What is Vs?

What is Vs?

Stall speed is defined as the minimum steady flight speed at which the airplane is controllable.

What is profile drag?

What is profile drag?

Profile drag, also known as pressure drag or form drag, is the drag caused by the separation of the boundary layer from a surface and the wake created by that separation.

It is primarily dependent upon the shape of the object and increases directly with speed as the faster an aircraft moves the more air molecules collide with it.

Could a Seneca fly to the South of France without stopping for extra fuel?

Could a Seneca fly to the South of France without stopping for extra fuel?

No

What are the advantages of an all moving/variable incidence tailplane?

What are the advantages of an all moving/variable incidence tailplane?

This provides pitch manoeuvrability.

Longitudinal balancing by the trim system.

Why does the speed tape on the PFD reads 45kt when the aircraft is stationary?

Why does the speed tape on the PFD reads 45kt when the aircraft is stationary?

The speed is too low for an indication.

What is wing loading?

What is wing loading?

Wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing.

The faster an aircraft flies, the more lift is produced by each unit area of the wing. Correspondingly, the landing and take-off speeds will be higher and the high wing loading also decreases maneuverability.

What do you prefer, a high or low wingload?

What do you prefer, a high or low wingload?

The assessor was trying to get to the approach where you need flaps and slats to increase S (lower wingload) in order to be able to fly a lower speed.

What is Vmu?

What is Vmu?

Vmu is the minimum unstick speed.

It is the calibrated airspeed at and above which the airplane can safely lift off the ground and continue the takeoff. Lift-off is not possible prior to reaching this speed.

Vmu is not an operational speed and is established in flight testing only.

What is a Mach trimmer?

What is a Mach trimmer?

A Mach trimmer is a system that artificially corrects for Mach tuck.

Approach category speeds are defined by which formula?

Approach category speeds are defined by which formula?

This speed is defined to be equal to the greater of stall speed (Vso) multiplied by 1.3, or stall speed (Vs1g) multiplied by 1.23.

The landing configuration that is to be taken into consideration can be defined by either the operator or by the aeroplane manufacturer but is most commonly assigned by the manufacturer.

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