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T6 SYSTEMS EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE Primary Flight Controls - Answers Elevator Ailerons Rudder Flight Axises - Answers Pitch Roll Yaw Secondary Flight Controls Purpose - Answers Lessen control forces required to maintain normal flight attitudes Secondary Flight Controls - Answers Elevator trim, aileron trim, rudder trim, Trim Aid Device TAD Purpose - Answers Give more "jet-like" aircraft performance to ease transition to follow on aircraft Hydraulic System Operates: - Answers Landing gear Main gear doors Flaps Speed brake Nose wheel steering Electrical system primary power source - Answers Starter/generator Electrical system secondary power source - Answers Battery Backup electrical power source - Answers Auxiliary battery Primary Flight Instruments Are - Answers Electronic Attitude Director Indicator Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator Airspeed Indicator Altimeter Vertical Speed Indicator Standby Flight Instruments Are - Answers Airspeed Indicator Attitude Indicator Altimeter Turn and Bank Indicator Magnetic Compass Which control surface controls aircraft movement around pitch axis - Answers Elevator TAD assists trimming for which control surface? What does it take into consideration? - Answers The TAD senses torque, altitude, airspeed, and pitch rate and computes a desired rudder trim tab position T/F Engine exhaust augments the thrust of the propeller - Answers True. Exhaust gases are ejected rearward providing thrust which augments that provided by the propeller Primary aircraft electrical power is provided by which component of the electrical system - Answers The generator function of the starter/generator Tuning for each of the communications and navigation radios and the transponder is provided by which component - Answers RMU T/F the VHF navigation system provides VOR, ILS, localizer and GPS capability - Answers False. The VHF system provides VOR, ILS, localizer, and glideslope capability Primary navigation display is provided by which component of the EFIS - Answers Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator EHSI Which standby flight instruments will operate without electrical power - Answers The standby altimeter, airspeed indicator, the ball in the turn and bank indicator, and the magnetic compass. T/F The entire canopy structure is engineered to be protected from birdstrikes - Answers False. Only the windscreen and front canopy transparency are protected Landing gear extension and retraction is operated by which aircraft system - Answers Hydraulic Movement around the roll axis is controlled by which primary control surface - Answers Ailerons What component of the ejection seat provides sufficient altitude for parachute deployment - Answers Rocket motor T/R The magnetic compass is one of the primary flight instruments - Answers False. The magnetic compass is a standby flight instrument. Secondary aircraft electrical power is provided by what compoenent - Answers 24 volt battery Which aircraft system provides automatic temperature and pressure control - Answers Environment control system Control of the transponder is provided by which component - Answers RMU T/R The canopy is hinged at the rear and opens up - Answers False. The canopy is hinged along the right side and opens to that side Which primary instrument provides primary attitude display - Answers Electronic attitude Director Indicator In the event of inadvertent aircraft contract with the ground, which component will be activated and generate a radio signal - Answers The personal locator radio beacon senses impact loads and generates a signal on 121.5 and 243.0 MHz or 121.5 and 406.0 MHz What is the purpose of the engine cowlings (3) - Answers Protect the engine components, degrease drag, and provide engine air intake What does the inertial separator do - Answers Causes air molecules to turn 90* to the engine compartment. Heavier particles such as water or debris are not able to make the turn and are returned to the atmosphere through a bypass duct. What type of engine is on the T-6 - Answers Pratt and Whitney PT6A-68 free turnbine, reverse flow design turboprop engine What three elements are necessary for engine operation - Answers Air Fuel Heat What are the major sections of the engine - Answers Accessory compartment Gas generation section Power turbine section What are the major systems in the accessory compartment - Answers Accessory gearbox Battery Oil Tank Starter/generator What does the starter do - Answers turns the compressor turbine and compressor which provides air to the engine until it starts and is able to sustain itself What components does the gas generation section contain - Answers Compressor inlet Compressor Combustion Chamber Compressor Turbine What does the engine use to compress the air (what type of compressor) - Answers four stage axial flow compressor and a single stage centrifugal flow compressor What components are in the power turbine section - Answers Power turbines Exhaust case Reduction gear box Propeller shaft T/F The power turbine and the compressor turbine rotate in the same direction - Answers Fal

