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- 1When does peak pressure happen?After TDC
- 2In a motified otto cycle, at what time does the spark fire?20-35 degrees before TDC
- 3Detonation Details(what does TNT do?)
Spontaneous combustion of gas after ignited
Due to heat, pressure, bad octane rating
Sounds like it was hit by a hammer
Not necessarily destructive - 4Preignition Details?Happens before being ignited by spark plugs
Needs another source of heat to do this
Carbon deposits - 5Chemically correct ratio?1:15
- 6Best economy ratio?1:16
- 7Best Power ratio?1:12
- 8Impact Ice Occurs when?outside air temp is near or below 0 and visable moisture
- 9Fuel evaporation icing occurs when?Ambient air temperatures
Due to vaporisation of ice - 10Throttle Ice occurs when?Outside air is within range of -10 to 20 deg celcius with high humidity
- 11Number for Red AVGAS?80 Low compression – least used
- 12Number for Green AVGAS?100 Best quality
- 13Number for Blue AVGAS?100LL Lower quality
- 14Number for Colourless or Straw Gas?Jet A
- 15Difference between Jet A and BJet B cold climates
- 16what does CHT Gauge stand for?Cylinder head temp gauge
- 17what does EGT Temp Gauge stand for?Exhaust gas temperature
- 18What are the two types of ammeters and job?Left-zero (load meter)
Centre-zero - 19Purpose of a Left-zero (load meter) ammeter, who uses it, and conditions?measures output from alternator
Many Piper use it
Zero reading means alternator has failed - 20Purpose of a Left-zero (load meter) ammeter?Measures flow from battery and alternator
If it shows a continuous discharge then, alternator failure
Many Cesna - 21Master SwitchALT – BAT
- 22Difference between fuses and circuit breakersCircuit breakers are re-settable
- 23All the different angles of prop?Blade angle – angle between plane of rotation and chord of blade
Angle of attack - Angle between the chord of the blade and the relative airflow
Helix Angle - Angle between the plane of rotation and the relative airflow - 24What is a fine pitchWhen prop angle is close to 90 deg with plane of rotation – used to lessen drag when failed engine
- 25What is a coarsened pitch?When prop angle is close to plane of rotation – used when taking off
- 26What are all the airspeedsIndicated Airspeed (IAS)
Callibrated Airspeed (callibrated for installation error)
True Airspeed (uses pressure altitude)
Ground Airspeed (adjusted for wind) - 27On the airspeed instrument, what is the White Arc?Flap Operating Range
- 28On the airspeed instrument, what is the Green ArcNormal Operating Range
- 29On the airspeed instrument, what is the yellow arcCaution Range
- 30On the airspeed instrument, what is the red lineDo not exceed (V_NE)
- 31On the airspeed instrument, what is V_SOStalling Speed in landing configuration
- 32On the airspeed instrument, what is V_SStalling speed in a specific configuration
- 33On the airspeed instrument, what is V_FEMaximum Flap extension speed
- 34On the airspeed instrument, what is V_NOMaximum structural cruising speed
- 35On the airspeed instrument, what is V_MCAMinimum speed in the air that the directional control can still be maintained
- 36On the airspeed instrument, what is V_yseSingle engine best rate of climb speed or minimum sink rate during a single engine ops
- 37Other Airspeeds that are not markedV_LO
V_LE
V_X
V_Y
V_A - 38What is V_LOMaximum speed ofr the landing gear operation (extending or retracting)
- 39What is V_LE?Maximum speed with the landing gear extended
- 40What is V_X?Best ANGLE of climb speed that allows an plane to achieve the maximum altitude in a given DISTANCE
- 41What is V_Y?Best RATE of climb speed that allows an aeroplane to gain the maximum altitude in a given TIME
- 42What is V_A?Design Manoevering speed. The maximum speed a full deflection of any ONE control is permitted without exceeding t he structural limitiation
- 43For altimeter calibration, the standard atmosphere dry air is:
- 44Altimeter subscale setting?
- 45What are the three gyroscopic flight instruments and which are air driven and electrically driven?
- 46Usually the amount of vacuum required for gyroscopic instrument operation is Between?4.5”Hg and 5.5” Hg
- 47What are the two gyroscopic instruments to understand rate of turn?Turn coordinator – sense rate of role and rate of turn (yaw) by 37 degrees
Turn and slip indicator – senses rate of turn (yaw) - 48Rate one turn is?3 degrees per second
- 49What does a skid look like on turn coordinator?
- 50What does a coordinated look like on turn coordinator?
- 51What does a slip look like on turn coordinator?
