Pregunta 1
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When are outboard ailerons normally used?
Pregunta 2
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When are inboard ailerons normally used?
Pregunta 3
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Which of the following is considered a primary flight control?
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Slats
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Elevator
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Dorsal fin
Pregunta 4
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Which of the following is considered an auxiliary flight control?
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Ruddervator
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Upper rudder
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Leading-edge flaps
Pregunta 5
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What is the purpose of an anti-servo tab?
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Move the flight controls in the event of manual reversion
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Reduce control forces by deflecting in the proper direction to move a primary flight control
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Prevent a control surface from moving to a full-deflection position due to aerodynamic forces
Pregunta 6
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What is the purpose of a servo tab?
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Move the flight control in the event of manual reversion
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Reduce control forces by deflecting in the proper direction to move a primary flight control
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Prevent a control surface from moving to a full-deflection position due to aerodynamic forces
Pregunta 7
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Which is a purpose of leading-edge flaps?
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Increase the camber of the wing
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Reduce lift without increasing airspeed
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Direct airflow over the top of the wing at high angle of attack
Pregunta 8
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What is a purpose of flight spoilers?
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Increase the camber of the wing
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Reduce lift without increasing airspeed
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Direct airflow over the top of the wing at high angles of attack
Pregunta 9
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Which is a purpose of leading-edge slats on high-performance wings?
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Decrease lift at relative slow speeds
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Improve aileron control during low angles of attack
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Direct air from the high pressure area under the leading edge along the top of the wing
Pregunta 10
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Which direction from the primary control surface does an anti-servo tab move
Pregunta 11
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What effect does an increase in airspeed have on a coordinated turn while maintaining a constant angle of bank and altitude?
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The rate of turn will decrease resulting in a decreased load factor
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The rate of turn will increase resulting in a increased load factor
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The rate of turn will decrease resulting in no changes in load factor
Pregunta 12
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What is the effect on total drag of an aircraft if the airspeed decreases in level flight below that speed for maximum L/D?
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Drag increases because of increased induced drag
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Drag increases because of increased parasite drag
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Drag decreases because of lower induced drag
Pregunta 13
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What is load factor?
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Lift multiplied by the total weight
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Lift subtracted from the total weight
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Lift divided by the total weight
Pregunta 14
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What affects indicated stall speed?
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Weight, load factor, and power
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Load factor, angle of attack, and power
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Angle of attack, weight, and air density
Pregunta 15
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If no corrective action is taken by the pilot as angle of bank is increased, how is the vertical component of lift and sink rate affected?
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Lift increases and the sink rate increases
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Lift decreases and the sink rate decreases
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Lift decreases and the sink rate increases
Pregunta 16
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Why must the angle of attack be increased during a turn to maintain altitude?
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Compensate for loss of vertical component of lift
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Increase the horizontal component of lift equal to the vertical component
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Compensate for increase in drag
Pregunta 17
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How can the pilot increase the rate of turn and decrease the radios at the same time?
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Steepen the bank and increase airspeed
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Steepen the bank and decrease airspeed
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Shallow the bank and increase airspeed
Pregunta 18
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What is the relationship of the rate of turn with the radios of turn with a constant angle of bank but increasing airspeed?
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Rate will decrease and radios will increase
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Rate will increase and radios will decrease
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Rate an radios will increase
Pregunta 19
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Upon which factor does wing loading during a level coordinated turn in smooth air depend?
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Rate of turn
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Angle of bank
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True airspeed
Pregunta 20
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If an aircraft with a gross weight of 2,000 pounds were subjected to a total load of 6,000 pounds in flight, the load factor would be:
Pregunta 21
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Airflow separation over the wing can be delayed by using vortex generators:
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Directing high pressure air over the top of the wing or flap through slots and making the wing surface smooth
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Directing a suction over the top of the wing or flap through slots and making the wing surface smooth
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Making the wing surface rough and/or directing high pressure air over the top of the wing or flap through slots
Pregunta 22
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What is the safest and most efficient takeoff and initial climb procedure in a light, twin-engine airplane?
Accelerate to
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Best engine-out, rate-of-climb airspeed while on the ground, then lift off and climb at that speed
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Vmc, then lift off at that speed and climb at maximum angle-of-climb airspeed
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An airspeed slightly above Vmc, then lift off and climb at the best rate-of-climb airspeed
Pregunta 23
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What performance should a pilot of a light, twin-engine airplane be able to maintain at Vmc?
Pregunta 24
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What criteria determines which engine is the "critical" engine of a twin-engine airplane?
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The one with the center of thrust closest to the center line of the fuselage
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The one designated by the manufacturer which develops most usable thrust
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The one with the center of thrust farthest from the center line of the fuselage
Pregunta 25
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What effect, if any, does altitude have on Vmc for an airplane with unsupercharged engines?
