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Helicopter Airframe NCAA 1
Helicopter Airframe NCAA 1
1. Helicopters with hydraulic boost to controls often use a gradient unit to:
a. Artificially add “feel” to the controls
b. Give indication of smoothness of rate of climb
c. Assist in forward running take off
4. The tail rotor compensates for torque, during autorotation the engine rpm is reduced, the
tail rotor:
a. rpm is reduced by the same amount giving equilibrium
b. free wheel unit allows the tail rotor to rotate at normal rpm
c. must be adjusted to compensate for drop in torque
5. Rotor blades naturally move faster at the tip than the root, blade twist is introduced to:
a. Give even lift by increasing angle of attack at the root
b. Ensure the outer blade sections give more lift
c. Ensure even lift by decreasing angle of attack at the root
7. A clutch assembly is necessary between the engine and transmission on helicopters with:
a. Reciprocating engines
b. Gas Turbine Engines
c. Reciprocating and some Gas Turbine Engines
8. Some helicopters have belt driven transmission, the clutch used on this type is the:
a. Shoe and Drum
b. Belt tensioner
c. Hydromechanical
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9. Transmission lubrication is normally carried out by:
a. Engine oil
b. Engine oil, filtered and boosted
c. Independent lubrication systems
10. Gears with helical teeth are often used in gearboxes, this will provide:
a. Quieter running at high torque
b. More positive engagement
c. More efficient gear lubrication
11. The transmission drive shaft to the tail rotor is usually made from:
a. Hollow Steel
b. Light Alloy
c. Tungum
14. The tail rotor drive provides an increase in torque, rpm is increased approximately:
a. Six times main rotor speed
b. Twice main rotor speed
c. Four times main rotor speed
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18. The conformal gear provides:
a. The main engine output reduction
b. Better cooling abilities
c. A wider contact area
22. Metal particles in a gearbox oil system can give visual warning by a:
a. Filter protruding indicator
b. Oil sample system
c. Illuminated warning in Cockpit
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27. The reason for fitting a tail rotor on a helicopter is:
a. to counteract torque
b. to prevent sideways drift
c. to ensure thrust is in the same direction as the couple produced by engine torque
28. The pitch on a puller tail rotor in forward flight with the pedals central is:
a. in neutral
b. in positive pitch
c. in negative pitch
30. The coning angle of the rotor blades is the angle between:
a. the normal axis and the rotor blade
b. the rotor blades and the tip path plane
c. the horizontal and the rotor blade
32. The RPM of the rotor blades are kept constant, within small limits to:
a. Prevent blades ‘folding up’ during flight
b. Prevent blades overspeeding
c. Reduce torque loading
33. The angle between the chord line of the blade and a plane at right angles to the rotor shaft
is known as the:
a. Angle of attack
b. Pitch angle
c. Coning angle
34. A helicopter is hovering and the pilot applies right pedals assuming the main rotor rotates
anti-clockwise viewed from above, the helicopter will:
a. Descend unless the pilot applies more collective pitch
b. Ascend, unless the pilot decreases rotor RPM
c. Descent unless the pilot inches the throttle open
35. When the rotor blade is flapping up, the angle of attack is
a. Greater than the pitch angle
b. Is less than the pitch angle
c. The same as the pitch angle
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36. As a helicopter accelerates in forward flight above approximately 15 knots, it will be
necessary to:
a. Reduce power because rotor profile drag is reduced
b. Increase power because the rotor RPM is increasing
c. Reduce power because of additional lift in transitional flight
39. The airflow over part of the main rotor will be in the reverse direction:
a. In the vortex ring state
b. In ground cushion effect
c. At high forward speeds
40. Which direction is the air flowing through the main rotor during autorotation?
a. Upwards
b. Downwards
c. Parallel to the rotor blade chord line
42. Excessive cyclic stick shake felt on a power operated control system could be caused by:
a. Low accumulator nitrogen pressure
b. System regulator cut out pressure set too high
c. Air in the hydraulic actuator
44. What adjustments would have to be made to a blade which tends to climb with an
increase in airspeed?
