Aircraft NAV WEEK 1

There are 360 longitude lines around the earth between 180 East and 180 West?

Where is the 0 longitude line located in the world?

The distance an aircraft is from the desired track is the __________.

How are locations on Earth defined?

What reference is used for measuring latitude?

What degree of latitude is the equator?

How are parallels of latitude measured?

What reference is used for measuring longitude?

What degree of longitude is the prime meridian?

How are lines of longitude measured?

What is the maximum number of degrees that can be represented by longitude?

From where does the magnetic field of Earth originate?

What causes the position difference between Earth's geographic poles and its magnetic poles?

What is variation?

What simple (basic) instrument is used to provide direction & heading information in the aircraft?

What is the vertical line on the magnetic compass called?

What type of tool must be used when adjusting the compass compensating screws?

The direction which the nose of the aircraft is pointing is called what?

The angle between the direction of an object and another object is called?

What is a waypoint?

What is the angular difference between the desired track and track called?

If an aircraft is off course, the distance that the aircraft is from the desired track is known as…

Increasing the mass at the rim of a gyro and the rotational speed will increase what?

There are two general types of mountings for gyros. What are the two called?

The tilting force that causes gyro precession is known as what?

Wander in the vertical plane is known as __________________.

Wander in the horizontal plane is known as __________________.

What two properties of gyros are used in the construction and operation of aircraft instruments?

A gyro rotating at high speed will remain aligned in the plane in which it is spinning. This is know as...

If a force is applied to a spinning gyro, the effect is felt 90 degrees from the point of application, in the direction of rotation, and is known as...

A turn coordinator is commonly referred to as a _____________ gyro.

The Turn Coordinator is similar to the Turn Indicator except, it has it's Gyro canted at an angle of how many degrees?

The Turn Coordinator measures movement about two axis. What are they?

Why is the magnetic compass supplemented with gyroscopic heading indicators?

What type of indicators are not "north seeking" and must be manually set to the appropriate heading by reference to a magnetic compass?

Where is the Flux valve located on an aircraft?

Why do we need to be very cautious when handling Gyro instruments?

How long after we "power off" the gyro do we have to wait until we can safely handle the component?

What is the purpose of the caging knob on the Directional Gyro?

What does the magnetometer do in a slaved compass system?

Why is a magnetometer more sensitive than a flux valve?

What does an Attitude Gyro provide an artificial representation of?

When the aircraft is operated in poor weather conditions, the flight crew will refer to this instrument to understand where the aircraft is with reference to Earth's horizon.

What type (orientation) of gyro is used in a artificial horizon indicator?

A flux valve requires excitation to give an output. Where is this input coming from in an aircraft?

A vertical gyro outputs _____________.

In what system would you find a flux valve in an aircraft?

An artificial horizon or ADI uses a for reference.

A gyro compass system uses a for reference.

An HSI gets magnetic heading information from _______________.