- 52What is Magnetic variation (Declination)Difference between magnetic north and true north
“Variation East, Magnetic Least, Variation West, Magnetic Best” - 53What is an IsogonalLines joining places of equal magnetic variation
- 54What is an Agonic lineNil variation in something
- 55What is Magnetic deviationDifference between magnetic north and the compass indication
- 56Effects on compass for acceleration/deceleration? What is the saying?Effects only experienced on easterly and westerly headings
Due to centre of gravity of magnet not lying directly beneath pivot point
SAND (Moves South when accelerating, Moves North when Decelerating) - 57What is the saying for turning Errors on compassONUS (Overshoot North, Undershoot South)
- 58Composition of atmosphere?78% nitrogen
21% oxygen - 59What are the four layers of the atmosphere?• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesospehere
• Thermosphere - 60At what layer does most of weather phenomena occur?Trosphere
- 61What is the temperature property in troposphere?Isothermal – decrease in temp with height
- 62What is the temperature property of the top of the troposphere? What does it do?The tropopause has zero temperature lapse rate
Traps moisture and weather resulting in jet stream and clear air turbulence - 63Height of Tropopause?20,000 ft over poles
48,000 ft over equator - 64Where does the ozone layer sit?In stratosphere
- 65Who did the single cell model of the atmosphere and what does it look like?Hayley
- 66Who did the triple cell model of the atmosphere and what does it look like?Rossby and Palmen
- 67Job of a Pushrod?Transmits lifting force from the camshaft to the rocker arm
- 68Types of Barometers?Mercury –accurate but too big to transport
Aneroid – small enough to transport but not accurate due to linkage - 69Low pressure Trough Symbol
- 70Cold Front symbol
- 71Developing Cold Front
- 72Decaying Cold front
- 73Monsoon Trough
- 74Warm Front
- 75Developing warm front
- 76Decaying warm front
- 77Stationary front
- 78Occluded Front
- 79A high pressure region is otherwise known as?An anticyclone
- 80Properties of a High pressure regions?They are regions of sinking air
ISoebars are widely spaced
Wind flow is antclockwise - 81Properties of a low pressure region?Rising air
Isobars are spaced closely together
The windflow is clockwise - 82Buys Ballet’s LawIf an observer stands with their back to wind, low pressure will be on right
- 83Coriolis forceActs on left in southern hemisphere
- 84Geostrophic windWind blowing parallel to straight isobars
- 85Friction LayerLayer of wind Approx. 2,000ft ~ 3,000ft.
Wind speed drops to approx. 1/2 over the land and 2/3 over the sea - 86Definition of Veer?Clockwise change in wind direction
- 87Definition of Back:Ani-clockwise change in wind direction
- 88As wind descends into a friction layer what happens to the wind?Wind velocity decreases and veers (clockwise direction change)
- 89As wind climbs out of a friction layer what happens to the wind?Wind velocity increases and backs (counter-clockwise direction change)
- 90At night time what happens to the air?Rocks cool down more than water
Cold air moves towards hot air
Land breeze moves towards ocean
Cycle moves as follows - 91Katabatic and Anabatic wind?Katabatic: at night, mountain cools down, the air because denser and descends
Anabatic: at day, mountain heats up, air is lighter and ascends - 92Domestic forecasts for operations at or below?20,000ft
- 93Aerodrome forecast within a radius of?5nm
- 94What is a METAR?A routine Aerodrome Report
- 95How often are METAR issued?Every 30 minutes
- 96What is a SPECI?A special aerodrome report that is issued whenever conditions go above or below a critera
- 97What does SKC stand for?Sky clear – 0 oktas
- 98What does FEW stand for?Few (1-2 oktas)
- 99What does SCT stand for?Scattered (3-4 oktas)
- 100What does BRN stand for?Broken (5-7 oktas)
- 101What does OVC stand for?Overcast (8 oktas)
- 102What does CAVOK stand for?Ceiling and Visibility OK
Viz of 10km or more
Nil significant cloud below 5,000ft
Nil significant weather - 103What does PROB stand for?Probability less than 50%
- 104What does TEMPO stand for?More than 30 mins less than 60
- 105What does INTERLess than 30 mins
- 106What does BECMG stand for?Less extant than FM
- 107What does NOSIG stand for?No significant changes expected
- 108What does NSW stand for?Nil significant weather
- 109What does AUTO stand for?Measured by automatic weather station
- 110What does ATIS stand for?Automatic Terminal Information Service
- 111How does Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) work?A tape-recorded radio message of the current aerodrome terminal information
