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WorksheetsAFCS Chapter A
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
Thermal Turbulence - occurs in the lower atmosphere when surfaces are heated unevenly which crete convective currents
FALSE
TRUE
