ASTB E COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔KNOW THE THREE LEVERS - ✔✔class 1-
fulcrum in middle (ex: pushing down on a sea saw)
class 2- fulcrum on far side effort on opposite side and load in the middle (ex: wheel
barrow_)
class 3- fulcrom on top effort in the middle and load on opposite side (ex: crain lift)
✔✔KNOW CLOUDS - ✔✔below 6500ft (low clouds)
- Stratus
- Stratocumulus
- Nimbostratus
6500- 20,000ft (middle clouds)
- Altocumulus
_Altostraus
above 20,000ft (high clouds)
- cirrostratus
- cirrocumulus
cirus
*****HAS AN ANVIL TOP AND VIRTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND COVERS LOW-HIGH
- Cumulonimbus
***** Flat bottom cloud- (low cloud) cumulus
✔✔how to take off/ land - ✔✔take off into the wind and land into the wind
,✔✔know the 6 flaps - ✔✔basic
plain
split
slotted
fowler
slotted fowler
✔✔difference between tail wheel and tricycle landing gear. - ✔✔tail wheel/ conventional
landing gear- 2 main forward wheels infront of the center of gravity and a small wheel or
skid to support the tail (quick take offs)
Tricycle landing gear- 2 wheels behind the center of gravity and one supporting the
nose of the plane. (better for breaking and fast landings)
✔✔fixed pitch vs. variable pitch - ✔✔fixed- porpellar is fixed/ set at the optimal angle for
take of, flight, and landing
variable pitch- propeller with blades that can rotate around the axis to change the blade
pitch
✔✔primary v.s. secondary flight controls - ✔✔primary- ailerons, elevator/ stabilator and
ruddar (all essential to a safe flight)
Secondary- wing flaps, leading edge devices, spoilers, trim system, (improve
performance of plane, but are not essential)
✔✔slipping v.s. skidding turns - ✔✔slip- when the tail is on the inside of the turn
skid- tail is on the outside of the turn
✔✔magnetic compass vs. heading indicator vs. verticle card compass - ✔✔mag comp-
uses magnetic pull from earth to display N and S for navigation
Heading indicator- displays heading/ direction
Verticle card compass- is a magnetic compass that has a azimath on a virticle card,
showing a heading indicator with a mixed miniature ailplane to accurately present the
heading of the plane
✔✔5 types of Altitude/ displays
Indicated, true,
absolute, pressure, density - ✔✔indicated- from altimeter when a local pressure setting
is put into rollsman window
, True- HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
absolute- height above the GROUND
Pressure- altimeter is set to an agreed baselien pressure
density altitude- relative to the standard atmosphere conditions at which air density
would be equal to the indicated air density at the place of observation
✔✔Types of engines
Jet, turbofan, rocket, four-stroke diesel, two stroke diesel - ✔✔Jet- an air breathing gas
turbine engine that utilizes COMBUSTION during use
Turbofan- shaft work is used to drive a fan to move air through the exaust to generate
thrust
Rocket engine- chemical reaction in combustion chamber to generate thrust (has NO
moving parts)
4-stroke- internal combustion engine that completes four seprate strokes which
constitue a single thermodynamic cycle
2 stroke diesel engine- inter combustion that performs a cycle in one revolution of the
crank shaft rahter than 2 in a four diesel engine
✔✔VFR v.s. IFR - ✔✔VFR- visual flight rules- based off surrounding and best utalized
during the day time in a good weather conditions (USE YOUR EYES)
IFR (instrument flight rules)- uses instruments from the dashboard to accurately reach
the destination
✔✔best angel v.s. rate of climb - ✔✔best angle- climbing at the best angle allows an
aircraft to maximize the altitude gain PER unit ground distance
rate of climb- altitude gain per unit of time (aka. how fast you go strait up)
✔✔Newtons 3 laws! - ✔✔1- every object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by
an outside force
2- force= mass*acceleration
