Jeez, this is so intense?

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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When answering, remember that India is in the southern hemisphere.

Regardless, Veer is a windshift to starboard,, Head is a shift to
port. Nautical terms.

Ah. I was worried it might be like the "hook" and "slice" from golf, where
they are just using arbitrary words to mean "left" and "right".

Still, what would "back" be?

Peter Duniho wrote:
"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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When answering, remember that India is in the southern hemisphere.

Regardless, Veer is a windshift to starboard,, Head is a shift to
port. Nautical terms.

Ah. I was worried it might be like the "hook" and "slice" from golf, where
they are just using arbitrary words to mean "left" and "right".

Still, what would "back" be?

No idea, but in golf hook and slice are, respectively, left and right
for right-handed players. They would be the opposite for left-handed
players.

Don Tuite wrote:
When answering, remember that India is in the southern hemisphere.

Not unless there's been a major earthquake I didn't hear about.



Regardless, Veer is a windshift to starboard,, Head is a shift to
port. Nautical terms.

Don

On 2006-06-30, Peter Duniho wrote:
"Backs"? "Veers"? What are those words supposed to mean in this context?

Backing and veering within the context of wind means the direction (on
the compass) the wind direction is changing. If, as you climb, the wind
goes from being 010 degrees to 030 degrees, the wind is veering (a
clockwise change on the compass face is veering). If it goes from 010 to
350 as you climb, then it's backing (the direction is changing in a
counterclockwise direction). It's easy to remember which way round it
should be since backing is a counterclockwise change.

'Backing' and 'veering' are terms not used in the United States (well,
I've never heard them used in the United States). They are generally
commonly used in Britain and some Commonwealth countries (such as India).

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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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If anyone of you can find the time and/or inclination to help with the
Qs themselves, I acknowledge thanks gratefully. Ignore Q12 of course

What a bizarre collection of questions. And poorly worded too. Surely
this isn't a literal transcription from the actual written exam?

And yes, there's a lot to learn before one is granted a pilot certificate.

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10. A turn coordinator provides an indication of...

Bank angle and roll rate.


Rate of turn only. Cross control, and you have bank & roll rate with no
turn.

Al G

10. A turn coordinator provides an indication of...


Bank angle and roll rate.



Rate of turn only. Cross control, and you have bank & roll rate with no
turn.

No, the "needle" of "needle and ball" provides rate of turn only. The
turn coordinator provides an initial indication of rate of roll. That's
the difference between the two instruments.

Jose
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"Al" wrote in message
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10. A turn coordinator provides an indication of...

Bank angle and roll rate.

Rate of turn only. Cross control, and you have bank & roll rate with no
turn.

It's not clear what you're correcting. You are right that I should have
written "turn rate" instead of "bank angle". It was kind of late. But you
do also get roll rate from the turn coordinator. It's not "rate of turn
only".

Pete

turn.

It's not clear what you're correcting. You are right that I should have
written "turn rate" instead of "bank angle". It was kind of late. But
you do also get roll rate from the turn coordinator. It's not "rate of
turn only".

Pete
The turn coordinator senses roll and yaw. It exaggerates the roll and thus
indicates a standard rate turn before the aircraft is actually banked that
far. The exaggeration is good for an autopilot pickup because it reduces the
inherent lag in autopilot systems.

It is not good in turbulence because it makes it easy to over compensate.
That is why rate based autopilots like the S-Tec are not as smooth as
attitude based autopilots in turbulence. There are still arguments about
which is better, a turn coordinator or a turn and bank. A turn and bank is
better in turbulence. A turn coordinator is easier for a student to
visualize, although they seldom know just what they are seeing-----For
instance, a TC will indicate a bank on the ground when turning, when there
is clearly no banking going on.

Karl
"Curator" N185KG

I've seen similar questions when administering written exams to pilots from
Australia and the UK. Tests in the US are pretty superficial when it comes
to weather.

