ASTB Aviation Exam Questions and
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Transient Torque - ✔✔Torque increased for left cyclic due to counter clockwise rotation
Translational Lift - ✔✔The additional lift a helicopter gets when it flies out from its own
down wash
Autorotation - ✔✔Turning a rotor system by airflow rather than engine power
Gyroscopic Precession - ✔✔Force applied to a spinning disk has its effect happen 90
degrees later in the direction and plane of rotation
Coriolis Force - ✔✔Speed of rotation increases as mass moves closer to the axis of
rotation
Transverse Flow Effect - ✔✔Rear portion has smaller angle of attack as a result of
unequal lift in the front and aft. More lift in front, less in aft
Torque Control - ✔✔Tail rotor compensating for fuselages tendency to rotate in
opposite direction
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, Tail Rotor/Anti-torque Pedals/ Directional Control System - ✔✔Controls yaw
Cyclic - ✔✔Controls direction of tilt on the main rotor
Collective - ✔✔Controls angle of main rotor blades (up: leading edge higher than
trailing edge)
The knob around the collective tube is the rotatable throttle
Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) - ✔✔Provides guidance info during approach
Movement Area - ✔✔Consists of the runway and other areas controlled by air traffic
control tower
Runway headings - ✔✔Run way numbers always differ by 18 symbolizing 180
Runway Sizes - ✔✔Vary between 800-18,000 feet depending on altitude and
temperature.
Runway Marking - ✔✔Threshold markings, Runway designation markings, Center line
markings/ Touchdown zone markings, Aiming point markings
Visual Runway - ✔✔Small Runway, Pilots must see it, radio communication may not be
available
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Transient Torque - ✔✔Torque increased for left cyclic due to counter clockwise rotation
Translational Lift - ✔✔The additional lift a helicopter gets when it flies out from its own
down wash
Autorotation - ✔✔Turning a rotor system by airflow rather than engine power
Gyroscopic Precession - ✔✔Force applied to a spinning disk has its effect happen 90
degrees later in the direction and plane of rotation
Coriolis Force - ✔✔Speed of rotation increases as mass moves closer to the axis of
rotation
Transverse Flow Effect - ✔✔Rear portion has smaller angle of attack as a result of
unequal lift in the front and aft. More lift in front, less in aft
Torque Control - ✔✔Tail rotor compensating for fuselages tendency to rotate in
opposite direction
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, Tail Rotor/Anti-torque Pedals/ Directional Control System - ✔✔Controls yaw
Cyclic - ✔✔Controls direction of tilt on the main rotor
Collective - ✔✔Controls angle of main rotor blades (up: leading edge higher than
trailing edge)
The knob around the collective tube is the rotatable throttle
Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) - ✔✔Provides guidance info during approach
Movement Area - ✔✔Consists of the runway and other areas controlled by air traffic
control tower
Runway headings - ✔✔Run way numbers always differ by 18 symbolizing 180
Runway Sizes - ✔✔Vary between 800-18,000 feet depending on altitude and
temperature.
Runway Marking - ✔✔Threshold markings, Runway designation markings, Center line
markings/ Touchdown zone markings, Aiming point markings
Visual Runway - ✔✔Small Runway, Pilots must see it, radio communication may not be
available
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