Modulo 17

1- Thrust and camber faces of a propeller should be blended out to

c) 30 times to the depth of damage

2- Leading edges should be blended out to

b) 10 times the depth of damage

3- The shank of the propeller is permitted to have

b) no repairs

4- Wooden propellers are permitted

b) repairs using sawdust and aeroglue

5- Composite propellers may have a minor repairs carried out by

c) any approved composite repair facility

6- Details of propeller overhaul may be found in

a) Airworthiness Notice 75

7- The tip clearance of a single engine tail wheel aircarft is measured with the
aircraft
b) tail wheel in the take of position

8- The tip clearance of a multi engine aircraft

b) is taken between the prop and the fuselage

9- The tip clearance of a sea plane is

c) 18 inches

10- Cropping is permitted to a maximum of

c) 1 inch on all blades

1- Dynamic balance is confirmed by use of

c) vibration analyser

2- Synchrophasing reduces vibration by the use of

a) pulse probes and a single synchrophase unit

3- A metal propeller may be statically balanced by

c) adding or removing lead wool to the hollow blade roots

4- When in the windmill position ATM

a) assists CTM
5- A hydraulic pitch lock is utilised in a hydromatic propeller to
c) lock out the fine pitch oil line in the event of overspeeding

6-Electronic torque measuring systems utilise

c) strain gauges in the reduction gear

7- A conventional turboprop torque meter uses

a) engine oil as the pressure medium

8- When in the beta range the propeller pitch is controlled

c) directly from the power lever

9- The advantage of the beta range is it allows

b) low power settings with higher than normal pitch setting for ground
manoeuvres

10- Electrically de-iced propeller slip rings have regular resistance checks for
a) open circuit heating elements

1- The optimum angle for a fixed pitch propeller is

a) 2 – 4 degrees

2- A left handed propeller is one that

a) rotates clockwise when viewed from the front

3- If the speeder spring pressure of a CSU is increased the blade will

a) fine off

4- Mechanical vibration relating to propellers in a piston powered aircraft

b) is due to the power stroke of the engine and may have more detrimental
effect than aerodynamic vibration

5- Prop anti-icing may be achieved by

c) using iso-propyl alcohol de-icing fluid sprayed on the blade

6- De-icing of the propeller can be monitored by

b) an ammeter in the flight deck

7- Metal at the tip and along the leading edge of a wooden propeller is
a) for protection

8- Insulation testing of electrical de-icing systems should be periodically

carried out because of
c) an open circuit in one of the blades
9- Synchronising can only be achieved if the slave propeller is
b) within 100 rpm of the master

10- Synchronising is carried out to

a) match engine rpm

1- Forces acting on a propeller are

a) centrifugal, twisting, and bending

2- Aerodynamic Correction Factor ( ACF)

a) is indicated in the form of degrees and minutes of pitch

3- The blade angle at the root is

a) greater than the tip

4- A propeller with an adjustable blade can be adjusted

c) on the ground with the engine stationary

5- what force on a propeller blade turns the blades to a fine pitch?

c) CTM

6- When on the ground with the engine idling the prop control should be
c) fully aft with the mixture at rich

7- Operation with the engine at maximum boost should be limited to

b) prop at course to prevent overstressing the engine

8- On an underspeed condition the blades are turned to

c) fine

9- The synchronisation governor monitors

c) RPM

10- The purpose of prop twist is

a) to maintain Angle of Attack at the same value along the blade

1- Synchronisation is used to
b) reduce vibration and noise

2- In a hydromatic propeller with counterweights what is used to make the

propeller move to fine pitch
c) engine oil

3- The forces acting on a propeller blade are

b) bending, twisting and centrifugal
4- Damage to a leading edge can be blended in comparison to a blade face
c) at a steeper angle

5- The longitudinal clearance between the nose wheel and the propeller on a
tricycle geared propeller is
c) ½ inch

6- relaxing tension on the governor spring will result in the blade coarsening
and
c) RPM decreasing, manifold pressure increasing

7- A tracking check compares

c) any 2 blades

8- Blade cuffs are fitted to the root of the blades

c) to increase flow of cooling air into the engine nacelle

9- The ground fine pitch stop is

a) removed on the ground

10- Low torque sensing is used to

c) initiate auto-feather

1- A line of indentations at one blade section can be

a) declared unserviceable

2- On an electrical de-icing system first cycle is used

a) at low air temperature

3- Blade angle at the root is

b) high

4- If governor fly wheel overcomes the speeder spring, it indicates

a) overspeed

5- Blade angle is taken from the chord and

c) plane of rotation

6- Synchronisation is used
b) in flight except landing and take off

7- Pitch control using torque measuring is for

b) reducing drag in engine failure
8- If force is applied to the speeder spring, what will happen
b) blade angle finer

