Aircraft Systems
The control surfaces on the wing responsible for controlling your ROLL.
What are ailerons?
These are the four forces of flight.
What are lift, weight, thrust, and drag?
This is the term used to describe when aircraft move around an airport on the ground with their wheels.
What is "taxi"?
This type of cloud cover describes when 100% of the sky is obscured by clouds.
What is "overcast"?
The HORIZONTAL line that goes around the Earth's circumference that is used as the reference for all other lines of LATITUDE.
What is the Equator?
The instrument in the cockpit that tells pilots their ALTITUDE.
What is an altimeter?
This invisible but critical point moves forward and aft depending on how weight is distributed on an aircraft and can drastically affect an aircraft's handling and performance in flight.
What is the Center of Gravity (CG)?
This is the word used to describe the final phase of landing where the pilot lifts the nose up slightly to ensure a proper touchdown.
What is "flare"?
This type of cloud cover describes when about 10% to 30% of the sky is obscured by clouds.
What is "few"?
The VERTICAL line that goes around the Earth's circumference that is used as the reference for all other lines of LONGITUTDE.
What is the Prime Meridian?
As static electricity builds up on the aircraft due to friction with the air, these small stick-like protrusions help with discharging that static electricity.
What are static wicks?
The angle between the wings' cord line and the relative wind.
What is Angle of Attack (AOA)?
This common type of airport sign is a black box with a thick yellow border and yellow text, telling you where you currently are on an airport.
What is a location sign?
This word is used to describe the COMMON phenomenon of air masses moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is "wind"?
On a VFR sectional chart, this is how many minutes (tick marks) are in between each longitude/latitude QUADRANT.
What is 30 minutes?
On non-fuel-injected airplanes, this piece of equipment uses the venturi effect to pull fuel into the intake air to balance the fuel and air mixture going into the engine.
What is the carburetor?
This spiraling airflow resulting from air rushing from the bottom of a wing to the top of wing causes drag for the aircraft flying and can cause wake turbulence for other aircraft flying into this spiraling airflow.
What are wingtip vortices?
When operating at an airport without a control tower, this is the frequency to tune to on your radio to communicate with other pilots in the airspace.
What is the CTAF?
This term is used to describe when a fast-moving cold air mass shoves and takes the place of a warmer air mass, throwing it upwards and causing bad weather followed by cooler air temperatures.
What is a "cold front"?
On a VFR sectional chart, this color is used to denote airports that have a control tower.
What is blue?
On airplanes equipped with an electric starter, this small gear pops out when the starter is engaged to spin the flywheel attached to the driveshaft.
What is the Bendix gear?
This is the thin layer of stagnant air right above the wings' surface that can affect stall characteristics based on its condition.
What is the boundary layer?
When opening and/or closing a flight plan in-flight via the radio, this is the frequency to tune to. The person on this frequency can also give you weather briefings in-flight as well as special airspace advisories in-flight.
What is the Flight Service Station (FSS)?
Moisture, unstable air, and a lifting action.
What are the 3 ingredients necessary for thunderstorm development?
This word is used to describe the 360 "beams" that are transmitted out of a VOR when navigating with your cockpit instruments.
What are "radials"?