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Aircraft Technical Knowledge (PPL - Aeroplane)

* * * Descending Flight * * *
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12.64 Descending Flight
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12.64.2 Identify and name the forces acting in a glide.
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12.64.4 Explain how the forces in a glide become modified in a constant speed power ondescent.
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12.64.6 Explain how the lift/drag ratio determines a constant speed glide angle.
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12.64.8 Briefly explain the effects of weight, IAS, wind, and flap extension on the glideangle.
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* * *Turning Flight * * *
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12.66 Turning Flight
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12.66.2 Define centripetal force.
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12.66.4 Explain the components of lift which provide the:
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12.66.4(a) turning force;
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12.66.4(b) force required opposing weight.
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12.66.6 Define load factor g.
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12.66.8 In a level turn, state the relationship between bank angle and lift, drag, and loadfactor.
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12.66.10 State the relationship between the turn radius and rate of turn at a given;
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12.66.10(a) airspeed;
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12.66.10(b) bank angle.
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12.66.12 Describe a rate 1 turn, and a rule-of-thumb method of calculating the bank anglerequired.
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12.66.14 Explain the effect of bank on rate of climb in a climbing turn, and the tendency tooverbank.
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12.66.16 Explain the effect of bank on rate of descent in a descending turn, and thetendency to underbank.
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* * * Stalling and Spinning * * *
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12.68 Stalling and Spinning
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12.68.2 Describe the stalling angle of attack, with reference to:
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12.68.2(a) disruption of streamline flow over the upper surface of the aerofoil;
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