TP 12880
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- General
- Examinations
- Air Law
- Navigation
- Meteorology
PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT
| 1 | Bernoulli's Theorem | |
| 2 | Newton's Laws |
FORCES ACTING ON AN AEROPLANE
| • | 1 | Lift |
| • | 2 | Drag - induced and parasite |
| • | 3 | Relationship of lift and drag to angle of attack |
| 4 | Thrust | |
| 5 | Weight | |
| 6 | Equilibrium | |
| 7 | Centre of pressure | |
| 8 | Centrifugal and centripetal | |
| • | 9 | Forces acting on an aircraft during manoeuvres |
| • | 10 | Relationship of load factor to stalling speed |
| • | 11 | Structural limitations |
| 12 | Gust loads |
AEROFOILS
| 1 | Pressure distribution about an aerofoil | |
| • | 2 | Relative airflow and angle of attack |
| 3 | Downwash | |
| 4 | Wing tip vortices | |
| 5 | Angle of incidence |
PROPELLERS
| 1 | Propeller efficiency at various speeds | |
| 2 | Fixed and variable pitch | |
| 3 | Torque, slipstream, gyroscopic effect and asymmetric thrust |
DESIGN OF THE WING
| 1 | Wing planform | |
| 2 | Area, span, chord | |
| 3 | Aspect ratio | |
| 4 | Streamlining | |
| 5 | Camber | |
| 6 | Laminar flow | |
| 7 | Dihedral, anhedral | |
| 8 | Wash in, wash out | |
| 9 | Slots, slats | |
| 10 | Wing fences, stall strips | |
| 11 | Spoilers | |
| • | 12 | Flaps |
| 13 | Canards |
STABILITY
| • | 1 | Longitudinal, lateral and directional stability |
| 2 | Inherent stability | |
| 3 | Methods of achieving stability |
FLIGHT CONTROLS
| 1 | Aeroplane axes and planes of movement | |
| 2 | Functions of controls | |
| 3 | Relationship between effects of yaw and roll | |
| 4 | Adverse yaw, aileron drag | |
| 5 | Static and dynamic balancing of controls | |
| 6 | Trim and trimming devices |