Army AFAST

Military Flig ht Appti

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What are the four forces that act on an aircrft in flight?
Lift, Gravity, Thrust and Drag
Which one of the following does not affect density altitude?
Humidity does not affect density altitude
The maneuver in which a RW A/C is maintained in nearly motionless flight over a ground reference point at a constant altitude and heading is known as
Hovering
The flight envelope of an aircraft is
The region of altitude and airspeed in which it can be operated
An airfoil's efficiency, either a wing or a rotor blade, is ____at high altitudes by the ____ air density
Decreased, lesser
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its lateral axis is known as?
Yaw
The primary purpose of the tail rotor system is to
Balance or counteract the torque effect of the main rotor
Takeoff from a slop in a helicopter with skid type landing gear is normally done by
Brining the aircraft to a level attitude before completely leaving the ground
"True Altitude," is defined as
The vertical distance of the a/c above mean sea level
A helicopter's cyclic control is a mechanical linkage used to change the pitch of the main rotor blades
At a selected point in its circular pathway
When the rotor blades of a helicopter are spinning fast enough in a clockwise direction to generate lift, a phenomenon known as__ causes the body of the helicopter to have a tendency to turn in a counterclockwise direction
Torque
"Absolute Altitude," is defined as
The vertical distance of the A/C above the terrain or ground level
The differential in lift between that of the advancing rotor blade and that of the retreating rotor blade is called
Dissymmetry of lift
Foor pedals in the helicopter cockpit give the pilot the ability to
Control the torque effect
"Density Altitude," is defined as
The pressure altitude reading corrected for variations from standard temperature