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Flight Controls
Flight Controls and Structures Yellow Team
Question | Answer |
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What flight control rotates the aircraft around it's vertical axis? | The rudder |
What changes the camber of the wing and increases both its lift and drag for the given angle of attack | The flaps |
Name the 2 types of landing gear | Fixed and retractable |
What are the five aircraft stresses? | Tension, Compression, Torsion, Sheer and Bending |
In a constant speed, single engine prop governor, where does the oil flow when it's in an overspeed condition? | The prop hub |
What are the 3 different styles of aircraft wing attachments? | Bolt-on, Cantilever, Semi-cantilever |
What flight control rotates an aircraft around the longitudinal axis? | Ailerons |
The connecting rod is the link between which two parts of the engine? | Piston and Crankshaft |
How is flutter reduced? | 1. Increasing the stiffness of the flight structure 2. Keeping flight control cables tight |
What is the servo tab used for? | The servo tab is used on large aircraft when the control forces are too great for the pilot to manually move. |
What flight control rotates the aircraft about the lateral axis? | Elevator |
What is the difference between a "balance tab" and an "anti-balance tab"? | "balance tab"-any tab that reduces pilot effort "anti-balance tab"- any tab that increases pilot effort |