AFOQT Questions and Answers 100% Pass

AFOQT Questions and Answers 100% Pass Fixed-Wing Aircraft Examples: Fighter jets, bombers, airliners, corporate jets Rotary-Wing Aircraft Examples: Helicopters, gyrocopters, tilt-rotor flying machines Airfoil A structure with curved surfaces designed to give the most favorable ratio of lift to drag in flight, used as the basic form of the wings, fins, and horizontal stabilizer of most aircraft Rotor Blades The long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air Fuselage Nose section, including cockpit and cabin Empennage Consists of vertical stabilizer and hinged rudder Stabilitor Horizontal stabilizer-elevator Flaps and Slats Used to increase wing's surface area and deflect airflow downward, which augments lift at reduced speeds; this allows for planes to land/takeoff at slower speeds, therefore with a shorter runway Spoilers Hinged panels that move upward after landing, destroying residual lift to put plane's full weight on its landing gear to maximize tire friction on runway, enhancing deceleration Air Brakes Help decelerate aircraft on the ground and in flight increase the rate of descent Spar Main structural member inside each wing Ribs Attached to spar(s) to provide additional support and strength Perpendicular Wing Wings that are perpendicular to the aircraft's longitudinal (nose-to-tail) axis Swept Wing Wings angled further back to delay drag associated with air compressibility at high subsonic speeds Delta Wing Wings shaped like a triangle Variable-Geometry Wing Wings which can change shape; pilot swings wings forward to be roughly perpendicular to fuselage during takeoff, landing, and low speed flight; pilot swings wings back when flying at high subsonic, transonic, and supersonic velocities Aileron