9- Propeller vibration due to a problem with propeller installations would have

a vibrating frequency of
c) lower frequency than turbine vibration

10- Insulation checks on propeller electrical heating elements should be

carried out frequantly due to
a) short/open circuits in the heating system wires along the propeller blade

1- Preloading propeller blades before installation prevents

a) blade flutter

2- When is superfine pitch used?

c) engine starting to reduce propeller torque loading on a starter motor

3- When unfeathering a propeller, the blade should be put into what position
to stop propeller overspeed?
a) coarse pitch

4- Blade angle is measured using a

b) propeller protactor

5- What forces act on a propeller blade?

b) bending, centrifugal CTM and ATM

6- When the fly weights fly outwards in a PCU, this is know as

c) overspeed

7- In an ‘on speed’ condition, oil in the tube

c) remains constant

8- Where is the de-icing boot?

a) root

9- On a reversing prop moving to the max reversing angle, the prop goes
a) from fine pitch through plane of rotation, fine reverse then course reverse

10- In the Beta range, when angle of attack increases the fuel flow increase,
and what else?
a) RPM and EGT

1- CTM will
a) turn the blade about the lateral axis
2- With a propeller defect, will the frequency be
c) lower than a turbine defect

3- torque sensing is used to

b) reduce drag following engine shutdown

4- If pressure is increased on the speeder springs, rpm increase. What

happens to the blade angle?
b) decreases

5- From reverse pitch, to return to normal pitch it

a) passes though fine

6- In a prop with counterweights, what is used to make it move to fine pitch?

c) governor oil pressure

7- If a propeller is in fine pitch and then moves to feather it will pass through
c) coarse

8- When in reverse pitch, CTM will tend to move the propeller blades towards
b) a positive pitch

9- If the blade angle is increased

b) the pitch becomes coarser

10- A ‘’double’’ acting propeller has

b) oil pressure on two sides of piston

1- During normal propeller operation, oil pressure for the governor is provided
by
c) a pump in the governor

2- Oil for an ‘on speed’ condition passes through

c) neither of the lines

3- If a spur gear pump in a single acting propeller governor failed, the

a) blades would turn to a coarse pitch

4- The hydromatic variable pitch propeller is operated on the principle of

a) oil pressure moving a piston

5- Blending of propeller blade defects refers to the

c) conversion of rough or sharp edges into smooth depressions
6- Removal of material from the propeller blade tips, resulting in a reduction in
the propeller diameter is called
c) cropping

7- The minimum percentage seating on a propeller rear cone should be

c) 70%

8- As a propeller blade moves through the air, forces are produced, which are
known as
c) thurst and torque

9- A rotating propeller imparts rearwards motion to a

b) large mass of air at low velocity

10- Propeller efficiency

a) the ratio of the useful work done by the propeller to work done by the
engine on the propeller

1- Geometric Pitch is the distance moved

a) in one revolution without slip

2- As propeller rotation speed increases the centrifugal turning moment on

the blades will
b) increase

3- Propeller torque is the resistance offered by the propeller to

b) rotation

4- The angle between the resultant airflow direction and the propeller blade
plane of rotation is known as
c) blade angle

5- Which type of turbo-propeller engine is pratically free from surge and

requires low power for starting
c) twin spool free turbine

6- The propeller is ‘’feathered’’ when the blades are at

a) 90º to plane of rotation

7- The constant speed unit ( C.S.U.) governor works on the principle of

c) spring pressure acting against centrifugal force

8- At constant rpm, advance per revolution depends on

b) forward speed
9- Aerodynamic twisting moment
a) turns the blades to high pitch

10- The thrust of a propeller is normally taken by the

c) front bearing in the reduction gear

1- Under normal operation the point of maximum stress on a propeller blade

is at the
a) root

2- On which type of turbo-propeller would you expect to find a parking brake

b) free turbine

3- Propeller blade angle

b) decreases from root to tip

4- The purpose of the pitch change cams is to

a) convert linear motion to rotary motion

5- What does the torque meter reading indicate in a gas turbine engine?
a) torque reaction at the reduction gear

6- The gear type pump in a C.S.U. or P.C.U

b) boosts engine oil system pressure

7- The gear segments on the blade roots of a hydromatic propeller mesh with
the
c) moving cam

8- Coarse pitch is used for

b) maximum economical cruise in the level flight

9- A propeller is centralised on the propeller shaft by

c) the front and rear cones

10- Reduction gearing allows the

c) blade tips to operate below the speed of sound

1- Effective pitch is
a) geometric pitch minus slip

2- Prior to using the universal propeller protactor

b) determine the reference blade station
3- A windmilling propeller has
a) a small positive blade angle

4- To fit a new front cone to a prop shaft firstly

a) coat in engineers blue to ensure seating in the propeller front boss

5- When fitting a propeller to a tapered shaft

c) ensure the master spline and blade alignment are in accordance with the
MM

6- Blade tracking is adjusted by

c) by fitting shims to the propeller shaft hub

7- What are the purpose of small holes at the tip of wooden propellers?
c) drainage

