What is a moment arm?
What is a moment arm?
The distance from the datum to the point at which the weight of a component acts.
What is the critical angle of attack?
What is the critical angle of attack?
The angle between the chordline and the incoming airflow.
What is the angle of incidence?
What is the angle of incidence?
The angle between between the chord line and the aircraft's longitudinal axis. It's a fixed angle for wings, but variable for variable incidence tailplanes.
What is Point of No Return (PNR)?
What is Point of No Return (PNR)?
The point during a flight at which an aircraft is no longer capable of returning to the airfield from which it took off due to fuel considerations.
Beyond this point the aircraft must proceed to some other destination.
How would you explain to your neighbour what the difference is between a precision and a non-precision approach?
How would you explain to your neighbour what the difference is between a precision and a non-precision approach?
A precision approach uses both lateral (from left to right) and vertical guidance. A non-precision approach only uses lateral guidance.
Where do Jeppesen get the information from to make their charts and plates?
Where do Jeppesen get the information from to make their charts and plates?
Government sources.
What produces the maximum glide range?
What produces the maximum glide range?
Flying at Vmd. At this speed the aircraft is flying at the maximum ratio of Lift and Drag, maximizing the potential energy consumption in terms of distance travelled.
Because usually the heated air bypasses the air filter, therefore it is possible for dust to enter the engine and so exposing the engine to unnecessary engine wear.
What angle of sweep do our aircraft have?
What angle of sweep do our aircraft have?
25°
What performance category was your last aircraft? How are airplanes classified?
What performance category was your last aircraft? How are airplanes classified?
Note: this question was asked to a candidate with previous Seneca experience, make sure to be able to answer this question for your previous aircraft type.
Seneca is class A.
Aircraft are classified according to their Vat.