Flying Skills : aircraft operation

A Pilot's Guide to Aircraft
and Their Systems

by Dale Crane

Publisher:

ASA

ISBN-10:

1560274611

ISBN-13:

9781560274612

Other Identifiers:

ASA-ACFT-SYS

Pages:

320

Weight:

1.8lbs

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The more you know about your aircraft systems, the better you fly.

Early aviators had to be both mechanic and pilot... early airplanes and engines were less than completely dependable. In a forced landing situation, they had to find and fix the problem themselves in order to get the airplane back in the air — fortunately their airplanes were not complex in their systems, nor complicated to fix. In the more than half a century since World War II, aircraft have become a vital component of our transportation system, developed and finely tuned to become the fast, efficient, dependable, and safe machines they are today. But technological advances have brought additional complexities that demand the aircraft be operated in exactly the way the designer intended. To do this, pilots must understand what each handle or knob controls and what he or she can expect from each system. A Pilot's Guide to Aircraft and Their Systems furnishes pilots and armchair aviators with explanation and insight into what the aircraft, powerplant, and each of the systems do, and does so in language they can identify with. Dale Crane covers everything, writing in an easy-to-grasp style, from single-engine pistons to multi-engine turbines, including:

principles of flight,
the forces acting on an airplane in flight
control surfaces and their operation
aircraft structures and materials
systems — hydraulic, electrical, fuel, ice protection and instrument
turbine and piston engine theory and operations
propeller forces, construction and controls

Understanding their aircrafts' systems will help pilots enjoy their flying more, and make them safer and more efficient aviators.

Principles of Flight
forces acting on an airplane
Axes of an airplane
stability
secondary controls and devices
phases of flight
basic rotary wing aerodynamics
rotary systems
helicopter flight controls
stabilization systems

Aircraft Weight and Balance
determining loaded weight and center of gravity

Aircraft Structures
types of structures
structural load
structural materials

Aircraft Hydraulic and Landing Gear Systems
hydraulic principles
hydraulic fluid
hydraulic systems
hydraulic brakes
landing gear
aircraft wheels
aircraft tires

Aircraft Fuel Systems
aircraft fuel
refueling safety

Aircraft Electrical Systems
electricity and the aircraft
DC generation systems
aircraft electrical systems
electrical systems troubleshooting
aircraft batteries

Aircraft Instrument Systems
flight instruments
gyroscopic instruments
powerplant instruments
instrument marking

Avionics Systems
communication
navigation

Environmental Control Systems
heating systems
cooling systems
oxygen systems
pressurization systems

Aircraft Ice and Rain Control Systems
ice control systems

Fire Extinguishing Systems
protection and detection

Aircraft Piston Engines
theory of operation
piston engine construction

Aircraft Turbine Engines
types of turbine engines
theory of operation
turbine engine construction
turbine engine systems

Piston Engine Induction and Fuel Metering
induction systems

Piston Engine Ignition and Starting Systems
aircraft magnetos
ignition leads
aircraft spark plugs
starting systems

Piston Engine Lubricating and Cooling Systems
aircraft engine lubricating oil
lubrication system service
cold weather operation
cooling systems

Propellers
propeller aerodynamics
types of propellers
propeller construction
feathering propellers
turboprop propellers
propeller servicing

Glossary