Question Bank

1. To maintain same rate of turn, if CAS is increased, bank should be

2. The gimbal error of the directional gyro is due to the effect of

3. An airborne instrument, equipped with a gyro with 1 degree of freedom and horizontal spin axis is a

4. How will a basic AI respond if an aircraft performs a 270 degree turn at constant bank angle and ROT?

5. When both the needle and ball of a turn and slip indicator are displaced to the right the aircraft is?

6. ROT indications are?

7. The dither motor in a ring laser gyroscope?

8. If the turn indicator needle is out to the right and the ball is out to the left, it indicates?

9. What type of gyro has a horizontal spin axis and one degree of freedom?

10. If the turn and slip indicator shows needle left and ball right in a banked turn, the aircraft is ____ and the required corrective actions is_____?

 

 

11. What would be the indication on an attitude indicator in a right turn?

12. What factors affect the turn indicator? 1. AofA 2.AOB 3. TAS 4. Weight

13. For a coordinated rate 1 left turn at an AOB of 27 degrees, the TAS should be?

14. An a/c rolls out after 180° steep turn to the right with reference to natural horizon. A/H will show

15. What will be the immediate turn and slip indications when a left engine fails in climbing flight

16. What corrective action is required if the ball is out to the right in a left turn?

17. Sources of power for Gyroscopic operations in an aircraft are

18. The number of degrees of freedom of a gyro is?

19. In comparison to low level, to maintain same rate of turn, RAS at higher level is to be

20. The properties of a gyro are? 1. Mass 2. Rigidity in space 3. Inertia 4. Precession 5. Rigidity with reference to the earth

21. Increasing altitude at constant TAS will ____ the angle of Bank required to achieve a rate 1 turn

22. A turn indicator is built around a gyroscope with

23. On the ground, during a left turn, the turn indicator indicates

24. The maximum directional gyro error to the earth rotation is

25. The rate-of-turn is the

26. If the mass of the aircraft was decreased from 60000 Kg to 45000 Kg?

27. Classic artificial horizon Indications turning through 180° at constant AOB?

28. When an aircraft has turned 270 degrees with a constant attitude and bank the pilot observes the following on a classic artificial horizon

29. A turn indicator is an instrument which indicates rate of turn. Rate of turn depends on: 1. bank angle 2. aero plan speed 3. aero plane weight The combination of correct statements is

30. The heading read on the dial of a directional gyro is subject to errors, one of which is due to the movement of the aircraft. This error

31. If the turn and slip indicator shows needle left and ball left in a banked turn, the aircraft is ____ and the required corrective action is ___?

32. What angle of bank is required to conduct a balanced rate 1 turn in an aircraft at 125 kts TAS at a mass of 55000 Kg?

33. A directional gyro is: 1. a gyroscope free around two axis 2. a gyroscope free around one axis 3. capable of self-orientation around an earth-tied direction 4. Incapable of self-orientation around an earth -tied direction. The combination of correct statements is

34. What are the errors in a DGI? 1. Transport wander 2. Earth rate 3. Heading errors when banking and pitching, 4. Mechanical imperfections

35. Under normal operating conditions, when an aircraft is in banked turn, the rate-of-turn indicator is valuable gyroscopic flight control instrument; when it is associated with an attitude indicator it indicates: 1. the angular velocity of the aircraft about the yaw axis 2. the bank of the aircraft 3. the direction of the aircraft turn 4. the angular velocity of the aircraft about the real vertical The combination of correct statements is

36. When an aircraft has turned 360 degrees with a constant attitude and bank, the pilot observes the following on a classic artificial horizon

37. When, in flight, the needle of a needle-and-ball indicator is on the left and the ball on the right, the aircraft is

38. During take off roll an a/c fitted with vacuum driven A?H will show

39. An aircraft if flying at a 120kt true airspeed, In order to achieve a rate 1 turn, the pilot will have to bank the aircraft at an angle of

40. On a TSI what does it indicate when the turn needle is out to the left and the ball out to the right?

41. A turn indicator used in conjunction with an attitude indicator will show? 1. Turn direction 2. Rate of turn, 3. Angular velocity about the true vertical axis 4. Angular velocity about the aircraft vertical axis 5. Angular velocity about the longitudinal axis

42. Rigidity in a gyroscope is

43. In a Turn-indicator, the measurement of a rate - of -turn consists of

44. The rate turn indicator uses a gyroscope: 1. with one degree of freedom 2. with two degrees of freedom 3. the frame of which is supported by two return springs 4. the spinning wheel axis of which is parallel to the pitch axis 5. the spinning wheel axis of which is parallel to the yawing axis 6. the spinning wheel axis of which is horizontal The combination of correct statements is

45. In the building principle of a gyroscope, the best efficiency is obtained through the concentration of the mass

46. What is the function of the altitude nut on a DI?

47. An airborne instrument, equipped with a gyro with 2 degrees of freedom and horizontal spin axis is

48. The ball in a serviceable slip indicator is _____ by _____ and _____ indicate the state of slip

49. When an aircraft has turned 90 degrees with a constant attitude and bank, the pilot observes the following on a classic artificial horizon

50. When, in flight, the needle and a ball of a needle-and-ball indicator are on the right, the aircraft is