a1. Aircraft General Knowledge
1.1 Airframe and Systems - Aeroplanes
- Fuselage
- types of construction
- stress
- Wings
- types of construction
- structural components
- stress
- Stabilizing
surfaces
-
vertical, horizontal and V-tail surfaces
-
‘flutter’
-
compensation system
-
mach trim
- Landing Gear
- types
- locking devices and emergency
extension systems
- accidental retraction
prevention devices
- position, movement lights and
indicators
- nose wheel steering
- wheels and tyres
(limitations)
- braking systems
- parking brake
- mode of operation of
anti-skid system
- mode of system of auto brake
system
- operation, indications and
warning systems
- Flight
Controls
- Primary controls:
- elevator, aileron and rudder
- trim
- mode of
actuation (mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, fly-by-wire)
-
operation, indicators, warning devices and controls)
- efforts
to transmit
-
Secondary controls:
- leading and trailing edge lift
augmentation devices
- lift dumping and speed brakes
- variable elevator
-
mode of actuation (mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, fly-by-wire)
-
operation, indicators, warning devices and controls)
- danger situations and potential
failures
-
Hydraulics
