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What are the requirements for a student pilot certificate?
must be 16 years old
able to read, speak & understand english
hold a 3rd class medicl certificate
Flight review requirements
Done every 24 months to maintain pilot certificate
includes 1 hour of ground instruction + 1 hour of flight
Aeronautical Decision making
Process applied to flight operations decisions
can be organized into 5 elements
pilot in command
communication
work load management
resource use
situational awareness
Parts of an airplane
Fuselage - body of the plane
Powerplant - engine + propeller
Wings - made up of ailerons + flaps
aileron - midpoint to tip of wing
flap - from fuselage to midpoint
Empennage - vertical + horizontal stabilizers, rudder, + elevator
rudder moves nose right & left
elevator moves nose up & down
When making a left turn position of aileron....
When making a right turn position of aileron....
Left turn: wheel to the left, left aileron moves up & the right moves down.
Right turn: wheel turns right, right aileron moves up & the left moves down.
Climbing and descending is controlled by...
the elevator.
Pull back on yoke & nose & elevator go up.
Push forwrd on yoke nose & elevator go down.
Ailerons function
move in opposite direction to creat aerodynamic forces that cause the plane to turn
extend from about midpoint of wing outward to the tip
Function of the
Flaps
when extended they move simultaneously to
increase the lifting force of the wings for takeoffs & landings
Trim Tab
lessens the resistance you feel on flight controls due to air flow over the associated control surface.
Function of the empennage
Surfaces actlike the feathers on an arrow. Steady the plane & maintain a straight pth through the air.
POH
Pilot operating Handbook
Pilots Operating Handbook
-most pertinent information about a particular make & model of airplane.
-format stanardized 1975
AFM
Faa approved manual which is specifically assigned to the individual airplane.
It can be accessed by the pilot during flight operations.
Reciprocating Engine
converts chemical enery of fuel to mechanical energy.
air/fuel mixture is compressed by piston then ignited.
Combustion creates the energy to turn the crankshaft & propeller.
4 Strokes of a reciprocating engine
1.
Intake valve opens.
Fuel.air mix is drawn in.
2.
Compression
intake valve closes. fuel/air mix is compressed.
3.
Power
spark plug fires & compressed mix is ignited. Controlled burn drives piston providing power to crankshaft.
4.
Exhaust
Throttle Function
controls speed by regulating the amount of aifuel mix
Mixture Control Function
Controls the fuel/ air ratio
Types of Flight Instuments
Magnetic
Pitot - Static
Gyroscopic
Magnetic instument
magnetic compass
Pitot -Static Instruments
airspeed indicator
altimeter
vertical speed indicator
Gyroscopic Instruments
altitude indicator
turn coordinator
heading indicator
Pitot Static instuments rely on
air pressure differences to measure speed and altitude
Instuments using static (surrounding) air pressure
airspeed indicator
altimeter
vertical speed indicator
Instument that uses
BOTH
static & pitot air pressure?
Airspeed indicator
Air pressure =
14.7 pounds/in
2
at sea level
Increased altitude does what to air pressure?
Decreases it.
Decreased temperature does what to air pressure?
Decreases it.
Define International Standard Atmosphere (ISA)
at sea level
:
standard atmospheric pressure =
29.92 in Hg at 15
o
C (59
o
F)
or
1013.2 millibars
Standard Lape rate for Altitude
for each 1000 feet of altitue = 1 inch of Hg.
Standard lapse rate for temperature
2
o
C (3.5
o
F) of temperature per 1000 feet
Pitot air pressure is also called
RAM or impact pressure
Pitot Tube
is exposed to the relative wind.
Airspeed indicator uses which air pressure(s)
both pitot and static air pressure
The air speed indicator tells
the speed through the air
Airspeed is calculated by
comparing RAM (pitot) pressure vs. static pressure.
The greater the difference the greater the speed.
Define the arcs of the airspeed indicator.
Author
n42875
ID
197158
Card Set
Private Pilot
Description
Private Pilot written exam
Updated
2013-02-01T17:38:29Z
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