Being an excellent pilot, if I can fly at VMCA, do I need a V2 speed?
Being an excellent pilot, if I can fly at VMCA, do I need a V2 speed?
Yes, for safety you will need a V2 speed.
What do airplanes have to guard against reaching Mcrit?
What do airplanes have to guard against reaching Mcrit?
Barber pole on the ASI, flying at a Mach number at altitude and audible warnings.
Are jet streams there all year round?
Are jet streams there all year round?
Yes.
There are permanent jet streams in the...
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 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.
What are wing tip vortices?
What are wing tip vortices?
Wingtip vortices are tubes of circulating air that are left behind a wing as it generates lift.
They are caused by the difference in pressure above and below the wing causing the air to 'escape' from the high pressure area below the wing to the low pressure area above the wing, by rolling around the tip of the wing. This creates a vortex that trails behind the wing.
What is anhedral?
What is anhedral?
Downward inclination of a wing from the root to the tip.
How much thrust comes from the N1 fan?
How much thrust comes from the N1 fan?
Depends on the engine.
In the case of the 737-800 CFM56, 27,300lbs total thrust at a ratio of 5.5:1
Does a jet have a critical engine? Why yes or no?
Does a jet have a critical engine? Why yes or no?
No, there is no P-factor (asymmetric blade effect) as on a propeller-driven aircraft.
What is alternate air? And what is its relation with the air filter?
What is alternate air? And what is its relation with the air filter?
Alternate air is....