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DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
QUESTION BANK – ANSWERS
201019 – FLIGHT DYNAMICS
PART – A
UINT – 1
1. Mention the types of stability?
2. what is meant by degree of freedom and how much required for
airplane?
3. purpose of controls in airplane
4. List out the controls?
5. What is stability and control?
6. Define static stability?
7. Differentiate between stable and unstable of aircraft?
8. Differentiate between lateral and dynamics stability?
9. What is lateral stability?
10. What is directional stability?
11. Difference between stick fixed and stick free condition?
12. Define inherently stable.
13. Write down the condition of stick fixed stability
14. Explain the sources of control stick?
15. Explain static longitudinal stability.
16. Define stick fixed manuevering point?
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UNIT – 2
1. What are the purposes of controls
2. Define aircraft marginally stable?
3. What is static fixed condition?
4. What is stick free condition?
5. What is hinged moment coefficient?
6. What is aerodynamic balancing?
7. Different types of aerodynamic balancing?
8. What is frise aileron?
9. Define stick free manuevering point?
10. What is directional stability?
11. Explain directional control
12. List down the requirements of rudder?
13. Explain spinning
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UNIT – 3, 4 & 5
1. What is stick force flight condition?
2. Explain static longitudinal stability?
3. What is symmetric manueuvering?
4. What is slip stream rotation?
5. What is elevator power?
6. List out the controls?
7. What is lateral stability?
8. What is stability and controllability?
9. Explain the sources of control stick?
10. List out various types of flights?
11. What is stick fixed condition?
12. What is stick free directional stability?
13. What is angle of yaw?
14. Define aircraft marginally stable?
15. What is directional stability?
16. What is directional control?
17. Define hinge moment?
18. Define aerodynamic centre
19. Define static stability?
20. What is rudder lock?
21. Define lateral and dynamic stability?
22. Define sweep back angle?
23. Define asymmetric power condition?
24. Purpose of controls in airplane
25. What is lateral stability?
26. What is rudder lock?
27. What is slip stream rotation?
28. What is stick free directional stability?
29. Explain weathercocking
30. Dutch roll
a) A type of slow roll
b) A combination of rolling and yawing
c) Primarily a pitching instability
d) All of these above.
31. What is the collective term for the fin and rudder and other surfaces aft of
the centre of gravity that helps directional stability?
a) Dorsal fin
b) Effective keel surface
c) Empennage
d) Fuselage surfaces
32. Pick the correct option for high chance of Dutch roll.
a) Low altitude = High angle of attack = High dihedral effect
b) High altitude = Low angle of attack = High dihedral effect.
c) High altitude = High angle of attack = Low dihedral effect
d) High altitude = High angle of attack = High dihedral effect
33. Adverse yaw during a turn entry is caused by
a) increased induced drag on the lowered wing and decreased induced
drag on the raised wing.
b) decreased induced drag on the lowered wing and increased induced
drag on the raised wing.
c) increased parasite drag on the raised wing and decreased parasite
drag on the lowered wing.
d) increased induced drag on the lowered wing and decreased induced
drag on the raised wing.
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