AFCS Chapter A

Fixed Wing Aircraft Controls: The Throttle is used for which Movement of Axis?

• Rotation around Lateral

• Acceleration along Longitudinal

• Rotation around Vertical

• Rotation around Longitudinal

Coriolis: If the reference frame moves in a clockwise rotation in the ______, the force acts to the ______ of the motion of the object.

• Southern Hemisphere, Left

• Northern Hemisphere, Right

• Southern Hemisphere, Right

Coriolis force is greatest at the _____

• Equator

• Poles

• North Pole

Name the turbulence? created when an aircraft flies into its own pressure wave.

• Wind Shear

• Frontal

• Impact

• Mechanical

Fixed Wing Aircraft Controls - Centre Stick movement Left & Right causes what Movement of Axis?

• Rotation around Lateral

• Rotation around Vertical

• Rotation around Longitudinal

• Acceleration along Longitudinal

Which best describes Frontal Turbulence?

• Uneven convective currents caused by the heating of the lower atmosphere

• air near the surface of the Earth flows over obstructions, such as bluffs, hills, mountains or buildings

• caused by the abrupt wind shift between warm and cold air masses

Rotary Wing Aircraft Controls: The Collective Lever is used for which movement of Axis?

• Rotation around Lateral

• Rotation Around Longitudinal

• Vertical

• Acceleration along Vertical

Name the Turbulence: irregular flow caused when two adjacent air masses going in different directions intersect with each other?

• Mechanical

• Wind Shear

• Frontal

• Impact

Eötvös Phenomenon, when an aircraft travels eastbound, its velocity is _____ the Earth’s rotational speed leading to an increase in _____, and therefore a reduction in the _____.

• Subtracted, Centrifugal Force, Centripetal Force

• added to, Centrifugal Force, Centripetal Force

• Added to, Centripetal Force, Centrifugal Force

Rotary Wing Aircraft Controls: Rudder Pedals are used for which Movement of Axis?

• Vertical

• Rotation around Lateral

• Rotation around Longitudinal

• Acceleration along Vertical