Aero Engines

Where is the fuel tank positioned in a gravity feed system?

• Below the carburetor

• Above the fuel pressure gauge

• Above the carburetor

What system do low-wing configured aircraft and large aircraft with a large volume of fuel use?

• Pressure-feed system

• Gravity feed fuel system

What does the fuel selector valve, used by the pilot, do?

• Draws fuel from fuel tank and shuts off the flow of fuel from the tanks.

• Shut off the flow of fuel from the tanks.

• Select desired fuel tank to draw fuel

• Select desired fuel tank to draw fuel and shut off the flow of fuel from the tanks.

A rich mixture is used for: ______________

• Low power settings

• High power settings

• Cruise power settings

Fuel / air proportions are calculated by:

• Density

• Weight

• Pressure

• Volume

Which propeller would not be good for taking off and climbing?

• Adjustable pitch propellers

• Controllable pitch propeller

• Coarse Pitch propeller

• Constant speed propeller

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is maintained throughout most of the diameter of the propeller by means of the variation in airfoil sections and the angle of attack?

• Lift

• Torque

• Drag

• Thrust

What is the distance a propeller travels forward in one revolution?

• Pitch

• Geometric pitch

• Effective pitch

• Practical pitch

What colour-coded arcs are found on the tachometer?

• Red, Blue, Green

• Green, Yellow, Red

• Yellow, Green, Orange

• Green, Blue, Yellow

What reading will register on the manifold pressure gauge when the engine is not running?

• Atmospheric pressure

• Atmospheric temperature

• 26'' Hg

• Less than the atmospheric pressure