Ground School Test 1 Questions with Answers

Ground School Test 1 Questions with
Answers

Air Foil

Ans: Cross sectional shape of a wing

Chord Line

Ans: Line from leading edge to trailing edge an airfoil (the wing).

Relative Wind

Ans: The direction of movement of atmosphere relative to an aircraft/airfoil. Opposes the
direction an aircraft is moving.

Leading edge

Ans: Tip of the wing (or airfoil)

Trailing edge

Ans: End of the wing (or airfoil)

Angle of attack

Ans: Angle between airfoil chord line and relative wind. changes with attitude and
direction of flight

Angle of incidence

Ans: Angle at which the wing is attached to the aircraft fuselage.

lateral axis

Ans: line from wingtip to wingtip

-pitch

pitch




Q&A

, Ans: rotation about the lateral axis

-wings pitch up

-controlled by elevator

longitudinal control/stability

Ans: pitching

longitudinal axis

Ans: line from nose to tail

-roll

roll

Ans: rotation about the longitudinal axis

-controlled by ailerons

lateral control/stability

Ans: rolling

vertical axis

Ans: line extending vertically through center of plane

-yaw

yaw

Ans: rotation about the vertical axis

-controlled by rudder

Directional control

Ans: yawing

center of gravity

Ans: imaginary point where all the weight is concentrated

drag

Ans: rearward acting force which resists the forward movement of an airplane

thrust



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