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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key aerodynamic concepts for technical pilot interviews. It defines forces on aircraft, glide ratios, rate of climb/descent, aerfoils, angles of attack, washout, dihedral, anhedral, lift production, drag types, and high lift devices. Key points covered include how glide range depends on lift to drag ratio not weight, heavier aircraft have greater rates of descent, and the lift formula involving air density, speed, wing area, and coefficient of lift.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key aerodynamic concepts for technical pilot interviews. It defines forces on aircraft, glide ratios, rate of climb/descent, aerfoils, angles of attack, washout, dihedral, anhedral, lift production, drag types, and high lift devices. Key points covered include how glide range depends on lift to drag ratio not weight, heavier aircraft have greater rates of descent, and the lift formula involving air density, speed, wing area, and coefficient of lift.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key aerodynamic concepts for technical pilot interviews. It defines forces on aircraft, glide ratios, rate of climb/descent, aerfoils, angles of attack, washout, dihedral, anhedral, lift production, drag types, and high lift devices. Key points covered include how glide range depends on lift to drag ratio not weight, heavier aircraft have greater rates of descent, and the lift formula involving air density, speed, wing area, and coefficient of lift.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key aerodynamic concepts for technical pilot interviews. It defines forces on aircraft, glide ratios, rate of climb/descent, aerfoils, angles of attack, washout, dihedral, anhedral, lift production, drag types, and high lift devices. Key points covered include how glide range depends on lift to drag ratio not weight, heavier aircraft have greater rates of descent, and the lift formula involving air density, speed, wing area, and coefficient of lift.

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    ACE THE TECHNICAL PILOT INTERVIEW

    What are the forces acting on an aircraft in flight?

    lift-thrust-weight-drag

    WHAT PRODUCES MAX GLIDE RANGE?


    Glide range doesn’t vary with WEIGHT—but is proportional to
    LIFT/DRAG RATIO—ac must be flown at aoa and speed for that
    weight—heavy ac and lighter ac can glide the same distance-
    if flown at optimum aoa and speed—but heavier ac will take
    less time to do so since higher airspeed.

    WHAT IS ROC/ROD?
    Vertical component of the velocity of an ac—depicts the time
    taken to cmb/des from a given height in f.p.m

    EFFECT OF WEIGHT ON ROD?


    Heavier ac has GREATER ROD—heavy ac fliers at higher
    airspeed for given aoa

    WHAT IS AN AEROFOIL?
    A body that gives a large lift force compared to its drag

    CHORD LINE?
    A straight line from le to te

    MEAN CHORD LINE( standard mean chord) ?


    Wing area/wing span

    MEAN CAMBERLINE?
    Line from te to le but equidistant from the upper and
    lowersurfaces

    ANGLE OF INCIDENCE?
    Angle between chord line and the ac long datum—fixed for a
    wing but may be variable for the tailplane.

    ANGLE OF ATTACK?
    Angle bet chord line and relative airflow

    WASHOUT?
    < in aoi from root to tip—compensates for the earlier stall due
    to higher levels of loading at the tips

    DIHEDRAL?
    Upward inclination wing root to tip

    ANHEDRAL?
    Downward inclination from root to tip
    LIFT?
    Is the phenomenon generated by an airfoil due to pressure differences
    above and below the airfoil

    WHY IS THE PRESSURE LOWER ON THE TOP SURFACE OF AN AIRFOIL?


    Top sfc cambered and bottom is flat—air has to travel greater distance
    in same time thereby increasing its speed and lowering the pressure
    on the top sfc

    LIFT FORMULA?
    L

    Where : r-density
    v- tas
    s – surface area
    cl- coeff lift

    CENTER OF PRESSURE?
    A single point acting on the wing chord line at right angles to the
    relative airflow-through which the wings lift is produced

    The cp moves fwd with higher aoa and aft with <aoa –not a fixed point
    on the chord

    LIFT -WEIGHT PITCHING MOMENTS


    Their position will ary during flight since CP depends on aoa and CG
    varies with weight (fuel burn)

    ASPECT RATIO?
    Ratio of wingspan to geometric chord eg 4:1
    High AR- high lift gliders
    Low AR- higher speeds

    WHEN IS LIFT THE GREATEST?


    During take off
    Lift is affected by: flap setting—speed of the airflow over the wing—
    aoa—air density

    WHAT IS DIRECT LIFT CONTROL?


    Elevator and stabilizer

    WHAT ARE HIGH LIFT DEVICES?


    Te flaps/fowler—le flaps/kreuger—slots
    WHAT IS DRAG?
    Resistance TO motion OF an object through the air

    TYPES OF DRAG?

    Profile drag aka 0 lift drag form or pressure/skin


    friction/interference drag
    Profile drag – increases with speed—faster an aircraft moves through
    the air the more air molecules its sfc encounters and these molecules
    resist the motion of the ac through the air. Profile drag greatest at high
    speeds.

    Induced drag – by product of lift


    Due to high aoa by exposing more of the ac surfaces to the relative
    airflow and is associated with wing tip vortices. ID is directly related to
    speed—highest at low speeds—id reduces as speed increases because
    the lower angles of incidence associated with higher speeds create
    smaller wing tip trailing vortices and have a lower value of energy
    loss—

    VIMD (velocity induced minimum drag)= the speed at which induced


    and profile drag values are equal—also the speed that has lowest drag
    penalty—also represents the best lift/drag ratio speed –max
    endurance

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