Powerplant
Engine used in most general aviation training airplanes.
What is a horizontally opposed reciprocating engine?
One way to remove the the threat of carburetor ice.
What is to use a fuel injection system?
A self contained engine driven unit that supplies electrical current to the spark plugs.
What are the magnetos?
Acronym used for sampling fuel to check for contaminants.
What is COWS (color, odor, water, sediment)?
Shows if the alternator is producing an adequate supply of electrical power and whether the battery is receiving an electrical charge.
What is an ammeter?
The continuous energy creating process of a typical reciprocating engine.
What is the four-stroke operating cycle, Intake, compression, ignition, exhaust.
Used in fuel injection systems to distribute fuel evenly to all cylinders.
What is the fuel manifold valve?
A switch in the cockpit that controls the magnetos, normally labeled: OFF, RIGHT,LEFT, BOTH, and START.
Whatt is the ignition switch?
The most common fuel for piston powered aircraft with a blue tint.
What is avgas 100 (100LL)?
Reflects the total percentage of the load placed on the generating capacity of the electrical system by the electrical accessories and battery.
What is the loadmeter?
The part of the engine where air is mixed with fuel and delivered to the combustion chamber.
What is the carburetor?
Type of fuel system normally used in high wing airplanes.
What is gravity fed fuel system?
An uncontrolled explosive ignition of the fuel air mixture within the cylinders combustion chamber.
What is detonation?
The two types of oil systems that are generally used in reciprocating engines.
What are wet sump and dry sump oil systems?
This controls the entire electrical system, except the ignition system which is independent of the main electrical system.**
What is the master switch?
21 degrees C (70 degrees F) and relative humidity above 80 %.
When is carburetor ice likely to form?
Type of fuel system used in low wing airplanes?
What is a fuel system that uses a fuel pump?
When the fuel air mixture is ignited in advance of the normal timed ignition.
What is preignition?
Two important functions of the oil system.
What are cooling and lubrication?
Used to protect various electrical components from overloads.
What are circuit breakers or fuses?
A decrease in engine RPM, followed by engine roughness.
What are the first indications of carburetor ice in an airplane with a fixed pitch propeller?
A way to get sea level performance at high altitudes.
What is supercharging or turbocharging?
Provides the spark that ignites the fuel/air mixture and is made up of magnetos, spark plugs, interconnecting wires, and the ignition switch.
What is the ignition system?
Oil pressure gauge and oil temperature gauge.
How do you monitor oil system operation?
Alternators produce______, that a built in transformer rectifier converts to _______.
What are alternating current and direct current.