3- for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔KNOW THE THREE LEVERS - ✔✔class 1-
fulcrum in middle (ex: pushing down on a sea saw)
class 2- fulcrum on far side effort on opposite side and load in the middle (ex: wheel
barrow_)
class 3- fulcrom on top effort in the middle and load on opposite side (ex: crain lift)
✔✔KNOW CLOUDS - ✔✔below 6500ft (low clouds)
- Stratus
- Stratocumulus
- Nimbostratus
6500- 20,000ft (middle clouds)
- Altocumulus
_Altostraus
above 20,000ft (high clouds)
- cirrostratus
- cirrocumulus
cirus
*****HAS AN ANVIL TOP AND VIRTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND COVERS LOW-HIGH
- Cumulonimbus
***** Flat bottom cloud- (low cloud) cumulus
✔✔how to take off/ land - ✔✔take off into the wind and land into the wind
,✔✔know the 6 flaps - ✔✔basic
plain
split
slotted
fowler
slotted fowler
✔✔difference between tail wheel and tricycle landing gear. - ✔✔tail wheel/ conventional
landing gear- 2 main forward wheels infront of the center of gravity and a small wheel or
skid to support the tail (quick take offs)
Tricycle landing gear- 2 wheels behind the center of gravity and one supporting the
nose of the plane. (better for breaking and fast landings)
✔✔fixed pitch vs. variable pitch - ✔✔fixed- porpellar is fixed/ set at the optimal angle for
take of, flight, and landing
variable pitch- propeller with blades that can rotate around the axis to change the blade
pitch
✔✔primary v.s. secondary flight controls - ✔✔primary- ailerons, elevator/ stabilator and
ruddar (all essential to a safe flight)
Secondary- wing flaps, leading edge devices, spoilers, trim system, (improve
performance of plane, but are not essential)
✔✔slipping v.s. skidding turns - ✔✔slip- when the tail is on the inside of the turn
skid- tail is on the outside of the turn
✔✔magnetic compass vs. heading indicator vs. verticle card compass - ✔✔mag comp-
uses magnetic pull from earth to display N and S for navigation
Heading indicator- displays heading/ direction
Verticle card compass- is a magnetic compass that has a azimath on a virticle card,
showing a heading indicator with a mixed miniature ailplane to accurately present the
heading of the plane
✔✔5 types of Altitude/ displays
Indicated, true,
absolute, pressure, density - ✔✔indicated- from altimeter when a local pressure setting
is put into rollsman window
, True- HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
absolute- height above the GROUND
Pressure- altimeter is set to an agreed baselien pressure
density altitude- relative to the standard atmosphere conditions at which air density
would be equal to the indicated air density at the place of observation
✔✔Types of engines
Jet, turbofan, rocket, four-stroke diesel, two stroke diesel - ✔✔Jet- an air breathing gas
turbine engine that utilizes COMBUSTION during use
Turbofan- shaft work is used to drive a fan to move air through the exaust to generate
thrust
Rocket engine- chemical reaction in combustion chamber to generate thrust (has NO
moving parts)
4-stroke- internal combustion engine that completes four seprate strokes which
constitue a single thermodynamic cycle
2 stroke diesel engine- inter combustion that performs a cycle in one revolution of the
crank shaft rahter than 2 in a four diesel engine
✔✔VFR v.s. IFR - ✔✔VFR- visual flight rules- based off surrounding and best utalized
during the day time in a good weather conditions (USE YOUR EYES)
IFR (instrument flight rules)- uses instruments from the dashboard to accurately reach
the destination
✔✔best angel v.s. rate of climb - ✔✔best angle- climbing at the best angle allows an
aircraft to maximize the altitude gain PER unit ground distance
rate of climb- altitude gain per unit of time (aka. how fast you go strait up)
✔✔Newtons 3 laws! - ✔✔1- every object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by
an outside force
2- force= mass*acceleration
3- for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
