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Which aircraft construction material combines two or more materials together
to make a structure that is much stronger than the individual components?
✓ Composite
In addition to wire-braced wings, what identifies open truss structure?
✓ Clearly visible struts
Which fuselage design cannot tolerate dents or deformations of the surface?
✓ Monocoque
Which wing design contains no external bracing?
✓ Cantilever
A conventional empennage always contains what two components?
✓ Vertical stabilizer, or fin, and a horizontal stabilizer
What small hinged device on an airplane is used to help minimize the pilot's
workload?
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✓ Trim tab
Aircraft brakes are located on which wheels?
✓ Main wheels
Most general aviation airplane propellers have how many blades?
✓ 2 or 3
Where are the required operating limits and weight and balance records for a
particular aircraft found?
✓ Pilots Operating Handbook (POH)
What is the other accepted name for the pilot's operating handbook (POH)?
✓ FAA Approved Flight Manuel
Using the ISA standards for altitude change, if an aircraft is at 4,000 feet and
10 degrees C, what will the temperature be if the aircraft increases to 10,000
feet?
✓ -2 degrees C
What is the pitot-static system used for?
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✓ To determine speed, altitude, and altitude trend
The pitot-static system generally consists of what two components?
✓ The pitot tube and pitot-static instruments
Vso
✓ Airspeed indicator: Lowest limit of the white arc, the stall speed or the
minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration.
Vs1
✓ Airspeed: Lowest limit of the green arc, the stall speed or minimum
steady flight speed obtained in a specific configuration
Vfe
✓ Maximum speed with the flaps extended. Upper limit of the green arch
Vno
✓ Upper limit of the green arc, the maximum structural cruising speed
Va
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✓ Design maneuvering speed. Listed in POH. Speed you can use full
control movement and not cause structural damage to the aircraft. It
changes with aircraft weight. It's greater when aircraft is heavy and
lower when the load is light.
Vlo and Vle
✓ Max landing gear operating airspeed and maximum landing gear
extended airspeed
Indicated airspeed (IAS)
✓ On airspeed indicator. It's calibrated for sea level conditions.
✓ Doesn't reflect variation in air density.
✓ Importance performance airspeeds are always the same indicated
airspeed, regardless of altitude.
Calibrated airspeed (CAS)
✓ Indicated airspeed corrected for installation error and instrument error.
✓ Determine by looking at chart in the POH.
True airspeed (TAS)
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