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.
Where does the wing stall first on a typical SEP Aircraft (Cessna, Tecnam, ...)?
Where does the wing stall first on a typical SEP Aircraft (Cessna, Tecnam, ...)?
At the wing root. This is a property of rectangular wings, but it's also common to find close to the wing root devices that make it so that the wing root stalls first.
What is convergency?
What is convergency?
Meridians converge from their maximum distance apart (at the equator) to the poles where they meet.
Great circles are the shortest distance between two points and convergency represents the change in direction experienced between those points.
Where is thrust produced in a gas turbine engine?
Where is thrust produced in a gas turbine engine?
Mostly in the fan, but also from the exhaust nozzle duct.
Where does a swept wing stall first?
Where does a swept wing stall first?
At the tip
Describe the take off segments.
Describe the take off segments.
1st segment starts at screen height and finishes at gear retracted.
2nd segment starts when the gear is retracted and finishes when acceleration alt is reached (min. 400ft max 1000ft) speed V2.
3rd segment starts at acceleration alt, minimum 400ft, and finishes when the flaps are retracted.
4th segment starts when the flaps are retracted, MCT is set and finishes at the 1500ft.
What is departure?
What is departure?
Departure is an east-west distance along a parallel line of latitude, other than the equator.
Departure is calculated by: Change of longitude(minutes) x cosine of latitude.
What is the environmental lapse rate according to ISA?
What is the environmental lapse rate according to ISA?
1.98°C per 1000ft
What is a Great Circle?
What is a Great Circle?
A line of shortest distance between two points on a sphere.
If you take off on a two engine airplane with no engine failure and are below VMCA, will you have directional control?
If you take off on a two engine airplane with no engine failure and are below VMCA, will you have directional control?
Yes, some directional control as we still have two functioning engines.