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None
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Increases with altitude
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Decreases with altitude
Pregunta 26
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Under what condition should stalls never be practiced in a twin-engine airplane?
Pregunta 27
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What does the blue radial line on the airspeed indicator of a light, twin-engine airplane represent?
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Maximum single-engine rate of climb
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Maximum single-engine angle of climb
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Minimum controllable airspeed for single-engine operation
Pregunta 28
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Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude remains in the new position after the controls have been neutralized
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Negative longitudinal static stability
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Neutral longitudinal dynamic stability
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Neutral longitudinal static stability
Pregunta 29
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What is a characteristic of longitudinal instability?
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Pitch oscillations becoming progressively greater
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Bank oscillations becoming progressively greater
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Aircraft constantly tries to pitch down
Pregunta 30
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Describe dynamic longitudinal stability
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Motion about the longitudinal axis
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Motion about the lateral axis
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Motion about the vertical axis
Pregunta 31
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What is the reason for variations in geometric pitch along a propeller or rotor blade?
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It permits a relatively constant angle of attack along its length when in cruising flight
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It prevents the portion of the blade near the hub or root from stalling during cruising flight
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It permits a relatively constant angle of incidence along its length when in cruising flight
Pregunta 32
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Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude tends to return to its original position after the controls have been neutralized.
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Positive dynamic stability
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Positive static stability
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Neutral dynamic stability
Pregunta 33
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What flight condition should be expected when an aircraft leaves ground effect?
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An increase in induced drag requiring a higher angle of attack
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A decrease in parasite drag permitting a lower angle of attack
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An increase in dynamic stability
Pregunta 34
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What characteristic should exist if an airplane is loaded to the rear of its CG range?
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Sluggish in aileron control
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Sluggish in rudder control
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Unstable about the lateral axis
Pregunta 35
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What will be the ratio between airspeed and lift if the angle of attack and other factors remain constant and airspeed is double? lift will be
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The same
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Two times greater
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Four times greater
Pregunta 36
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What true airspeed and angle of attack should be used to generate the same amount of lift as altitude is increased?
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The same true airspeed and angle of attack
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A higher true airspeed for any giving angle of attack
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A lower true airspeed and higher angle of attack
Pregunta 37
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What are some characteristics of an airplane loaded with the CG at the aft limit?
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Lowest stall speed, highest cruise speed, and least stability
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Highest stall speed, highest cruise speed, and least stability
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Lowest stall speed, lowest cruise speed, and highest stability
Pregunta 38
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By changing the angle of attack of a wing, the pilot can control the airplane's
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Lift, gross weight, and drag
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Lift, airspeed, and drag
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Lift and airspeed, but not drag
Pregunta 39
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The primary purpose of high-lift devices is to increase the:
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L/Dmax
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Lift at low speeds
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Drag and reduce airspeed
Pregunta 40
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Within what Mach range does transonic flight regimes usually occur?
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.50 to .75 Mach
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.75 to 1.20 Mach
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1.20 to 2.50 Mach
Pregunta 41
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What is the primary function of the leading edge flaps in landing configuration during the flare before touchdown?
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Prevent flow separation
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Decrease rate of sink
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Increase profile drag
Pregunta 42
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What is the highest speed possible without supersonic flow over the wing?
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Initial buffet speed
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Critical Mach number
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Transonic index
Pregunta 43
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What is the free stream Mach number which produces first evidence of local sonic flow?
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Supersonic Mach number
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Transonic Mach number
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Critical Mach number
Pregunta 44
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At what Mach range does the subsonic flight range normally occur?
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Below .75 Mach
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From .75 to 1.20 Mach
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From 1.20 to 2.50 Mach
Pregunta 45
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What is the principal advantage of a sweepback design wing over a straightwing desing?
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The Critical Mach number will increase significantly
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Sweepback will increase changes in the magnitude of force coefficients due to compressibility
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Sweepback will accelerate the onset of compressibility effect
Pregunta 46
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What is the result of a shock-induced separation of airflow occurring symmetrically near the wing root of a sweptwing aircraft?
Pregunta 47
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What is one disadvantage of a sweptwing design?
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The wing root stalls prior to the wingtip section
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The wingtip section stalls prior to the wing root
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Severe pitchdown moment when the center of pressure shifts forward
Pregunta 48
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What is the condition known as when gusts cause a sweptwing-type airplane to roll in one direction while yawing in the other?
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Porpoise
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Wingover
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Dutch roll
Pregunta 49
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What is the movement of the center of pressure when the wingtips of a sweptwing airplane are shock-stalled first?
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Inward and aft
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Inward and forward
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Outward and forward
Pregunta 50
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For a given angle of bank, the load factor imposed on both the aircraft and pilot in a coordinated constant-altitude turn