AVIT 323 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● IMSAFE
Answer: Illness
Medication
Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Eating/Emotion
●● What affects stall speed?
Answer: CG Location
Density Altitude
Load Factor
Weight
Power
Flaps
●● How does CG location affect stall speed?
,Answer: Forward: more stable, worse performance, slower speeds,
higher stall speed
Aft: less stable, better performance, faster speeds, lower stall speed
●● How does density altitude affect stall speed?
Answer: High altitude = Higher stall speed
Low altitude = Lower stall speed
●● How does the load factor affect stall speed?
Answer: Stall speed increases with load factor (ex: aggravated stall)
(increased horizontal component of lift = decreased vertical component
of lift)
●● How does weight affect stall speed?
Answer: Weight increases = stall speed increases
Weight decreases = stall speed decreases
(At heavier weights, the aircraft needs a higher AOA to maintain lift
which makes it closer to the critical AOA)
●● What is the maximum weight for the baggage area?
,Answer: 200 lbs
●● What effects does CG have on performance and stability?
Answer: Aft CG: decreased static and dynamic longitudinal stability
Forward CG: increased static and dynamic longitudinal stability
●● In which direction does your CG move as you burn fuel?
Answer: Forward
●● What is standard empty weight?
Answer: The weight of the aircraft including unusable fuel, full
operating fluids, and full engine oil
●● What is (basic) empty weight?
Answer: The weight of an aircraft without passengers, baggage, and fuel
●● What is payload?
Answer: The weight of passengers and cargo
●● What can happen if you go over the maximum weight?
Answer: Longer climbs and takeoff distances
, Lower performance
Harder to recover from stalls and spins
Puts unnecessary stress on the engine
Increases load factor during maneuvers
●● How does a wing produce lift?
Answer: Airplane wings are shaped to make air move faster over the top
of the wing. When air moves faster, the pressure of the air decreases. So
the pressure on the top of the wing is less than the pressure on the
bottom of the wing. The difference in pressure creates a force on the
wing that lifts the wing up into the air.
●● What are the maximum weights for the archer?
Answer: Ramp: 2558 lbs (normal) 2138 lbs (utility)
Takeoff: 2550 lbs (normal) 2130 lbs (utility)
●● What can a utility aircraft do?
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● IMSAFE
Answer: Illness
Medication
Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Eating/Emotion
●● What affects stall speed?
Answer: CG Location
Density Altitude
Load Factor
Weight
Power
Flaps
●● How does CG location affect stall speed?
,Answer: Forward: more stable, worse performance, slower speeds,
higher stall speed
Aft: less stable, better performance, faster speeds, lower stall speed
●● How does density altitude affect stall speed?
Answer: High altitude = Higher stall speed
Low altitude = Lower stall speed
●● How does the load factor affect stall speed?
Answer: Stall speed increases with load factor (ex: aggravated stall)
(increased horizontal component of lift = decreased vertical component
of lift)
●● How does weight affect stall speed?
Answer: Weight increases = stall speed increases
Weight decreases = stall speed decreases
(At heavier weights, the aircraft needs a higher AOA to maintain lift
which makes it closer to the critical AOA)
●● What is the maximum weight for the baggage area?
,Answer: 200 lbs
●● What effects does CG have on performance and stability?
Answer: Aft CG: decreased static and dynamic longitudinal stability
Forward CG: increased static and dynamic longitudinal stability
●● In which direction does your CG move as you burn fuel?
Answer: Forward
●● What is standard empty weight?
Answer: The weight of the aircraft including unusable fuel, full
operating fluids, and full engine oil
●● What is (basic) empty weight?
Answer: The weight of an aircraft without passengers, baggage, and fuel
●● What is payload?
Answer: The weight of passengers and cargo
●● What can happen if you go over the maximum weight?
Answer: Longer climbs and takeoff distances
, Lower performance
Harder to recover from stalls and spins
Puts unnecessary stress on the engine
Increases load factor during maneuvers
●● How does a wing produce lift?
Answer: Airplane wings are shaped to make air move faster over the top
of the wing. When air moves faster, the pressure of the air decreases. So
the pressure on the top of the wing is less than the pressure on the
bottom of the wing. The difference in pressure creates a force on the
wing that lifts the wing up into the air.
●● What are the maximum weights for the archer?
Answer: Ramp: 2558 lbs (normal) 2138 lbs (utility)
Takeoff: 2550 lbs (normal) 2130 lbs (utility)
●● What can a utility aircraft do?