8- The thrust face of a propeller blade is the

a) rear face or flat side

9- How is anti-icing fluid fed to the individual blades?

b) pump to a slinger ring

10- Ice is removed from the blades by

a) inboard and outboard boot sections heated in sequence by action of the
timer

1- Solidity of a propeller can be increased by

c) increasing blade chord

2- Windmilling causes
b) maximum propeller drag

3- When an engine fails

c) the prop is feathered using an electrical feathering pump

4- The purpose of an accumulator in a double acting propeller system is to

b) accelerate the unfeathering process

5- Torque acts
a) in opposition to the direction of rotation

6- The purpose of the blade twist is to

b) to even out thrust distribution across the propeller
7- A turbo-prop engine
b) uses an epicyclic reduction gear system

8- Total power of a turbo-prop engine is measured in

c) equivalent Shaft Horsepower ( ESHP)

9- When storing wooden propellers

b) store in a horizontal position

10- To conduct a power check of an internal combustion engine requires

c) fine pitch setting and advance the engine to the target RPM setting

1- The disadvantage of using reverse pitch on a turbo-propeller engine is

a) debris ingestion

2- When auto feathering has taken place the feathering pump is switched off
by
c) carrying out the manual feather drill

3- A compound twin spool engine is

b) turbo prop twin spool compressor

4- On a free turbine engine it is possible to vary the propeller RPM whilst the
engine RPM remains constant
b) by operating the PCU control lever

5- The power output of a turbo prop engine is checked by

b) reference torque

6- With the engine stationary the indication that the propeller is in ground fine
pitch is
a) bellow stop warning light on

7- A propeller control Unit hydraulic system is supplied with oil from the
c) engine lubrification oil tank

8- Low torque sensing is used to initiate

c) auto feathering

9- When the power lever on a turbo prop engine is moved from ground iddle
to flight fine the fuel flow increases and the blade angle
a) increases

10- What is the purpose of the auto coarsening system?

b) to prevent overspeeding in the event of the flight fine pitch stop failing
1- In a single acting propeller blade angle is increased by
b) oil pressure

2- The function of a propeller pitch lock is to prevent the propeller from

a) fining off

3- The minimum propeller pitch is established by the

b) superfine pitch stop

4- Oil from the feathering system is taken from

a) a feathering reserve in the engine oil tank

5- Immediately after blending out damage to a blade the repair must be

a) reprotected against corrosion

6- How are blade station measured?

b) in inches from the centre of the hub

7- Propeller blades are de-iced by

b) electrical heating elements bound in rubber overshoes on the blade
leading edges

8- The oil used in the torque meter system is

c) engine oil pressure boosted by a pump driven off the reduction gear

9- Electrical power supplies for electrical de-icing are

c) both AC or DC

10- How is the efficiency of a turbo prop engine assessed?

b) by comparing torque meter pressure against a reference figure

1- Which type of a turbo prop engine is pratically free from surge and requires
low power for starting?
c) compound twin spool

2- What are the centrifugal latches in a single acting propeller used for?
b) prevent feathering of the prop on shutdown

3- propeller slip rings

c) conduct electrical power for de icing

4- On a electrical de-icing system fast cycle is used

b) at low air temperature
5- Blade stations are measured from the
c) centre of the hub

6- auto feathering is disarmed

c) in the cruise

7- The limits for tracking check are

c) ⅛’’ maximum difference between all blades

8- After a lighting strike

c) the heater elements should be checked for continuity and insulation

9- After overspeeding to 110%

c) no action is required

10- indentations to the blade face are measured

a) individually and collectively

1- With a multi-engined aircraft the torque pressure would be

a) same on all engines

2- If torque pressure fell to zero during the cruise what would indicate that the
gauge had failed?
c) engine would continue to run

3- The purpose of using reverse pitch propellers is to

a) provide aerodynamic breaking

4- The RPM of a windmilling propeller is primarily related to

c) TAS

5- A ducted propeller is used because

c) ducted props give more thrust for the diameter of disc

6- The propeller synchronising system is put into operation by

a) adjusting the engine rpm at required cruise speed then switching on the
synchroniser

7- Propellers are synchronised by the

b) prop lever

8- Thrust is greatest
b) the same all along the length
9- A two position prop uses
a) low pitch for take off and climb and high pitch for cruise

10- In a two position propeller

a) oil pushes the prop to fine

1- CTM changes the pitch of a blade

a) about its twisting axis

2- When a propeller has had a report of overspeeding

b) it is dependant on the extent of overspeeding

3- The velocity of the slipstream behind the aircraft in relation to the ambient
air is
b) greater

4- High speed aerofoils are employed at

a) the tip

5- A right hand propeller

a) rotates clockwise when viewed from the rear

6- The output of an anti-icing pump is controlled by

b) a rheostat