AQT Aerodynamics & Flight Principles Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of an aircraft's horizontal stabilizer?
Answer: Provide pitch stability
The horizontal stabilizer provides longitudinal (pitch) stability by creating a stabilizing moment about the aircraft's center of gravity.
During a coordinated turn, what happens to the stall speed?
Answer: It increases
In a turn, load factor increases, requiring higher lift to maintain altitude, which raises the effective stall speed.
What is ground effect in aviation?
Answer: Reduced induced drag when near a surface
Ground effect is the reduction in induced drag that occurs when a wing is within one wingspan's length of the ground due to interrupted vortex formation.
What is the purpose of flaps on an aircraft wing?
Answer: Increase lift and drag at lower speeds
Flaps increase the wing's camber and area, generating more lift and drag at lower airspeeds to enable safer takeoffs and landings.
What is the load factor in a 60-degree banked level turn?
Answer: 2.0 G
In a 60-degree banked level turn, the load factor is 2.0 G because the lift must support twice the aircraft's weight to maintain altitude.
What is the chord line of a wing?
Answer: An imaginary line from the leading to trailing edge
The chord line is a straight imaginary line drawn from the leading edge to the trailing edge of an airfoil, used as a reference for measuring angles.