What is a wing tip?
What is a wing tip?
A wing tip is the part of the wing that is the most distant from the fuselage of a fixed-wing aircraft.
How much thrust comes from the N1 fan?
How much thrust comes from the N1 fan?
Depends on the engine.
In the case of the 737-800 CFM56, 27,300lbs total thrust at a ratio of 5.5:1
What is the center of pressure?
What is the center of pressure?
An aerofoil when placed in a flow will (normally) cause said flow to accelerate over the aerofoil and decelerate below it.
This will cause a pressure differential between the upper and lower surface of the aerofoil, and the resultant force will be applied at the center of pressure.
What is the washout on a wing?
What is the washout on a wing?
A wing design feature where the angle of incidence of the wing decreases from the root to the tip.
This makes it so that the wing as a tendency to stall at the root first, maintaining aileron control for a longer time and providing a resistence to spinning, facilitating recovery.
If you take off on a two engine airplane with no engine failure and are below VMCA, will you have directional control?
If you take off on a two engine airplane with no engine failure and are below VMCA, will you have directional control?
Yes, some directional control as we still have two functioning engines.
How would you navigate if all VOR's and NDB's en route fail?
How would you navigate if all VOR's and NDB's en route fail?
With the IRS/INS/GPS or visually.
What are the advantages of operating a one aircraft type fleet, why don’t we use an A320 / B737 mixed fleet?
What are the advantages of operating a one aircraft type fleet, why don’t we use an A320 / B737 mixed fleet?
The FMA indicates what system is controlling the aircraft and what mode is operational.
What effect does a wet runway have on V1?
What effect does a wet runway have on V1?
V1 is lower when the runway is wet than when the runway is dry, because of the longer ASDR on a wet runway.
What is density altitude? and what is pressure altitude?
What is density altitude? and what is pressure altitude?
Density altitude is pressure altitude corrected for temperature.
Pressure altitude is the indicated altitude when an altimeter is set to 29.92 (1,013.2 mb).
What is the coefficient of Lift?
What is the coefficient of Lift?
An adymensional number relating the lift with the dynamic pressure of the incoming flow. It is dependent on the form of the object and the angle of attack.