AMS 118 - UNIT 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS RATED A+
What is an Aircraft? - ANSWER A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air
What is an Amateur-built A/C? - ANSWER Major portion of which was fabricated & assembled
by persons who did so solely for their own education or recreation (Replace the term
"home-built")
What is an Experimental A/C? - ANSWER airworthiness certificate granted to various A/C used
for very specific purposes
What is a Light-sport A/C? - ANSWER <1,430 lbs, two person, flies low and slow (120 knots
CAS or less)
What is a Small A/C? - ANSWER A/C 12,500 lbs OR LESS
What is a Large A/C? - ANSWER A/C >12,500 lbs
What is an Airplane? - ANSWER Engine-driven, fixed wing A/C heavier than air that is
supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings
, What is a Lighter-Than-Air A/C? - ANSWER Can rise and remain suspended by using
contained gas
What is a Balloon? - ANSWER Lighter-than-air A/C that is not engine driven and uses gas or
heat air to sustain flight
What is an Airship? - ANSWER An engine-driven lighter-than-air A/C
What is a Glider? - ANSWER a heavier-than-air A/C that is supported by the dynamic reaction
of the air against its lifting surfaces and whose free flight does not depend on an engine
What is a rotor-craft? - ANSWER Heavier-than-air A/C that's flight is supported by one or
more rotors
What is a Gyrodyne? - ANSWER Rotors are used for takeoff, hovering and landing and
forward flight is mainly dependent on propellers
What is a Gyroplane? - ANSWER The rotors are not engine driven, they are rotated by the
action of the air when the rotor-craft is moving
What is a Helicopter? - ANSWER The motion of the A/C is fully dependent on engine-driven
rotors
ANSWERS RATED A+
What is an Aircraft? - ANSWER A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air
What is an Amateur-built A/C? - ANSWER Major portion of which was fabricated & assembled
by persons who did so solely for their own education or recreation (Replace the term
"home-built")
What is an Experimental A/C? - ANSWER airworthiness certificate granted to various A/C used
for very specific purposes
What is a Light-sport A/C? - ANSWER <1,430 lbs, two person, flies low and slow (120 knots
CAS or less)
What is a Small A/C? - ANSWER A/C 12,500 lbs OR LESS
What is a Large A/C? - ANSWER A/C >12,500 lbs
What is an Airplane? - ANSWER Engine-driven, fixed wing A/C heavier than air that is
supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings
, What is a Lighter-Than-Air A/C? - ANSWER Can rise and remain suspended by using
contained gas
What is a Balloon? - ANSWER Lighter-than-air A/C that is not engine driven and uses gas or
heat air to sustain flight
What is an Airship? - ANSWER An engine-driven lighter-than-air A/C
What is a Glider? - ANSWER a heavier-than-air A/C that is supported by the dynamic reaction
of the air against its lifting surfaces and whose free flight does not depend on an engine
What is a rotor-craft? - ANSWER Heavier-than-air A/C that's flight is supported by one or
more rotors
What is a Gyrodyne? - ANSWER Rotors are used for takeoff, hovering and landing and
forward flight is mainly dependent on propellers
What is a Gyroplane? - ANSWER The rotors are not engine driven, they are rotated by the
action of the air when the rotor-craft is moving
What is a Helicopter? - ANSWER The motion of the A/C is fully dependent on engine-driven
rotors
