Airspace
What are the requirements for Class A airspace and where does it start and go up to. What altimeter setting do you use?
No weather minimums, Need to be on an IFR flight plan, two way radio communication, Mode C transponder, ADSB out, starts at 18,000 MSL up to 60,000 MSL. Altimeter setting 29.92
What are the 4 kinds of hypoxia and a brief description?
Hypoxic Hypoxia- Lack of available oxygen to due high altitude.
Hypemic Hypoxia- The bloods inability to use absorb oxygen due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Histotoxic Hypoxia- The tissues inability to absorb oxygen due to alcohol or drugs
Stagnant Hypoxia- oxygen unable to reach brain due to blood pooling in lower extremities.
91.205
What is Bournoullies principle?
A faster moving fluid has less pressure than a slower moving fluid
What is standard sea level pressure and temperature
29.92 inch mercury, 15 C
3 statute miles of visibility, 1,000 feet above the clouds, 500 feet below the clouds, 2,000 feet horizontal distance from clouds. 3-152
What are the three sources the body uses to understand its position and orientation.
eyes, vestibular, somatosensory.
What are the three pitot static Instruments?
Airspeed indicator, Altimeter, Vertical Speed Indictor
What is the Lift equation?
Lift= (CL*S*P*V^2)/2
What are the three ingredients for a thunder storm and how far away from them should you stay?
Unstable Lapse Rate, Uplifting action, moisture. 20 nm.
What is Bravo airspace weather minimums and speed restrictions both in the airspace and under a shelf. How do you know if you are cleared into the Bravo airspace.
3 statute miles, clear of clouds. 250 kts in the airspace and 200 kts under the shelf. The must say your tail number and explicitly clear you into the airspace.
What are symptoms of hypoxia ?
Impaired judgment, euphoria, dizziness, headache, fatigue, tunnel vision, cyanosis (blueing of lips and finger tips).
What are the three gyroscopic instruments and how are they usually powered?
heading indicator (vacuum), attitude indicator (vacuum), turn coordinator (electric)
What are the 4 turning tendencies and describe them?
Torque - propellor spins one way which wants to rotate the aircraft the opposite direction.
Spiraling Slipstream - the propellor tip vortices circle around the fuselage and impact the vertical stabilizer on the left side yawing it to the left.
P-Factor - the descending propeller blade produces more thrust than the ascending propeller blade.
Gyroscopic Precession - A force enacted on a gyroscope will be felt 90 degrees in the direction of rotation
What are the three stages of a thunder storm?
cumulus stage, mature stage, dissipating stage
What are the weather distance minimums for C,D,E,G airspace above 10,000 feet
5 statute miles of visibility, 1,000 ft above the clouds, 1,000 ft below the clouds, 1 statute mile horizontal separation.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning and how does it occur?
Blood's hemoglobin binds to carbon monoxide 200x more than oxygen so the CO takes the place of oxygen. This occurs when there is an exhaust leak that is ducted into the cabin through cabin heat.
What does the top and bottom white arc of the airspeed indicator mean?
How does the elevator lift the nose of the aircraft?
Elevator is deflected upwards which increases the camber under the horizontal stabilizer increasing the tail down force to pivot the aircraft around its center of gravity lifting the nose.
High pressure system characteristics
clockwise rotation, downwards and outwards
What are class G airspace weather minimums under 1,200 AGL day and above 1,200 AGL but below 10,000 MSL day.
1 statute mile of visibility and clear of clouds for day under 1,200 AGL and 1 statute mile of visibility and 1,000 above, 500 below and 2,000 horizontal distance to clouds when over 1,200 AGL but below 10,000 MSL
What instruments would be effected if you lose vacuum suction?
Atitude indicator and heading indicator
What configuration leads to the most induced drag and wake turbulence
Clean, slow, high angle of attack, high power setting
What are the 3 kinds of icing and the 4 types of ice?
structural, induction, instrumentation.
Clear, Rime, Mix, Frost