What are the effects on the human body in case of depressurisation?
What are the effects on the human body in case of depressurisation?
Hypoxia, a lack of oxygen to tissues of the body due to low partial pressure at altitude.
Symptoms are: blue lips, apparent personality change, impaired judgement, muscular impairment, short term memory loss, sensory loss, hyperventilation, unconsciousness.
Other possible effects:
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Baurotrauma
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Lung damage
How can you calculate the Operating Mass?
How can you calculate the Operating Mass?
OM = DOM + crew and fuel
What clearance do MSA values give?
What clearance do MSA values give?
They provide at least 1000ft clearance over obstacles within 25NM of the homing facility.
What is rate of climb/descent?
What is rate of climb/descent?
It's vertical velocity of the aircraft usually expressed in feet per minute.
What does the abbreviation PAPI mean?
What does the abbreviation PAPI mean?
Precision Approach Path Indicator
What does a bypass ratio of 11:1 mean?
What does a bypass ratio of 11:1 mean?
For every 1kg of air passing through the combustion chamber, 11kg of air pass bypass the combustion chamber.
What is departure?
What is departure?
Departure is an east-west distance along a parallel line of latitude, other than the equator.
Departure is calculated by: Change of longitude(minutes) x cosine of latitude.
What wings does the Boeing 737-800 use?
What wings does the Boeing 737-800 use?
Swept back wings
Why does a swept wing increase Mcrit?
Why does a swept wing increase Mcrit?
A swept wing makes the velocity vector normal to the leading edge a shorter distance than the chordwise resultant.
How do you get out of a spiral dive on a Cessna?
How do you get out of a spiral dive on a Cessna?
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Unload. Make sure you are no longer 'pulling G's'
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Roll wings level
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Power Reduce the power to avoid overspeeding.
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gently pull back on the control wheel to ease out of the dive.
When slowed down to a safe airspeed apply throttle as needed.
(N.b.: Do not confuse a spiral dive with a spin)