AMS 263 Final Exam – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Comprehensive Review
Control Surface Balancing - ANS ✔✔Performed after maintenance to prevent flutter
Underbalance (Heavy Condition) - ANS ✔✔Nose Heavy
Overbalance (Heavy Condition) - ANS ✔✔Tail Heavy
Overbalanced - ANS ✔✔It is common to leave the C/S in ____________ condition for ease of
flight
1/8" - ANS ✔✔Smallest size cable that can be used in flight controls
60%/3minutes - ANS ✔✔Proof/Load value of manufactured cable
# of (wire) Strands - ANS ✔✔First number in cable identification
# of Wires Per Strand - ANS ✔✔Second number in cable idenfication
Go/No-Go Guage - ANS ✔✔Non-destructive inspection tool for swage-type wire
Rubber "boot" on the L/E inflates to break up ice - ANS ✔✔How deicer boots operate
Single Engine Deice (Components) - ANS ✔✔Shuttle Valve
Air Pump
Suction Relief Valve
, Air Filter
Control Valve
Oil Separator
Multi Engine Deice (Components) - ANS ✔✔Suction Relief Valve
Check Valves
Air Pumps
Oil Separators
Timer/Distributor Valve
Turnbuckle - ANS ✔✔Installed using L/H and R/H threads
3 - ANS ✔✔Never more than ____ threads of rod end showing outside the Turnbuckle barrel
Wing Dihedral - ANS ✔✔Wing angle from the root out
AOA (Angle of Attack) - ANS ✔✔Angle between cord line and relative wind
AOI (Angle of Incidence) - ANS ✔✔Angle between wing cord and longitudinal axis of the A/C
Wash-In - ANS ✔✔Greater Angle of Incidence
Wash-Out - ANS ✔✔Lesser Angle of Incidence
Toe-In - ANS ✔✔When the front of the tire is pointing towards the center-line of the aircraft
Control Surface Balancing - ANS ✔✔Performed after maintenance to prevent flutter
Underbalance (Heavy Condition) - ANS ✔✔Nose Heavy
Overbalance (Heavy Condition) - ANS ✔✔Tail Heavy
Overbalanced - ANS ✔✔It is common to leave the C/S in ____________ condition for ease of
flight
1/8" - ANS ✔✔Smallest size cable that can be used in flight controls
60%/3minutes - ANS ✔✔Proof/Load value of manufactured cable
# of (wire) Strands - ANS ✔✔First number in cable identification
# of Wires Per Strand - ANS ✔✔Second number in cable idenfication
Go/No-Go Guage - ANS ✔✔Non-destructive inspection tool for swage-type wire
Rubber "boot" on the L/E inflates to break up ice - ANS ✔✔How deicer boots operate
Single Engine Deice (Components) - ANS ✔✔Shuttle Valve
Air Pump
Suction Relief Valve
, Air Filter
Control Valve
Oil Separator
Multi Engine Deice (Components) - ANS ✔✔Suction Relief Valve
Check Valves
Air Pumps
Oil Separators
Timer/Distributor Valve
Turnbuckle - ANS ✔✔Installed using L/H and R/H threads
3 - ANS ✔✔Never more than ____ threads of rod end showing outside the Turnbuckle barrel
Wing Dihedral - ANS ✔✔Wing angle from the root out
AOA (Angle of Attack) - ANS ✔✔Angle between cord line and relative wind
AOI (Angle of Incidence) - ANS ✔✔Angle between wing cord and longitudinal axis of the A/C
Wash-In - ANS ✔✔Greater Angle of Incidence
Wash-Out - ANS ✔✔Lesser Angle of Incidence
Toe-In - ANS ✔✔When the front of the tire is pointing towards the center-line of the aircraft
