Aircraft. Systems

1. Give the definition to ‘aircraft’.

2. Give the definition to ‘wing’. What does it provide? What must the wing support?

3. What is roll? What device is it controlled by?

4. What is pitch? What device is it controlled by?

5. What is yaw? What device is it controlled by?

6. What are ailerons?

7. What type of control is obtained through the use of them?

8. What is rudder?

9. What is the purpose of the rudder in flight?

10. What is elevator?

11. What is the purpose of the elevator in flight?

12. What is a fuselage? What does fuselage acomodate?

13. How are civil aviation aircraft subdivided according to their purpose?

14. How can all aircraft be classified in accordance with their structural peculiarities? Depending on the: - number and position of main planes;

- number of engines;

- landing gear construction;

- fuseage type.

15. Name the main parts of a conventional aircraft.

16. What does the tail unit consist of?

17. What is the landing gear system used for?

18. What are the two basic types of landing gear?

19. What is a propeller?

20. What is an engine?

21. What types of engines do you know?

22. What are the components of a piston engine?

23. What does the aircraft structural strength depend on?

24. How is an airplane strength measured?

25. Which main aircraft systems are the conventional aircraft equipped with?

26. What is the main function of

- the oil system (What is a dipstick? It’s purpose);

- the fuel system (How are fuel systems classified? What are the basic fuel system components? Where are fuel tanks usually mounted?);

- the electrical system (What is it designed for? What are the basic electrical system components? Describe the purpose of circuit breakers and fuses);

- the hydraulic system;

- the flight control system (What are the components of the primary and secondary flight control systems?);

- the anti-icing system;

- the fire-extinguishing system;

- the air conditioning system and what does it consist of?

27. What is the cooling system designed for?

28. What system provides a spark in the cylinder?

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