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AFOQTS Aviation
Aviation part of the AFOTS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Four forces acting on the aircraft | Lift, Drag. Gravity, Thrust |
| The color of airport taxiways at night | Blue |
| Flight Envelope | The region of altitude and airspeed in which the aircraft can be operated |
| Airfoil | The thing on the aircraft that makes it lift such as wings, blade, sail |
| camber | curvature |
| Chord | the line that runs from the trailing edge to the leading edge |
| angle of attack | the angle formed by the chord of the foil and the relative wind |
| fuselage | body of the plane |
| two types of drags | parasitic and induced drag |
| ammeter | measures the electrical system of the aircraft |
| straight wings | used in small planes to gain lift at slow velocities |
| swept wings | most common, less drag but unstable at low speeds |
| delta wings | used for supersonic speeds |
| empennage | the tail of the aircraft |
| trim tabs | small things on he tail to reduce pressure |
| aerodynamic stall | happens when the airflow above the upper camber stops being laminar |
| air density in high temperatures | lower air density, lower lift |
| air density in low temperatures | higher air density, higher lift |
| hypoxia | insufficient oxygen usually caused by high altitude |
| joystick | controls rolls and pitch but not yaw |
| pitch | rotation between the lateral axis. up and down like star fox |
| roll | rotation along the longitudinal |
| yaw | horizontal rotation. left or right |
| Mach number | ratio between the speed of the aircraft and the speed of sound |
| aileron flaps | control the roll |
| elevator | controls the pitch |
| rudder | moves the nose and controls the yaw |
| 1 knot | 8/7 mph |
| wing area | proportional to lift and drag |
| cowling | covers the engine |
| Bernoulli's principle | increasing the fluid's velocity will decrease its pressure |
| The standard altimeter setting used in Class A airspace would be | 29.92 in Hg |
| Boundary layer | The very thin layer of air flowing over the surface of an aircraft wing, an airfoil |
| wing spoilers | disrupt the boundary layer airflow, increase the lift, reduce induced drag |
| tachometer | measures the revolutions per minute |
| headwind | wind hitting directly in front, opposing motion |
| VSI | vertical speed indicator |
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