a. Adjust the pitch change link on the affected blade
b. Raise the tab on the affected blade
c. Lower the tab on the affected blade
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45. A mixer box is used in helicopter control systems to ensure that
a. Left and right movements of the anti-torque pedals are moved to change the pitch by
the required amount
b. To prevent the collective input affecting the cyclic input as they move together
c. Twist grip throttles and cyclic can be moved independently
46. Helicopter transmissions are designed to reduce engine rpm to the main rotor, this is to:
a. Keep rotor tip speeds subsonic
b. Reduce the amount of engine power absorbed
c. Limit the forward speed of the helicopter
47. Transmission drive shafts are fitted with flexible couplings to:
a. Allow freewheeling in autorotation
b. Absorb torsional loads and flexible
c. To supply break points on long shafts
49. What is the purpose of the swashplate fitted to the main rotor mast of a helicopter?
a. To prevent cyclic selections to be input to the rotor blades as they rotate
b. To prevent collective selections to the rotor blades from interfering with cyclic
selections already made
c. To permit cyclic and collective inputs to be made to the rotor blades individually
or simultaneously whilst the blades rotate
50. Elastomeric bearing used in helicopter rotor heads are constructed from:
a. Steel with white metal liners
b. A sandwich of rubber and steel washers bonded together
c. Roller bearings lubricated by oil from reservoirs on top of the head
52. What is the purpose of counter weights fitted to some rotor heads?
a. To assist the blade CTM which tends to increase the pitch angle
b. To counter the blade CTM which tends to increase the pitch angle
c. To counter the blade CTM which tends to decrease the pitch angle
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53. What could be the likely result of a defective rotor head damper?
a. It could cause a lateral vibration to be felt in the aircraft
b. It could affect the tracking of the blade
c. It could cause a vertical vibration to be felt in the aircraft
54. In the event of an in-flight engine failure on an aircraft with hydraulically powered
controls, flying control operation would:
a. Revert to manual control
b. Be unaffected since the hydraulic pump is geared to the transmission
c. Be operated by an electrically driven pump
55. One purpose of the freewheeling unit required between the engine and the helicopter
transmission is to:
a. automatically disengage the rotor from the engine in case of an engine failure
b. disconnect the rotor from the engine to relieve the starter load
c. permit practice of autorotation landings
58. What defects could possibly cause a helicopter to go into ground resonance?
a. Out of balance rotor and incorrectly filled oleos
b. Hovering too close to the ground
c. Tail rotor out of balance
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62. Engine speed to the main rotor is reduced through:
a. A double hyperelliptical reduction gear
b. A simple spur type reduction gear
c. A sun and planet reduction gear
64. If during a ground tracking check, one blade of an articulated head was seen to fly low,
what adjustments would you make?
a. Raise the low blade by adjusting the pitch change link
b. Lower the high blades by adjusting the pitch change links
c. Raise the low blade and lower the high blades until they all fly in the same tip path
plane
66. What type of gear is most likely to be fitted in a tail rotor gear box?
a. Helical, to provide a thrust load for pitch change operation
b. Worm gear in order to alter the input/output speed ratio
c. Spiral bevel gears for smooth quiet operation
67. If the input gear to a tail rotor gear box had 31 teeth on it and the output gear has 21 teeth
on it, what would the tail rotor speed be relative to the input drive speed?
a. Faster than the input drive speed
b. Slower than the input drive speed
c. The same as the input drive speed
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70. If a single-rotor helicopter is in forward horizontal flight, the angle of attack of the
advancing blade is:
a. more than the retreating blade
b. equal to the retreating blade
c. less than the retreating blade
71. Movement about the longitudinal axis (roll) in a helicopter is effected by movement of
the:
a. collective pitch control
b. cyclic pitch control
c. tail rotor pitch control
72. Movement about the lateral axis (pitch) in a helicopter is effected by movement of the:
a. collective pitch control
b. cyclic pitch control
c. tail rotor pitch control
73. In rotorcraft external-loading, the ideal location of the cargo release is where the line of
action passes:
a. aft of the centre of gravity at all times
b. forward of the centre of gravity at all times
c. through the centre of gravity at all times
74. In a hovering helicopter equipped with a tail rotor, directional control is maintained by:
a. changing the tail rotor RPM
b. tilting the main rotor disk in the desired direction
c. varying the pitch of the tail rotor blades
75. The purpose in checking main rotor blade tracking is to determine the:
a. Relative position of the blades during rotation
b. Flight path of the blades during rotation
c. Extent of an out of balance condition during rotation
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