Principles Of Flight

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Decks in this class (29)

Air, Atmosphere, Airspeed
1m in ft,
1m in ft,
1m in inches
35  cards
Airflow
What is the coanda affect what ar...,
What is the basic assumption of t...,
Implications of air being an idea...
9  cards
Aerodynamic Force
What is the stagnation point what...,
Around a cylinder what is the pre...,
What is a pressure gradient
17  cards
Aerofoil Pressure Distribution
Using q 05x xv 2 what happens whe...,
What happens to centre if pressur...,
Aerodynamic force coefficient
5  cards
Introduction To Lift
What is the lift equation,
What speed do we use,
What does cl factor in
6  cards
Introduction To Drag
What are the 2 types of 2d drag,
What is form drag pressure drag,
How do you minimise form drag
14  cards
Airfraft Axis And The Wing
What is the centre of gravity,
What happens when the cg moves fo...,
What does platform mean
14  cards
3D Flow
What is spanwise flow,
Why does spanwise flow occur,
How does a spanwise pressure grad...
8  cards
Designing A Wing
Aspect ratio formula,
An aircraft has a small aspect ra...,
An aircraft has a large aspect ra...
20  cards
Aircraft Drag
What 2 types of drag are experien...,
What is form drag,
What is friction drag
22  cards
Total drag
Total drag graph,
What is vmd,
What is speed stable
13  cards
Stalling
What happens if energy of the air...,
What happens as aoa increases,
What is effective aoa
24  cards
Spinning
What is autorotation,
What are the 3 phases of a spin,
What is an incipient spin
6  cards
Stall Warning And Protection
What are the two types of stall w...,
What warnings with an accelerated...,
Signs of approaching the stall
12  cards
Ground Effect
What is ground effect,
When does ground effect occur,
How does it effect pitch
8  cards
Lift augmentation
How do leading lift augmentation ...,
Plain flap,
Split flap
12  cards
Controls
Axis of operation,
Advantages of trimmable horizonta...,
Effect of downwash
20  cards
Level Flight And The Climb
What happens if thrust line is ab...,
What is flight path angle,
Pitch angle
31  cards
Turning
Forces in a level turn,
Forces in vertical axis level turn,
Load factor in a level turn
14  cards
Introduction To Stability
Two categories of stability,
Positive static stability,
Neutral static stability
19  cards
Longitudinal Stability
When will an aircraft have static...,
What provides longitudinal stability,
What does static longitudinal sta...
21  cards
Directional And Lateral Stability
Directional stability,
Lateral stability,
Why are directional and lateral s...
27  cards
Direction Stability
What should a directionally stabl...,
What makes an aircraft directiona...
2  cards
Propellers
Blade angle,
Helix angle,
Aoa
19  cards
Propeller Efficiency
What does define y mostly depend on,
Formula,
Max efficiency possible
9  cards
Propeller Effects
Torque reaction,
Slipstream effect,
Gyroscopic effect
4  cards
Asymmetric Thrust
Multi engine prop engine failure,
Consequences of asymmetric flight,
Failure to stop the yaw
17  cards
High Speed Flight
Mmo,
Vmo,
What happens to mach number if te...
40  cards
Limitations
Limit load factor,
Ultimate load,
Normal cs23 limit load
11  cards

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