Activity on this forum seems to have slowed down a bit, so I'll try to kick it back up again with a quiz. The following questions are taken from the FAA's Private Pilot Airman Knowledge Exam:

Post your answers below. This quiz is for sim pilots and student pilots (private pilots and above: You may comment, but please keep your answers to yourselves until after August 15).

1
How can you determine if another aircraft is on a collision course with your aircraft?
A) The other aircraft will always appear to get larger and closer at a rapid rate.
B) The nose of each aircraft is pointed at the same point in space.
C) There will be no apparent relative motion between your aircraft and the other aircraft.

2
Wingtip vortices are created only when an aircraft is
A) operating at high airspeeds.
B) heavily loaded.
C) developing lift.

3
How should the flight controls be held while taxiing a tricycle-gear
equipped airplane into a left quartering headwind?
A) Left aileron up, elevator neutral.
B) Left aileron down, elevator neutral.
C) Left aileron up, elevator down.

4
What is density altitude?
A) The height above the standard datum plane.
B) The pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature.
C) The altitude read directly from the altimeter.

5
What force makes an airplane turn?
A) The horizontal component of lift.
B) The vertical component of lift.
C) Centrifugal force.

6
Generally speaking, the use of carburetor heat tends to
A) decrease engine performance.
B) increase engine performance.
C) have no effect on engine performance.

7
In which type of airspace are VFR flights prohibited?
A) Class A.
B) Class B.
C) Class C.

8
What is the specific fuel requirement for flight under VFR at night in an airplane?
A) Enough to complete the flight at normal cruising speed with adverse wind conditions.
B) Enough to fly to the first point of intended landing and to fly after that for 30 minutes at normal
cruising speed.
C) Enough to fly to the first point of intended landing and to fly after that for 45 minutes at normal
cruising speed.

9
How are forward slips normally performed?
A) With the direction of the slip away from any crosswind that exists.
B) With dive brakes or spoilers fully open.
C) With rudder and aileron deflection on the same side.

10
The final authority as to the operation of an aircraft is the
A) Federal Aviation Administration.
B) pilot in command.
C) aircraft manufacturer.

Mobius wrote on Aug 10^th, 2008 at 2:35am:



It's those perfect approaches you fly    Byproduct of the instrument rating  (you're always ahead of the airplane    )


Oops.. was that a hint ?

beaky wrote on Aug 10^th, 2008 at 6:24pm:


Agreed, I should have looked for a better worded question on slips. This one you can get by process of elimination, but some of these FAA questions you have to be a mind reader to get correct.

Holy crap, i only knew one answer,  #10

Can someone pm me the answer sheet, now I'm curious. 

#9 threw me off because I thought you always slipped into the crosswind on final so you wouldn't have to reverse your slip direction right before roundout.  Or maybe I'm mixing my slips up...

Mobius wrote on Aug 11^th, 2008 at 1:08am:


The Forward slip is to lose altitude..

The Side slip is to counter a X-wind..


Unless it's a significant X-wind.. I don't even think slips..  I just crab my way down, and then at about 100agl get on the rudder, and then land like normal (ailerons to keep on centerline; rudder to keep pointed in the right direction)..  

The way I remember the difference between forward and side slips is to think in terms of the airplane's intended direction... in a forward slip, you're slipping in the direction you're going ("forward"), whereas in a side slip you're slipping in a direction at an angle to your intended direction.
but some people don't think of it that way; they picture where the nose is pointed rather than the low wing (the slip itself is in the direction the low wing is pointed, just as it would be if you slipped during a turn).

That's why the question threw me off- without a reference to that wingtip, it's not very clear.

Here's a quiz question about forward slips:
Q: For what reason, other than to lose altitude (without diving), is a forward slip executed?

beaky wrote on Aug 11^th, 2008 at 9:42pm:


A: Getting your friend in the back seat of a 2 place, open-side ultralight wet when it starts raining.