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ASM BLOCK 1 EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Fuselage - Answer Main body; transports aircrew and payload.
Landing Gear - ANSWER Assist in landing and takeoff; directions on the ground;
provide support.
Empennage - ANSWER Tail portion; balances and stabilizes aircraft in flight.
What are the two primary components of an empennage? - ANSWER: Horizontal
and vertical stabilizers
Engine - Answer Provides thrust either inside the fuselage or inside the nacelles.
What are the two sorts of engines? - ANSWER Props and Jets
Wings - ANSWER generates lift.
ANSWER Stabilizes the vertical axis.
Horizontal stabilizer - Answer Horizontal tail surface; remains stable around the
lateral axis.
What are the primary flight controls? - Answer Ailerons, elevators, rudders, and
stabilizers
, What are the main aircraft assemblies? - ANSWER fuselage, wing, engine,
empennage, and landing gear.
Ailerons - Answer Attached to wing's outboard trailing edge; left and right ROLL.
Elevators - ANSWER Control up and down the pitch; situated along the trailing
edge of the horizontal stabilizer.
Rudder - ANSWER YAW left to right, attached to the trailing edge of the vertical
stabilizer
Stabilators - ANSWER Controls PITCH; horizontal stabilizer and elevator
integrated into one piece.
What are the secondary flight controls? ANSWER Flaps and Tabs
Flaps - Answer During takeoff, attach to the trailing edge of the wing on the
inboard side closer to the fuselage; modify the wings cross section, giving shape
and curvature.
Tabs - Answer Small hinged surfaces linked to the trailing edge of the rudder and
elevator; minor modifications to the aircraft's attitude
What are the airplane structural components? - Answer Longerons, stringers or
stiffeners, bulkheads, rings, formers, spars, and ribs
Skin panels are the outside covering of the airplane.
Longerons - Answer Longest and strongest; major load-bearing elements of
fuselage
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