Bob Gardner

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One of my colleague's daughters is training for CPL in India. I don't
for the earth know why she mailed me of all persons to try and get
answers to the following Qs. But heck, this seems to be like a chapter
off a meteorology post-grad!! Since this is obviously just a snip of
what she must be studying overall, flying seems very, very
study-intensive... reminds me of my engineering days

If anyone of you can find the time and/or inclination to help with the
Qs themselves, I acknowledge thanks gratefully. Ignore Q12 of course


1.In westward moving depression the area of heavier ppt is generally

a.SE
b.SW
c.NE
d.NW sector of Depression

2. If static air temp is -15^C&indicated altitude is 1000feet then true
altitude will be

a.10400ft
b.10600ft
c.9400ft
d.9600ft

3.Presence of hard pellets on surface is evidence of

a.thunderstorm in area
b.has been a cold frontal passage
c.temp inversion with freezing rain at higher altitude

4.due to friction wind very close to ground

a.only increases in magnitude with height
b.Decreases in magnitude with height
c.backs with height
d.veers with height

5.what is the process of adding unsat air to moisture?

6. If lightening flash is seen &thunder is not heard

a.cloud is not fully developed
b.CB is dissipating
c.thunder didnt occur at that time of lightening
d.CB is very distant

7. An aircraft must have anti collision lights fitted when

a.carrying passengers
b.flying IFR
c.Whn flying IMC
d.With AUW more than 5700 kg

8. An a/c is flying at FL290& oat -30 c.the temp condition is ...

9. In convective clouds severe icing may be encountered at temp...

10. A turn coordinator provides an indication of...

11. When an a/c climbs at constant TAS,RAS shd be
a.Increased
b.maintained
c.decreased

12.parts of country affected by norwesters is

a.bengal& bihar in pre monsoon
b. NW india in winter
c. South india in summer
d. NE india in winter

13.TMG is 045,G/S 135,Co(C)045,dev 2W,var 8W,TAS 140kt,wind vel is

a.13025
b.140/22
c.320/24


Ramapriya

Ramapriya wrote:

1.In westward moving depression the area of heavier ppt is generally

a.SE
b.SW
c.NE
d.NW sector of Depression

Probably SW???

2. If static air temp is -15^C&indicated altitude is 1000feet then true
altitude will be

a.10400ft
b.10600ft
c.9400ft
d.9600ft

10 degrees colder than standard equals 4% lower.....9600'

3.Presence of hard pellets on surface is evidence of

a.thunderstorm in area
b.has been a cold frontal passage
c.temp inversion with freezing rain at higher altitude

Answer "C"...Straight from the Jeppesen Private Pilot Manual 6-27

4.due to friction wind very close to ground

a.only increases in magnitude with height
b.Decreases in magnitude with height
c.backs with height
d.veers with height

Answer "D"...."only" makes A wrong....B Increases with height.....C
backs means to weaken

5.what is the process of adding unsat air to moisture?

Evaporation?????

6. If lightening flash is seen &thunder is not heard

a.cloud is not fully developed
b.CB is dissipating
c.thunder didnt occur at that time of lightening
d.CB is very distant

D is the obvious answer

7. An aircraft must have anti collision lights fitted when

a.carrying passengers
b.flying IFR
c.Whn flying IMC
d.With AUW more than 5700 kg

Don't know what the rule is in India, here it is "at all times,
unless....."

8. An a/c is flying at FL290& oat -30 c.the temp condition is ...

Higher than standard

9. In convective clouds severe icing may be encountered at temp...

Between 0 and -10 degrees C

10. A turn coordinator provides an indication of...

Direction of turn, Rate of roll and Rate of turn

11. When an a/c climbs at constant TAS,RAS shd be
a.Increased
b.maintained
c.decreased

Probably should have been "IAS" and should be decreased

12.parts of country affected by norwesters is

a.bengal& bihar in pre monsoon
b. NW india in winter
c. South india in summer
d. NE india in winter

Don't know...never been to India.


13.TMG is 045,G/S 135,Co(C)045,dev 2W,var 8W,TAS 140kt,wind vel is

a.13025
b.140/22
c.320/24

"A" using my "wizz wheel" :-)