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AFAST Complete Questions and Correct Answers/
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What color lights are used for a landing pad
Ans: combination of green, yellow, white
lift differential that exists between the advancing main rotor blade and the
retreating rotor blade is known as?
Ans: Dis-symmetry of lift
to maintain the desired hovering altitude (no wind conditions ) you must?
Ans: change the amount of main rotor thrust
Density altitude at sea level is
Ans: 29.92 inHg (inches of mercury) at 15 degrees C
What is created by the motion of an airfoil through the air
Ans: relative wind
when departing behind a heavy aircraft the pilot should avoid wake turbulence by
maneuvering the helicopter
Ans: Above and upwind from the heavy aircraft
What actions should you take if engine failure occurs at altitude?
Ans: lower the collective pitch control to maintain rotor RPM
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during a hover, a helicopter tends to drift right. to compensate for this some
helicopters?
Ans: rotor mast is rigged to the left side
if the rpm is low and manifold pressure is high what initial corrective action
should be taken?
Ans: lower the collective pitch
high air speeds especially in turbulent air should be avoided because the possibility
of ?
Ans: the retreating blade to stall in forward flight, stalls are more likely to occur
under conditions of high gross weight, low rpm, high density altitude, steep or
abrupt turns, and or turbulent flight.
translation lift is the result of?
Ans: Airspeed
during surface taxi the collective pitch is used to control?
Ans: the rate of speed. the higher the collective pitch the higher the taxi speed.
the upward bending of the rotor blades resulting from the combination of lift and
centrifugal forces is known as
Ans: coning
the tail rotor produces thrust and is variable through the use of ?
Ans: anti torque pedals
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medium frequency vibrations would be associated with
Ans: defects in tail rotor
while in cruise level flight, low frequency vibrations (100-400 cycles per minute)
are usually associated with?
Ans: always associated with the main rotor
a stall is the results of ?
Ans: exceeding the angle of attack
What is ground effect ?
Ans: the result of interference of the surface
the primary purpose of the tail rotor system is to ?
Ans: counteract the torque effect of the main rotor
the most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance
during daylight hours is to use ?
Ans: a series of short regularly spaced eye movements that bring successive
areas of the sky into the central visual field each movement should not exceed 10
degrees and each area should be observed for at least one second to enable
detection
translation lift is the result of ?
Ans: increased rotor efficiency
in a no wind condition, which control is used to change heading?
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Ans: cyclic control
a helicopter that is improperly loaded with a CG forward of forward limits will ?
Ans: *have a nose low altitude * need excessive rearward displacement of the
cyclic to maintain hover
the wind conditions that requires the most caution when avoiding wake
turbulence on landing is
Ans: light tail winds because they can move the vortices of a preceding aircraft
forward into the anticipated touch down zone of another
when operating at high forward air speeds, retreating blade stall are more likely
to occur under which conditions?
Ans: high gross weight, low rpm, high density altitude, steep or adrupt turns,
and or turbulent flight
to initiate a quick stop ?
Ans: aft the cyclic and simultaneously lower the collective pitch
if possible when departing from a defined area what type of take off is preferred?
Ans: a normal take off from a hover should be made in confined areas
under what conditions should a pilot consider using a running take off?
Ans: when gross weight or density altitude prevents a sustained hover at
normal hovering altitude. this is often referred to as high density altitude takeoff
ground effect is most likely to result in what
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AFAST Complete Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
What color lights are used for a landing pad
Ans: combination of green, yellow, white
lift differential that exists between the advancing main rotor blade and the
retreating rotor blade is known as?
Ans: Dis-symmetry of lift
to maintain the desired hovering altitude (no wind conditions ) you must?
Ans: change the amount of main rotor thrust
Density altitude at sea level is
Ans: 29.92 inHg (inches of mercury) at 15 degrees C
What is created by the motion of an airfoil through the air
Ans: relative wind
when departing behind a heavy aircraft the pilot should avoid wake turbulence by
maneuvering the helicopter
Ans: Above and upwind from the heavy aircraft
What actions should you take if engine failure occurs at altitude?
Ans: lower the collective pitch control to maintain rotor RPM
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during a hover, a helicopter tends to drift right. to compensate for this some
helicopters?
Ans: rotor mast is rigged to the left side
if the rpm is low and manifold pressure is high what initial corrective action
should be taken?
Ans: lower the collective pitch
high air speeds especially in turbulent air should be avoided because the possibility
of ?
Ans: the retreating blade to stall in forward flight, stalls are more likely to occur
under conditions of high gross weight, low rpm, high density altitude, steep or
abrupt turns, and or turbulent flight.
translation lift is the result of?
Ans: Airspeed
during surface taxi the collective pitch is used to control?
Ans: the rate of speed. the higher the collective pitch the higher the taxi speed.
the upward bending of the rotor blades resulting from the combination of lift and
centrifugal forces is known as
Ans: coning
the tail rotor produces thrust and is variable through the use of ?
Ans: anti torque pedals
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medium frequency vibrations would be associated with
Ans: defects in tail rotor
while in cruise level flight, low frequency vibrations (100-400 cycles per minute)
are usually associated with?
Ans: always associated with the main rotor
a stall is the results of ?
Ans: exceeding the angle of attack
What is ground effect ?
Ans: the result of interference of the surface
the primary purpose of the tail rotor system is to ?
Ans: counteract the torque effect of the main rotor
the most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance
during daylight hours is to use ?
Ans: a series of short regularly spaced eye movements that bring successive
areas of the sky into the central visual field each movement should not exceed 10
degrees and each area should be observed for at least one second to enable
detection
translation lift is the result of ?
Ans: increased rotor efficiency
in a no wind condition, which control is used to change heading?
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Ans: cyclic control
a helicopter that is improperly loaded with a CG forward of forward limits will ?
Ans: *have a nose low altitude * need excessive rearward displacement of the
cyclic to maintain hover
the wind conditions that requires the most caution when avoiding wake
turbulence on landing is
Ans: light tail winds because they can move the vortices of a preceding aircraft
forward into the anticipated touch down zone of another
when operating at high forward air speeds, retreating blade stall are more likely
to occur under which conditions?
Ans: high gross weight, low rpm, high density altitude, steep or adrupt turns,
and or turbulent flight
to initiate a quick stop ?
Ans: aft the cyclic and simultaneously lower the collective pitch
if possible when departing from a defined area what type of take off is preferred?
Ans: a normal take off from a hover should be made in confined areas
under what conditions should a pilot consider using a running take off?
Ans: when gross weight or density altitude prevents a sustained hover at
normal hovering altitude. this is often referred to as high density altitude takeoff
ground effect is most likely to result in what
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