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AFOQT Study Guide ( Aviation
Information) Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Flaps Ans: Location: Aft/ Trailing Edge
Purposes: (1) Increase lift by deflecting airflow downward (2)
When extended, increases surface area (3) Decreases velocity
required for takeoff and landing
Slats Ans: Location: Leading Edge
Purposes: Maintain lift at low speeds when extended
Spoilers Ans: Location: On the wings of many turbine-powered
aircraft
Purpose: Destroy the residual lift after landing, putting the planes
entire weight on the landing gear
How: Hinged panels that move up after landing, maximizes tire
friction on the runway thereby enhancing deceleration
Air Brakes
Speed Brakes Ans: Location: High-performance aircrafts
Purpose: Helps to decelerate the aircraft & increases the rate of
descent when in flight
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NOT designed to destroy lift
Spar Ans: Main structural component of a wing, it runs the length
of the wing
Ribs Ans: Attached perpendicularly to the spar.
Provides the wing with more strength and structure.
Airplanes that fly below the speed of sound typically... Ans: ...
have wings that are perpendicular to the aircraft's longitudinal
axis.
Jet plane wings... Ans: ... are swept back.
Swept back wings Ans: Delay the drag associated with the air
compressibility at high supersonic speeds.
Delta Wing Ans: Shaped like a triangle
Variable Geometry Wings Ans: Allow the pilot to swing the wings
forward to a position that is roughly perpendicular to the fuselage
for take-off, landing, and flight at low airspeeds.
Parts of an airplane Ans: Fuselage, Wings, Empennage
Fuselage Ans: Nose Section: Cockpit and Cabin
Empennage Ans: Tail Section: Vertical Stabilizer & Rudder and
Horizontal Stabilizer & Elevator (or Stabilator)
Stabilator Ans: An all moving horizontal and stabilizer- elevator
AFOQT Study Guide ( Aviation
Information) Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Flaps Ans: Location: Aft/ Trailing Edge
Purposes: (1) Increase lift by deflecting airflow downward (2)
When extended, increases surface area (3) Decreases velocity
required for takeoff and landing
Slats Ans: Location: Leading Edge
Purposes: Maintain lift at low speeds when extended
Spoilers Ans: Location: On the wings of many turbine-powered
aircraft
Purpose: Destroy the residual lift after landing, putting the planes
entire weight on the landing gear
How: Hinged panels that move up after landing, maximizes tire
friction on the runway thereby enhancing deceleration
Air Brakes
Speed Brakes Ans: Location: High-performance aircrafts
Purpose: Helps to decelerate the aircraft & increases the rate of
descent when in flight
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NOT designed to destroy lift
Spar Ans: Main structural component of a wing, it runs the length
of the wing
Ribs Ans: Attached perpendicularly to the spar.
Provides the wing with more strength and structure.
Airplanes that fly below the speed of sound typically... Ans: ...
have wings that are perpendicular to the aircraft's longitudinal
axis.
Jet plane wings... Ans: ... are swept back.
Swept back wings Ans: Delay the drag associated with the air
compressibility at high supersonic speeds.
Delta Wing Ans: Shaped like a triangle
Variable Geometry Wings Ans: Allow the pilot to swing the wings
forward to a position that is roughly perpendicular to the fuselage
for take-off, landing, and flight at low airspeeds.
Parts of an airplane Ans: Fuselage, Wings, Empennage
Fuselage Ans: Nose Section: Cockpit and Cabin
Empennage Ans: Tail Section: Vertical Stabilizer & Rudder and
Horizontal Stabilizer & Elevator (or Stabilator)
Stabilator Ans: An all moving horizontal and stabilizer- elevator
