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Q1. An aeroplane will stall at the same:
Ans: – angle of attack regardless of the attitude with relation to the horizon.
Q2. A typical stalling angle of attack for a wing without sweepback is:
Ans: – $16o
Q3. If the aircraft weight is increased without change of C of G position, the stalling angle of attack will:
Ans: – remain the same.
Q4. If the angle of attack is increased above the stalling angle:
Ans: – lift will decrease and drag will increase.
Q5. The angle of attack at which an aeroplane stalls:
Ans: – will remain constant regardless of gross weight.
Q6. An aircraft whose weight is 237402 N stalls at 132 kt. At a weight of 356 103 N it would stall at:
Ans: – 162 kt.
Q7. For an aircraft with a 1g stalling speed of 60 kt IAS, the stalling speed in a steady $60o turn would be:
Ans: – 84 kt.
Q8. For an aircraft in a steady turn the stalling speed would be:
Ans: – at a higher speed than in level flight and at the same angle of attack.
Q9. Formation of ice on the wing leading edge will:
Ans: – cause the aircraft to stall at a higher speed and a lower angle of attack.
Q10. Dividing lift by weight gives:
Ans: – load factor.
Q11. The stalling speed of an aeroplane is most affected by:
Ans: – variations in aeroplane loading.
Q12. Stalling may be delayed to a higher angle of attack by:
Ans: – increasing the kinetic energy of the boundary layer.
Q13. A stall inducer strip will:
Ans: – cause the wing to stall first at the root.
Q14. On a highly tapered wing without wing twist the stall will commence:
Ans: – at the tip.
Q15. Sweepback on a wing will:
Ans: – increase the tendency to tip stall.
Q16. The purpose of a boundary layer fence on a swept wing is:
Ans: – to control spanwise flow and delay tip stall.
Q17. A wing with washout would have:
Ans: – the tip incidence less than the root incidence.
Q18. On an untapered wing without twist the downwash:
Ans: – increases from root to tip.
Q19. A wing of constant thickness which is not swept-back:
Ans: – could drop a wing at the stall due to the lack of any particular stall inducing characteristics.
Q20. Slots increase the stalling angle of attack by:
Ans: – delaying separation.
Q21. A rectangular wing, when compared to other wing planforms, has a tendency to stall first at the:
Ans: – wing root providing adequate stall warning.
Q22. Vortex generators are used:
Ans: – to reduce boundary layer separation.
Q23. A stick shaker is:
Ans: – a device to vibrate the control column to give a stall warning.
Q24. A stall warning device must be set to operate:
Ans: – at a speed about 5% to 10% above the stalling speed.
Q25. Just before the stall the wing leading edge stagnation point is positioned:
Ans: – below the stall warning vane.
Q26. A wing mounted stall warning detector vane would be situated:
Ans: – at the leading edge on the lower surface.
Q27. The input data to a stall warning device (e.g. stick shaker) system is:
Ans: – angle of attack, and in some systems rate of change of angle of attack.
Q28. A stick pusher is:
Ans: – a device to prevent an aircraft from stalling.
Q29. In a developed spin:
Ans: – the angle of attack of both wings will be positive.
Q30. To recover from a spin, the elevators should be:
Ans: – moved down to reduce the angle of attack.
Q31. High speed buffet (shock stall) is caused by:
Ans: – the boundary layer separating immediately behind the shock wave.
Q32. In a 30° bank level turn, the stall speed will be increased by:
Ans: – 7%.
Q33. Heavy rain can increase the stall speed of an aircraft for which of the following reasons?
Ans: – The extra weight and distortion of the aerodynamic surfaces by the film of water.
Q34. If the tailplane is supplying a down load and stalls due to contamination by ice:
Ans: – the aircraft will pitch nose down.
Q35. Indications of an icing-induced stall can be: 1. an artificial stall warning device. 2. airspeed close to the normal stall speed. 3. violent roll oscillations. 4. airframe buffet. 5. violent wing drop. 6. extremely high rate of descent while in a ‘normal’ flight attitude.
Ans: – 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Q36. If a light single-engine propeller aircraft is stalled, power-on, in a climbing turn to the left, which of the following is the preferred recovery action?
Ans: – Elevator stick forward, ailerons stick neutral, rudder to prevent wing drop.
Q37. If the stick shaker activates on a swept wing jet transport aircraft immediately after take-off while turning, which of the following statements contains the preferred course of action?
Ans: – Decrease the angle of attack.