- 112What does AWIB Stand for?Aerodrome Weather Information Broadcasts
- 113How do Aerodrome Weather Information Broadcasts work?They’re from automated weather stations
- 114Types of Icing:Rime
Clear
Mixed
Hoar - 115Details of Rime Ice0 to -40 deg celcius supercooled small water instantly freezes when hitting plane. Air trapped inside so granular and opaque in appearance and rough texture
- 116Details of Clear Ice0 to -20 deg celcius supercooled bigger water. Creates a dragging effect of ice because it takes longer to freeze. Smooth and transparent so harder to detect
- 117Details of Mixed IceMixture of Clear and Rime (most common)
- 118Details of Hoar IceThin smooth and transparent so harder to detect. Forms due to altitude changes
- 119Newton’s Law of Motion1. Intertia
2. F=ma
3. Action and Reaction - 120Effect of Leading Edge Radius?Lift coefficient changes (knife edge supersonic has lower lift coefficient)
Stalling Angle Changes (small has 15 deg, larg has 22 deg, knife has 25) - 121What is the aspect ratio?Span/Chord
Having shorter chord, decreases vortexes
Thus, high AR = higher Coefficient of Lift - 122Effect of Angle of Attack on Centre of Pressure?0 AOA, COP is back,
As AOA increases, COP moves forward then at 12, moves back - 123Total Drag = ?Para + Induced
- 124Induced Drag is caused by what?trailing ege and wingtip vortices
- 125Para drag = ?Interference + Form + Skin
- 126Interference drag?mixing of airflows at joins and junctions (use fairings and bendings)
- 127FormDue to shape of object
- 128Skin dragdue to skin friction
- 129Relationship between Induced Drag vs airspeed?Decreases as airspeed increases
- 130Parasite Drag vs Airspeed?Exponentially increases as airspeed increases
- 131Increase in speed results in what on controls?More effective
- 132Increase in slipstream results in what with controls?More effective elevator and rudder controls, but not aileron
- 133Increase in power will result in what with controls?Pitchy up and yawing t o t he left and vice versa
- 134Best L/D ratio?At 3.5 degrees – best gliding angle
- 135How to recover from a stall?• Reduce the angle of attack
• Full power
• Rudder to maintain direction - 136How to recover from a spin?
- 137EW?Empty Weight:
Aircraft + Fixed equipment + unusable fuel + undrainable oil - 138BEW?Basic Empty Weight:
EW + full oil and other items necessary for all flights - 139ZFW?Zero Fuel Weight:
BEW + Crew + Pax + all baggage & Cargo, but not including fuel - 140GW?Gross Weight:
a.k.a All Up Weight (AUW)
ZFW + fuel for a flight - 141Weight of Male crew?85kg
- 142Weight of female crew?65kg
- 143TODA?Take off distance available:
Physical length of runway + any clearway - 144TOSS?Toke-off safey speed
No less than 1.2Vs at 50ft AGL - 145TODR?Take-off distance required:
Distance required to reach 50ft AGL at TOSS
15% added to planes with MCTOW 2000kg or less (Maximum Certified Take-off Weight) - 146Heading, Track and Drift on diagram?
- 147Drift is determined by:The side the tail is on with respect to the track
- 148Determining Magnetic Track from True track and Variation?Variation EAST, Magnetic Least (negative)
Variation West, Magnetic Best - 149LMT?Local Mean time
- 150EST?Eastern Standard Time
- 151GMT?Greenwich Mean Time
- 152UCT?Universal Coordinated TIme
- 153Z?Zulu Time
- 154For queensland what is EST?EST = zulu + 10 hr
- 155What is the time arc relationship?15 degrees per hour!
- 156What is LMT?Local Mean Time
- 157How is LMT found?It uses the sun as a reference point and the local meridian of longitude as its earth reference
- 15815 degrees equates to what?1 hour
- 1591 degree equates to what?4 minutes
- 16015 degrees equates to what?1 minute
- 1611 degree equates to what?4 seconds
- 162How to remember 15:1?1, 4, 1, 4
- 163Express 11:20am., 24 May as a SIX-figure date and time?241120
- 164An observer at 150°E has sun directly overhead. What is it in UTC?Miday = 1200
150deg/15 = 10hrs
East is Least, therefore zulu=EST-10
zulu=EST-10 zulu=0200 - 165How to tell what to do when Eastern Time or Western Time?UTC to East Least
UTC to West Best - 166How to convert kts to nm/minDivide kts by 60 to get nm/min
- 167Types of charts:Merecator projection: rectangle – distortions at poles
Lambert conic projection: more accurate, therefore most used - 168Finding Pressure Altitude?1. Standard pressure – stated pressure
2. Difference convert to ft using (1hPa/30ft)
3. Add to altitude given - 169How to find Density altitude?1. Actual pressure – expected altitude using PA (15 deg – 2deg/1000ft)
2. Difference convert to ft using (120ft/deg)
3. Add to pressure altitude - 170—
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