Airplane Characteristics
Configuration of wings mounted near the bottom of the fuselage.
Low Wing
When the rudder is deflected to the right the airplane will yaw in this direction.
Right
True or False: A rotorcraft powerplant can be piston or turbine.
True
Maximum takeoff weight for aircraft in the Normal category.
12,5000 pounds or less.
This class includes engine-driven, fixed-wing aircraft.
Airplane
This type of engine operates on the same principle as a car engine and attached to a propeller or rotor.
Piston engine.
When the elevators on an airplane are deflected up, the nose of the airplane will move in this direction.
Up
The amount of lift provided by the main rotor of a helicopter is dependent upon the ________ of the rotor blades.
Angle or pitch
Maximum seating configuration for aircraft in the Normal category.
9 or less
This class includes heavier-than- air aircraft that rely on lift generated by one or more rotors.
Rotorcraft
A Cessna 172 has this type of landing gear configuration.
Tricycle
The right aileron is deflected up and the left aileron is deflected down. The airplane will roll __________.
Right
Normal, utility, & restricted are examples of aircraft __________.
Categories
This aircraft category includes aircraft designed for limited acrobatic operations.
Utility
Heavier-than-air aircraft whose free flight does not depend on an engine belongs to this class.
Glider
Turbine engines that use their rotational energy to turn a propeller is called a ____________.
Turboprop
True or False: An airplane can land safely on a long runway with no flaps extended.
True.
This government agency is responsible of aircraft certification in the U.S.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
This category includes jets with 10 or more seats and weighs more than 12,500 pounds.
Transport
This type of landing gear configuration is used on gliders.
Tandem
Inside this main component of a turbine engine, the air is injected with fuel and ignited, creating a contained explosion.
Combustor
On a B-747 with two engines inoperative on the same side in flight, the airplane will tend to yaw in the direction of the ____________ engines.
Inoperative
An airplane with two wings of similar size is called a ___________.
Biplane
A crop duster is an example of an aircraft in this category.
Restricted.
This is the most commonly used landing gear configuration.
Tricycle