used to balance control forces.
What is the trim tab?
Similar to a car's speedometer, this instrument shows the airplane's speed in knots or miles per hour.
What is the airspeed indicator?
L
What is Lycoming?
This first stroke of the combustion cycle includes the piston moving downward and fuel entering the cylinder.
What is intake?
This primary flight surface is attached to the horizontal stabilizer. It controls pitch movement about the lateral axis.
What is the elevator?
These secondary control surfaces are used to change the lift and drag on the wings.
What are flaps?
Also known as the artificial horizon, this instrument shows the airplane's pitch and bank angle relative to the horizon.
What is the attitude indicator?
H
What is horizontally-opposed?
This second stroke of the combustion cycle includes the input valve closing and the piston moving upward, putting pressure on the fuel-air mixture.
What is compression?
This primary flight surface is attached to the vertical stabilizer. It controls yaw about the vertical axis.
What is the rudder?
Flaps are considered trailing-edge devices because of their position on the wings. Some aircraft have slats, considered this, because of their position on the wings.
What are leading-edge devices?
This instrument shows the airplane's altitude above a given pressure level.
What is the altimeter?
A
What is air-cooled?
This third stroke of the combustion cycle includes the explosion of the fuel-air mixture inside the cylinder.
The elevator and ailerons are actuated by using this flight control in the cockpit.
What is the yoke?
When an airplane has a stabilator instead of an elevator, it uses this device instead of a trim tab.
What is an anti-servo tab?
What is the heading indicator?
N
What is naturally-aspirated?
This fourth and final stroke of the combustion cycle includes burned gases exiting the cylinders.
What is exhaust?
The rudder is actuated by using this flight control in the cockpit.
What are the rudder pedals?
This is the maximum flap setting in a modern Cessna 172. (just like the C172 in our simulators)
What is 30 degrees?
This instrument indicates the rate of climb or descent of the airplane in 100s of feet per minute (FPM).
What is the vertical speed indicator?
D
What is direct-driven?
The propeller is twisted so the blade angle changes from hub to tip, in order to produce this.
What is uniform lift?