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T6 SYSTEMS EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026

Primary Flight Controls - Answers Elevator

Ailerons

Rudder

Flight Axises - Answers Pitch

Roll

Yaw

Secondary Flight Controls Purpose - Answers Lessen control forces required to maintain normal
flight attitudes

Secondary Flight Controls - Answers Elevator trim, aileron trim, rudder trim, Trim Aid Device

TAD Purpose - Answers Give more "jet-like" aircraft performance to ease transition to follow on
aircraft

Hydraulic System Operates: - Answers Landing gear

Main gear doors

Flaps

Speed brake

Nose wheel steering

Electrical system primary power source - Answers Starter/generator

Electrical system secondary power source - Answers Battery

Backup electrical power source - Answers Auxiliary battery

Primary Flight Instruments Are - Answers Electronic Attitude Director Indicator

Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator

Airspeed Indicator

Altimeter

Vertical Speed Indicator

Standby Flight Instruments Are - Answers Airspeed Indicator

,Attitude Indicator

Altimeter

Turn and Bank Indicator

Magnetic Compass

Which control surface controls aircraft movement around pitch axis - Answers Elevator

TAD assists trimming for which control surface? What does it take into consideration? -
Answers The TAD senses torque, altitude, airspeed, and pitch rate and computes a desired
rudder trim tab position

T/F Engine exhaust augments the thrust of the propeller - Answers True. Exhaust gases are
ejected rearward providing thrust which augments that provided by the propeller

Primary aircraft electrical power is provided by which component of the electrical system -
Answers The generator function of the starter/generator

Tuning for each of the communications and navigation radios and the transponder is provided
by which component - Answers RMU

T/F the VHF navigation system provides VOR, ILS, localizer and GPS capability - Answers False.
The VHF system provides VOR, ILS, localizer, and glideslope capability

Primary navigation display is provided by which component of the EFIS - Answers Electronic
Horizontal Situation Indicator EHSI

Which standby flight instruments will operate without electrical power - Answers The standby
altimeter, airspeed indicator, the ball in the turn and bank indicator, and the magnetic compass.

T/F The entire canopy structure is engineered to be protected from birdstrikes - Answers False.
Only the windscreen and front canopy transparency are protected

Landing gear extension and retraction is operated by which aircraft system - Answers Hydraulic

Movement around the roll axis is controlled by which primary control surface - Answers Ailerons

What component of the ejection seat provides sufficient altitude for parachute deployment -
Answers Rocket motor

T/R The magnetic compass is one of the primary flight instruments - Answers False. The
magnetic compass is a standby flight instrument.

Secondary aircraft electrical power is provided by what compoenent - Answers 24 volt battery

Which aircraft system provides automatic temperature and pressure control - Answers

, Environment control system

Control of the transponder is provided by which component - Answers RMU

T/R The canopy is hinged at the rear and opens up - Answers False. The canopy is hinged along
the right side and opens to that side

Which primary instrument provides primary attitude display - Answers Electronic attitude
Director Indicator

In the event of inadvertent aircraft contract with the ground, which component will be activated
and generate a radio signal - Answers The personal locator radio beacon senses impact loads
and generates a signal on 121.5 and 243.0 MHz or 121.5 and 406.0 MHz

What is the purpose of the engine cowlings (3) - Answers Protect the engine components,
degrease drag, and provide engine air intake

What does the inertial separator do - Answers Causes air molecules to turn 90* to the engine
compartment. Heavier particles such as water or debris are not able to make the turn and are
returned to the atmosphere through a bypass duct.

What type of engine is on the T-6 - Answers Pratt and Whitney PT6A-68 free turnbine, reverse
flow design turboprop engine

What three elements are necessary for engine operation - Answers Air

Fuel

Heat

What are the major sections of the engine - Answers Accessory compartment

Gas generation section

Power turbine section

What are the major systems in the accessory compartment - Answers Accessory gearbox

Battery

Oil Tank

Starter/generator

What does the starter do - Answers turns the compressor turbine and compressor which
provides air to the engine until it starts and is able to sustain itself

What components does the gas generation section contain - Answers Compressor inlet

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