ATPL - Flight Performance and Planning verified to pass 2023/2024

ATPL - Flight Performance and Planning What affects indicated stall speed? A. Weight, load factor, and power B. Load factor, angle of attack, and power C. Angle of attack, weight, and air density - correct answers A. Weight, load factor, and power What is load factor? A. Lift multiplied by the total weight B. Lift subtracted from the total weight C. Lift divided by the total weight - correct answers C. Lift divided by the total weight What is a characteristic of longitudinal instability? A. Pitch oscillations becoming progressively greater B. Bank oscillations becoming progressively greater C. Aircraft constantly tries to pitch down - correct answers A. Pitch oscillations becoming progressively greater Maximum range performance of a turbojet aircraft is obtained by which procedure as aircraft weight reduces? A. Increasing speed or altitude B. Increasing altitude or decreasing speed C. Increasing speed or decreasing altitude - correct answers B. Increasing altitude or decreasing speed What effect does high relative humidity have upon the maximum power output of modern aircraft engines? A. Neither turbojet nor reciprocating engines are affected B. Reciprocating engines will experience a significant loss of BHP C. Turbojet engines will experience a significant loss of thrust - correct answers B. Reciprocating engines will experience a significant loss of BHP What effect would a change in ambient temperature or air density have on gas-turbine-engine performance? A. As air density decreases, thrust increases B. As temperature increases, thrust increases C. As temperature increases, thrust decreases - correct answers C. As temperature increases, thrust decreases What effect, if any, does high ambient temperature have upon the thrust output of a turbine engine