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AIRFOIL

1. A wing section suitable for high speed would be.


a. Thin with high camber.
b. Thick with high camber.
c. Thin with little or no camber.
2. To produce lift, an aerofoil must be.
a. Asymmetrical.
b. Symmetrical.
c. Either symmetrical or asymmetrical.
3. The airflow over the upper surface of a cambered wing.
a. Increases in velocity and reduces in pressure.
b. Increases in velocity and pressure.
c. Reduces in velocity and increases in pressure.
4. Lift is dependent on.
a. The net area of the wing, the density of the fluid medium and the velocity.
b. The area of the wing, the density of the fluid medium, and the square of the velocity.
c. The frontal area of the wing, the density of the fluid medium and the velocity.
5. Aerofoil efficiency is defined by.
a. Lift over drag.
b. Lift over weight.
c. Drag over lift.
6. The camber of an aerofoil section is.
a. The angle which the aerofoil makes with the relative airflow.
b. The curvature of the median line of the aerofoil.
c. The angle of incidence towards the tip of a wing.
7. What produces the most lift at low speeds?
a. High camber.
b. Low aspect ratio.
c. High aspect ratio.
8. If the angle of attack is zero, but lift is produced, the.
a. Wing is symmetrical.
b. Wing is cambered.
c. wing has positive angle of incidence
9. For a cambered wing section the zero lift angle of attack will be.
a. 4 degrees.
b. Zero.
c. Negative.

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10. The chord line of a wing is a line that runs from.
a. The centre of the leading edge of the wing to the trailing edge.
b. Half way between the upper and lower surface of the wing.
c. One wing tip to the other wing tip.

ANSWER KEY

1.c 2.c 3.a 4.b 5.a 6.b 7.c 8.b 9.c 10.a

EXPLANATION
1. A high speed wing is thin with little camber.
2. To produce lift, the aerofoil can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical.
3. Airflow flowing over the upper surface of an aerofoil increases in velocity and decreases in pressure.
4. See lift formula.
5. At plus 4degrees AOA the lift weight ratio is greatest. This is the optimum AOA therefore the wing is at
its most efficient when lift is greatest and drag is at a minimum.
6. Aerofoil camber is the curvature of the median line of the aerofoil.
7. NIL.
8. NIL.
9. A non symmetrical wing will produce some lift at zero degrees. Therefore it must have a negative angle
of attack to produce zero lift.
10. The chord line is a STRAIGHT line which goes from the leading edge of the wing to the trailing.

DOWNWASH& STAGNITION POINT

1. A straight rectangular wing, without any twist, will.


a. Have less angle of attack at the tip.
b. Have greater angle of attack at the tip.
c. Have the same angle of attack at all points along the span.
2. Induced downwash.
a. Reduces the effective angle of attack of the wing.
b. Increases the effective angle of attack of the wing.
c. Has no effect on the angle of attack of the wing.

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3. What happens to the wingtip stagnation point as the AOA increases?
a. It moves down and under the leading edge.
b. It moves up and over the leading edge.
c. It remains unchanged.
4. The stagnation point on an aerofoil is the point where.
a. The boundary layer changes from laminar to turbulent.
b. The suction pressure reaches a maximum.
c. The airflow is brought completely to rest.
5. The stagnation point is.
a. Static pressure minus dynamic pressure.
b. Dynamic pressure only.
c. Static pressure plus dynamic pressure.

ANSWER KEY

1.a 2.a 3.a 4.c 5.c

EXPLANATION

1. Due to wingtip vortices, there is more downwash at the tip, and therefore there is less angle of attack at
the tip.
2. Induced downwash reduces the effective angle of attack of the wing.
3. It moves down and under the leading edge.
4. The stagnation point on the aerofoil is the point where the airflow is brought completely to rest on the
leading edge.
5. At stagnation, the pressure is total (static plus dynamic).

SPANWISE FLOW& WASHOUT

1. The span wise component of the airflow is.


a. Greater at higher speeds.
b. Unaffected by speed.
c. Less at higher speeds.
2. A wing fence.
a. Acts as a lift dumping device.
b. Reduces span wise flow on a swept wing thus reducing induced drag.
c. Increases lateral control.

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3. What does the term 'wing washout' mean?.
a. The design of the wing that gives the wing tip a lower angle of incidence.
b. The design of the wing that gives the wing tip a much greater angle of incidence.
c. The airflow moves toward the end of the wing.
4. Airflow over the upper surface of the wing generally.
a. Flows towards the tip.
b. Flows towards the root.
c. Flows straight from leading edge to trailing edge.
5. Vapour trails from the wingtips of an aircraft in flight are caused by.
a. Low pressure above the wing and high pressure below the wing causing vortices.
b. Low pressure above the wing and high pressure below the wing causing a temperature rise.
c. High pressure above the wing and low pressure below the wing causing vortices.

ANSWER KEY

1.c 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.a

EXPLANATION
1. The tip vortices are less at high speed (due to lower AOA at high speed). The tip vortices cause the span
wise flow.
2. A wing fence reduces span wise flow. Wing is twisted such that incidence is lower at the tip.
3. See definition.
4. Due to wing tip vortices there is a general flow of air from tip to root on the top surface, and root to tip
on the lower surface.
5. Vapour trails are caused by wing tip vortices which are caused by low pressure above the wing and high
pressure below the wing.

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