Sporty's Private Pilot Volume 1
What is a broken ceiling? - correct answer-Holes in the clouds
What is overcast? - correct answer-Full of clouds
What is a Cloud Ceiling? - correct answer-The lowest broken or overcast cloud layer that
covers the sky
What are the four forces that act on an airplane? - correct answer-◦Life upward
◦Weight downward
◦Thrust forward
◦Drag backward
What is Bernellouis Principle? - correct answer-◦Pressure and speed have an inverse
relationship
◦Decreased pressure on the top of the wing
What are Issac Newton's three laws? - correct answer-1: An object at rest stays at rest until
acted upon
2: Force equals mass times acceleration
3: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
What are 5 parts of an airfoil? - correct answer-◦Leading edge - front
◦Trailing edge - back
◦Wing chord - front to back
◦Upper Camber - top of wing
◦Lower Camber - bottom of wing
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What are the three axis around an aircraft? - correct answer-◦Longitudinal - roll
ailerons
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◦Lateral - pitch
elevator
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◦Vertical - yaw
rudder
What is adverse yaw? - correct answer-◦Yawing opposite of bank - rolled into a turn
◦Trim tab used to relieve force on the elevator
What is trim and why use it? - correct answer-Used to maintain speed, used to maintain
pitch
What are the Flaps? - correct answer-Retractable changes to the chord of the wing
What is a stabilator? - correct answer-Horizontal stabilizer and elevator
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What is the Airspeed Indicator and what do the associated colors mean? - correct
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answer- 1 statute mile - 5280ft
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1 nautical mile - 6076ft
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1.15 s mile - 1 n mile
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Reline - Vne never exceed
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Yellow - Vno no more, smooth air
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Green - normal
White arc - flap op range
What is the Attitude Indicator? - correct answer-Gyroscope, moves around the horizon bar
◾Altitude with three hands
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What is the altimeter? - correct answer-
Below sea level will show backwards
◾Direction and rate of turn
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What is the turn indicator? - correct answer-
Ball must remain center
What is the Vertical Speed Indicator? - correct answer-Measured in feet, rate of ascending or
descending
What is the magnetic compass? - correct answer-Lubber line, shows the direction of the
aircraft, not the track
◾Not affected by aircraft attitude
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What is the Heading Indicator? - correct answer-
Must be reset during flight every 15 minutes
What is the throttle? - correct answer-Controls engine rpm
In for power, out for less power
What is the Mixture? - correct answer-Controls the richness of gas into the engine
In for enrich, out for lean
What does the Vacuum Pressure Gauge control? - correct answer-Controls the heading
indicator and attitude indicator
What are the options for the Fuel Selector? - correct answer-Both, left or right
What are the 5 main parts of an engine? - correct answer-◦Cylinder
◦Pistons
◦Connecting Rods
◦Crankshaft
◦Crankcase
What is a Four Stroke Engine? - correct answer-◦Intake stroke - gases in
◦Compression stroke - gases smashed
◦Power Stroke - ignition
◦Exhaust Stroke - gases out
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