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2 AERODYNAMICS
Question 1 An aircraft is travelling at a speed of 720 nautical miles per hour. To calculate speed in MPH you
Question 3 A wing with a very high aspect ratio (in comparison with a low aspect wing) will have
increased drag at high angles of attack higher stall speed poor control qualities at low air speeds
decreases with an increase in angle of incidence (angle of attack) does not change with a change in angle of incidence (angle of attack) increases with an increased angle of incidence (angle of attack)
Question 6 An undercarriage leg in flight produces 3 lbs of drag at 100kts. If speed is increased to 200kts the drag would be
have a high aspect ratio have a high degree of camber be at a high angle of incidence
stay neutral pitch and the stall commences from the wing root pitch nose down, wings remain level and be preceded by buffeting pitch nose up, wings remain level and be preceded by buffeting
air mass flow is constant mass cannot be created but can be changed mass can only be changed to another form
Question 14 The best angle of attack for the max L/D ratio is
decreases with increase in altitude the same for all altitudes increases with increase in altitude
-1 +/- 1 +1
The amount of camber Aerofoil shape and angle of attack The aircraft designer
Induced drag is not affected by lift on both wings but more so on the wing with the up-going alieron only on the wing with the down going aileron and with an increase in profile drag
the angle between the aeroplane climb path and the horizon the angle between the wing chord line and the direction of the relative wind/airflow the angle formed by the longitudinal axis of the aeroplane and the chord line of the wing
Question 20 On an asymmetrical wing, an increase in the positive angle of attack in the normal operating range will cause the lift and centre of pressure to
increase and move towards the leading edge, respectively increase and move towards the trailing edge, respectively decrease rapidly and move towards the leading edge, respectively
mean chord / thickness ratio thickness / span ratio thickness / chord ratio
increase the roll ability decrease the lateral stability increase the lateral stability
velocity and the square of the density density and the square of the velocity velocity and density
Question 25 Tuck-under is
the tendency to nose down when the control column is pulled back the tendency to nose-down when speed is increased into the transonic flight region the tendency to nose-up when speed is increased into the transonic flight region
Question 27 When comparing a rectangular wing and a swept wing, the swept wing has the advantage of
lower stalling speed higher critical mach number increased longitudinal stability
increase profile drag on down going wing increase induced drag on up going aileron equalise the total drag of both ailerons
For a symmetric aerofoil, if angle of attack = 0, Cl =0 For a symmetric aerofoil, if angle of attack = 0, Cl is not equal to 0 For an asymmetric aerofoil, if angle of attack = 0, Cl =0
profile drag equals induced drag induced drag is lowest profile drag equals twice the induced drag
the three axis of rotation meet all the forces on an aircraft act the lift can be said to act
remains constant with an increase in all up weight increases with an increase in all up weight decreases with an increase in all up weight
Question 33 What is the SI unit that results from multiplying kg and m/s2?
Question 34 The value of the profile drag in straight and level flight at constant weight varies linearly with
Question 35 A moving mass of air posesses kinetic energy. An object placed in the path of such a moving mass of air will be subject to
static and dynamic pressure dynamic pressure only static pressure only
Question 37 Compared to a cambered aerofoil, the zero lift angle of attack of a symmetrical airfoil is
density times true airspeed squared half the density times indicated airspeed squared half the density times true airspeed squared
the wing dihedral counteracts the yaw the keel surface moves the aircraft nose in the direction of the sideslip the rudder and fin correct the roll
D = CD V2 S D = CD 2 V2 S D = CD V S
proportional to the absolute temperature of the air proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature of the air inversely proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature of the air
Question 43 The steepness of the line on a lift graph of a delta wing aircraft
decreases as incidence increases increases as incidence increases remains constant for most of the effective incidences
wing span divided by wing area wing area divided by wing span (tip chord + root chord)
Question 45 Winglets decrease the induced drag create an elliptical lift distribution increase the maneuverability
the kinetic energy will increase, the dynamic pressure will decrease and the static pressure will decrease the kinetic energy will increase, the dynamic pressure will increase and the static pressure will decrease the kinetic energy will increase, the dynamic pressure will increase and the static pressure will increase
increased downwash will increase vertical fin effectiveness an aircraft will stall the fin if extreme rudder is used increased wing downwash will increase tailplane effectiveness
always smaller than 1 always larger than 1 smaller, equal to or larger than 1, depending on the manoeuvre
Question 49 In a graph of drag coefficient against angle of attack, as aspect ratio increases, the steepness of the curve