What systems protect against a stall?
What systems protect against a stall?
Stall warning, stick shaker, stick pusher, etc...
Generically we can destinguish between systems that alert the pilot of the impeding stall, like stall the stall warning or stick shaker, and systems that try to correct the situation, like a stick pusher.
Why does a swept wing increase Mcrit?
Why does a swept wing increase Mcrit?
A swept wing makes the velocity vector normal to the leading edge a shorter distance than the chordwise resultant.
What is a wing tip?
What is a wing tip?
A wing tip is the part of the wing that is the most distant from the fuselage of a fixed-wing aircraft.
If turboprops are more efficient aircraft, why do they not climb that high?
If turboprops are more efficient aircraft, why do they not climb that high?
Jet engines are designed to achieve their best specific fuel consumption at high rpm, which can only be achieved at high altitudes where the air density is low.
Thrust produced will be low enough to equal the required cruising thrust. Also high altitude gives the best operating conditions for the airframe i.e. minimum drag during the cruise.
Turboprops need relatively dense air for the propellers to work efficiently and at high altitude the density would be too low.
What is the cabin altitude of the Boeing 737 on a cruise flight level?
What is the cabin altitude of the Boeing 737 on a cruise flight level?
8.000ft
What increases Mcrit?
What increases Mcrit?
Swept wings, thin wings.
What is the advantage of a variable pitch propeller? Why not have a fixed propeller?
What is the advantage of a variable pitch propeller? Why not have a fixed propeller?
A variable pitch propeller provides an optimum angle of attack for the propeller blades for a longer range which reduces fuel usage. Fixed pitch propellers are easier to produce and maintain, but reach maximum efficient at only one specific airspeed.
How do you prevent an aircraft reaching Mcrit?
How do you prevent an aircraft reaching Mcrit?
Decreasing speed, by reducing engine power or pitching up.
Where is thrust produced in a gas turbine engine?
Where is thrust produced in a gas turbine engine?
Mostly in the fan, but also from the exhaust nozzle duct.
Some wings, flaps and rudders are indented, why?
Some wings, flaps and rudders are indented, why?
To increase the strength of the surfaces.
The same strategy is employed by plastic water bottles, by adding ridges to a surface you increase it's structural rigidity