PRIVATE PILOT GLIDER ACTUAL TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED REVIEW
●● With respect to the certification of airmen, which are
Answer: - categories of aircraft: airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-
air
- classes of aircraft: single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea
- types of cert: student pilot, recreational, PPL, commercial, airline
transport pilot
- ratings: IFR, MEI, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air
●● medical exam for PPL
Answer: 3rd class valid
- <40yo: 60m
- >=40yo: 24m
●● BasicMed Rule
Answer: - max 6 seats (include pilot)
- <18k ft MSL
- max 250 kts
- not for hire/compensated
,●● How to increase lift?
Answer: - increase speed
- increase wing's camper (shape or flap)
- increase angle of attack
note: Bernoulli and 3rd law of Newton
●● chord line
Answer: - An imaginary straight line from the leading edge to the
trailing edge of an airfoil.
- flap down will increase angle of attack
●● Angle of Attack
Answer: The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
●● parasite drag
Answer: drag that does not contribute to lift generation; drag caused by
landing gear struts, cooling intakes, antennas, rivet heads, etc.
●● Induced Drag
Answer: Generated by the airflow circulation around the wing as it
creates lift.
,●● Drag and Speed Relationship
Answer:
●● L/D max
Answer: The maximum ratio between total lift and total drag. This point
provides the best glide speed. Any deviation from the best glide speed
increase drag and reduces the distance you can glide
●● Critical angle of attack
Answer: The angle of attack at which an airfoil stalls (loses lift)
regardless of the aircraft's airspeed, attitude, or weight.
●● Stall Recovery Procedure
Answer: 1. Lower the angle of attack (pitch
down)
2. Add full power and raise the nose after the stall is "broken"
3. Establish a full power climb
4. Flaps up incrementally (if applicable)
●● center of pressure (lift)
Answer: The point along the chord line of a wing at which all the
aerodynamic forces are considered to be concentrated
, ●● center of gravity (CG)
Answer: The center of gravity of the aircraft depending on weight and
balance of the loads
●● Aeronautical Sectional Chart
Answer:
●● Gyroscopic Precession
Answer: When a force is applied to one side of a spinning object, the
opposite happens to the other side.
●● Spiraling Slipstream
Answer: The slipstream of a propeller-driven airplane rotates around the
airplane. This slipstream strikes the left side of the vertical fin, causing
the aircraft to yaw slightly. Rudder offset is sometimes used by aircraft
designers to counteract this tendency.
●● Adverse Yaw
Answer: Yawing tendency toward the outside of a turn.
●● overbanking tendency
Answer: when entering a turn, the outside wing travel faster than inside
wing, it produces more lift than inside wing, causes overbanking
tendency
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED REVIEW
●● With respect to the certification of airmen, which are
Answer: - categories of aircraft: airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-
air
- classes of aircraft: single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea
- types of cert: student pilot, recreational, PPL, commercial, airline
transport pilot
- ratings: IFR, MEI, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air
●● medical exam for PPL
Answer: 3rd class valid
- <40yo: 60m
- >=40yo: 24m
●● BasicMed Rule
Answer: - max 6 seats (include pilot)
- <18k ft MSL
- max 250 kts
- not for hire/compensated
,●● How to increase lift?
Answer: - increase speed
- increase wing's camper (shape or flap)
- increase angle of attack
note: Bernoulli and 3rd law of Newton
●● chord line
Answer: - An imaginary straight line from the leading edge to the
trailing edge of an airfoil.
- flap down will increase angle of attack
●● Angle of Attack
Answer: The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
●● parasite drag
Answer: drag that does not contribute to lift generation; drag caused by
landing gear struts, cooling intakes, antennas, rivet heads, etc.
●● Induced Drag
Answer: Generated by the airflow circulation around the wing as it
creates lift.
,●● Drag and Speed Relationship
Answer:
●● L/D max
Answer: The maximum ratio between total lift and total drag. This point
provides the best glide speed. Any deviation from the best glide speed
increase drag and reduces the distance you can glide
●● Critical angle of attack
Answer: The angle of attack at which an airfoil stalls (loses lift)
regardless of the aircraft's airspeed, attitude, or weight.
●● Stall Recovery Procedure
Answer: 1. Lower the angle of attack (pitch
down)
2. Add full power and raise the nose after the stall is "broken"
3. Establish a full power climb
4. Flaps up incrementally (if applicable)
●● center of pressure (lift)
Answer: The point along the chord line of a wing at which all the
aerodynamic forces are considered to be concentrated
, ●● center of gravity (CG)
Answer: The center of gravity of the aircraft depending on weight and
balance of the loads
●● Aeronautical Sectional Chart
Answer:
●● Gyroscopic Precession
Answer: When a force is applied to one side of a spinning object, the
opposite happens to the other side.
●● Spiraling Slipstream
Answer: The slipstream of a propeller-driven airplane rotates around the
airplane. This slipstream strikes the left side of the vertical fin, causing
the aircraft to yaw slightly. Rudder offset is sometimes used by aircraft
designers to counteract this tendency.
●● Adverse Yaw
Answer: Yawing tendency toward the outside of a turn.
●● overbanking tendency
Answer: when entering a turn, the outside wing travel faster than inside
wing, it produces more lift than inside wing, causes overbanking
tendency
