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2 AERODYNAMICS

Question 1 An aircraft is travelling at a speed of 720 nautical miles per hour. To calculate speed in MPH you

multipy by 0.83 divide by 0.83 multiply by 1.15

Question 2 A 'slug' is a unit of

volume density mass

Question 3 A wing with a very high aspect ratio (in comparison with a low aspect wing) will have

increased drag at high angles of attack higher stall speed poor control qualities at low air speeds

Question 4 Flights at speeds between 0 and 0.75 Mach are called

transonic supersonic subsonic

Question 5 Lift on a delta wing aircraft

decreases with an increase in angle of incidence (angle of attack) does not change with a change in angle of incidence (angle of attack) increases with an increased angle of incidence (angle of attack)

Question 6 An undercarriage leg in flight produces 3 lbs of drag at 100kts. If speed is increased to 200kts the drag would be

12 lbs 9 lbs 6 lbs

Question 7 To get high lift at low speed, an aerofoil must

have a high aspect ratio have a high degree of camber be at a high angle of incidence

Question 8 The most dangerous form of ice found on aircraft

Glaze ice Hoar Frost Rime ice

Question 9 At a constant altitude, the angle of attack as density decreases

Increases decreases is not affected

Question 10 Ideally, when an aircraft stalls, it will

stay neutral pitch and the stall commences from the wing root pitch nose down, wings remain level and be preceded by buffeting pitch nose up, wings remain level and be preceded by buffeting

Question 11 The equation of continuity states simply

air mass flow is constant mass cannot be created but can be changed mass can only be changed to another form

Question 12 The purpose of 'streamlining' is to reduce

skin friction drag profile drag induced drag

Question 14 The best angle of attack for the max L/D ratio is

decreases with increase in altitude the same for all altitudes increases with increase in altitude

Question 15 The pressure coefficient at the leading edge stagnation point is

-1 +/- 1 +1

Question 16 An aircraft pitches around the

lateral axis normal axis longitudinal axis

Question 17 What determines the coefficient of lift?

The amount of camber Aerofoil shape and angle of attack The aircraft designer

Question 18 In a turn, induced drag is increased

Induced drag is not affected by lift on both wings but more so on the wing with the up-going alieron only on the wing with the down going aileron and with an increase in profile drag

Question 19 The term angle of attack in a two dimensional flow is defined as

the angle between the aeroplane climb path and the horizon the angle between the wing chord line and the direction of the relative wind/airflow the angle formed by the longitudinal axis of the aeroplane and the chord line of the wing

Question 20 On an asymmetrical wing, an increase in the positive angle of attack in the normal operating range will cause the lift and centre of pressure to

increase and move towards the leading edge, respectively increase and move towards the trailing edge, respectively decrease rapidly and move towards the leading edge, respectively

Question 21 The fineness ratio of an aerofoil is

mean chord / thickness ratio thickness / span ratio thickness / chord ratio

Question 22 The angle of attack where no lift is generated on an asymmetrically aerofoil is

-4 degrees 0 degrees +4 degrees

Question 23 Increasing the wing dihedral of an aircraft will

increase the roll ability decrease the lateral stability increase the lateral stability

Question 24 The dynamic pressure increases proportionally with

velocity and the square of the density density and the square of the velocity velocity and density

Question 25 Tuck-under is

the tendency to nose down when the control column is pulled back the tendency to nose-down when speed is increased into the transonic flight region the tendency to nose-up when speed is increased into the transonic flight region

Question 26 How is the thickness of an aerofoil section measured?

Related to camber As the percentage of chord As the ratio of wing angle

Question 27 When comparing a rectangular wing and a swept wing, the swept wing has the advantage of

lower stalling speed higher critical mach number increased longitudinal stability

Question 28 Differential ailerons will

increase profile drag on down going wing increase induced drag on up going aileron equalise the total drag of both ailerons

Question 29 Which statement is correct about the Cl and angle of attack?

For a symmetric aerofoil, if angle of attack = 0, Cl =0 For a symmetric aerofoil, if angle of attack = 0, Cl is not equal to 0 For an asymmetric aerofoil, if angle of attack = 0, Cl =0

Question 30 Aeroplane drag in straight and level flight is lowest when

profile drag equals induced drag induced drag is lowest profile drag equals twice the induced drag

Question 31 The C of P is the point where

the three axis of rotation meet all the forces on an aircraft act the lift can be said to act

Question 32 An aircraft stall speed

remains constant with an increase in all up weight increases with an increase in all up weight decreases with an increase in all up weight

Question 33 What is the SI unit that results from multiplying kg and m/s2?

PSI Joule Newton

Question 34 The value of the profile drag in straight and level flight at constant weight varies linearly with

speed angle of attack square of speed

Question 35 A moving mass of air posesses kinetic energy. An object placed in the path of such a moving mass of air will be subject to

static and dynamic pressure dynamic pressure only static pressure only

Question 36 Fineness ratio of a wing can be changed

by changing its area by increasing its span by changing its thickness

Question 37 Compared to a cambered aerofoil, the zero lift angle of attack of a symmetrical airfoil is

the same higher lower

Question 38 Shock induced separation results in

decreasing drag increasing lift decreasing lift

Question 39 Dynamic pressure is equal to

density times true airspeed squared half the density times indicated airspeed squared half the density times true airspeed squared

Question 40 An aircraft in a bank sideslips,

the wing dihedral counteracts the yaw the keel surface moves the aircraft nose in the direction of the sideslip the rudder and fin correct the roll

Question 41 The correct drag formula is:

D = CD V2 S D = CD 2 V2 S D = CD V S

Question 42 The speed of sound is

proportional to the absolute temperature of the air proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature of the air inversely proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature of the air

Question 43 The steepness of the line on a lift graph of a delta wing aircraft

decreases as incidence increases increases as incidence increases remains constant for most of the effective incidences

Question 44 Mean chord is equal to

wing span divided by wing area wing area divided by wing span (tip chord + root chord)

Question 45 Winglets decrease the induced drag create an elliptical lift distribution increase the maneuverability

Question 46 If the velocity of a mass of air is increased

the kinetic energy will increase, the dynamic pressure will decrease and the static pressure will decrease the kinetic energy will increase, the dynamic pressure will increase and the static pressure will decrease the kinetic energy will increase, the dynamic pressure will increase and the static pressure will increase

Question 47 At low speed,

increased downwash will increase vertical fin effectiveness an aircraft will stall the fin if extreme rudder is used increased wing downwash will increase tailplane effectiveness

Question 48 The load factor 'n' is

always smaller than 1 always larger than 1 smaller, equal to or larger than 1, depending on the manoeuvre

Question 49 In a graph of drag coefficient against angle of attack, as aspect ratio increases, the steepness of the curve

increases decreases remains unchanged

Question 50 At low speed and high angle of attack, the downwash

increases tailplane effectiveness increases elevator effectiveness increases aileron effectiveness