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SIFT Army aviation knowledge Exam Questions and Answers |100% Pass ______ is the reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constricted section (or choke) of a pipe. - Answer-The Venturi Effect Cyclic Control is - Answer-used to control the direction or tilt of aircra...

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SIFT Army aviation knowledge Exam
Questions and Answers |100% Pass

______ is the reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constricted section (or

choke) of a pipe. - Answer✔✔-The Venturi Effect


Cyclic Control is - Answer✔✔-used to control the direction or tilt of aircraft


The Collective is - Answer✔✔-used to control the pitch angle of all the main rotor blades collectively


Throttle is - Answer✔✔-used to control the power produced by the engine


Anti-torque pedals are - Answer✔✔-used to control the yaw of the aircraft and where it is pointing


Airfoil is ______ - Answer✔✔-Either the rotor blades themselves or the horizontal stabilizers.


The angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airfoil's direction of motion relative to the air

(Aerodynamic Angle) is called .... - Answer✔✔-Angle of Attack


The angle between the chord line of each blade and the rotor system's plane of rotation (Mechanical

Angle) is called .... - Answer✔✔-angle of incidence


Chord Line is - Answer✔✔-a straight-line intersecting leading and trailing edges of the airfoil


The is the angle between the line perpendicular to the mast and the blades in motion. - Answer✔✔-

Coning angle




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Autorotation is - Answer✔✔-loss of engine power, angle down so that air keeps the rotors spinning. The

freewheeling unit disconnected


Blade Span is _____________ - Answer✔✔-the length from the tip of the blade to the drive shaft


What is parasite drag? - Answer✔✔-Drag from components that don't create lift (Wheels, Fuselage)


A rotating body spins at the same speed unless acted upon by an external force is called - Answer✔✔-

Coriolis force


_____ is the unequal lift across the rotor disk resulting from the difference in the velocity of air over the

advancing blade half and the velocity of air over the retreating blade half of the rotor disk area. -

Answer✔✔-dissymmetry of lift


The driven region is _____the blade tips and normally _____ percent of the radius - Answer✔✔-nearest

from, 30


For helicopters with a main rotor disk that spins counter-clockwise, the airflow speed happens when

each blade reaches the position ______ - Answer✔✔-maximum, three and nine o'clock


What type of drag is caused by lift? - Answer✔✔-Induced drag


What type of helicopter design uses a ducted fan in place of a tail rotor to cancel the torque effect? -

Answer✔✔-the NOTOR


Which pitot-static instrument makes use of both pitot and static pressure? - Answer✔✔-Airspeed

indicator




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What is the primary principle to counteract the main rotor torque with NOTAR? - Answer✔✔-Coanda

effect


What are the four elements of risk management? - Answer✔✔-pilot, aircraft, environment, and external

pressures


What is the preferred method of ground movement for a helicopter on airports? - Answer✔✔-Air Taxi


Helicopter's experience effective translational lift while transitioning to forward flight at approximately

_____ to _____ knots - Answer✔✔-16, 24


When a helicopter is descending at more than 300 fpm, has 20 to 100 percent power, and an airspeed

less than effective translational lift, what aerodynamic condition can occur? - Answer✔✔-Settling with

power


Driven Region - Answer✔✔-Has the effect of slowing the rotor's spin.


Driving Region - Answer✔✔-Supply's thrust.


While transitioning to forward flight at about 16 to 24 knots, the helicopter goes through - Answer✔✔-

Effective Translational Lift


When a force is applied to one side of a spinning object, an action occurs approximately 90° in the

direction of rotation from the point where the force is applied. The action is called - Answer✔✔-

gyroscopic precession


When the helicopter is in the state of hover - Answer✔✔-the resultant lift is exactly equal to the weight


Induced Flow or Downwash is - Answer✔✔-the flow of air going down through the rotors


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