What do airplanes have to guard against reaching Mcrit?
What do airplanes have to guard against reaching Mcrit?
Barber pole on the ASI, flying at a Mach number at altitude and audible warnings.
What does the abbreviation MSA mean?
What does the abbreviation MSA mean?
Minimum Safe Altitude.
What is Mcrit?
What is Mcrit?
Mcrit is the aircraft’s Mach speed at which the airflow over a wing becomes sonic.
What is the range of a VOR?
What is the range of a VOR?
VOR stations are fairly short range: the signals are line of sight between transmitter and receiver and are useful for up to 200 miles.
Each station broadcasts a VHF radio composite signal including the navigation signal, station's identifier and voice, if so equipped.
What will happen if the primer of your engine/fuel system kept operating?
What will happen if the primer of your engine/fuel system kept operating?
A variable pitch propeller provides an optimum angle of attack for the propeller blades for a longer range which reduces fuel usage, fixed pitch propellers only have a certain rpm.
What is the advantage of a variable pitch propeller? Why not have a fixed propeller?
What is the advantage of a variable pitch propeller? Why not have a fixed propeller?
A variable pitch propeller provides an optimum angle of attack for the propeller blades for a longer range which reduces fuel usage. Fixed pitch propellers are easier to produce and maintain, but reach maximum efficient at only one specific airspeed.
Does the N1 compressor produce thrust?
Does the N1 compressor produce thrust?
Yes, with the modern high bypass turbofans the N1 compressor works as a huge propeller, it takes a big mass of air and gives it a relative small acceleration.
Around 70% of the air will bypass the core of the engine, only 30% of air will be compressed further and will eventually go through the combustion chamber.
Are swept wings effective?
Are swept wings effective?
Swept wings are designed to be the most effective at high speeds. At low speeds, a swept wing produces less lift than its straight counterpart.
What is the purpose of a locator?
What is the purpose of a locator?
To notify the crew of the aircraft of a particular position on the IAP.
Locators have been largely replaced with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), but they can sometimes be found associated with Outer or Middle Markers where they are referred to as Locator Outer Marker (LOM) or Locator Middle Marker (LMM).
What is the difference between a supercharger and a turbocharger?
What is the difference between a supercharger and a turbocharger?
A turbo charger is externally driven by exhaust back pressure turning a turbine which in turn drives a compressor in the induction manifold to increase the air pressure (constant volume, higher pressure) and is controlled by waste gate.
A supercharger is internally driven by the propellor shaft to compress mixture and is controlled by RPM.