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Aircraft General Knowledge

How the aeroplane is built and how its systems work: loads and stresses, the airframe, hydraulics, landing gear, flight controls, fuel and electrical systems and piston engines, followed by the instruments, from the pitot-static system and gyros to the compass and radios. Sections marked (H) are for helicopter students.

  • 235 slides
  • 22 sections
  • 107 practice questions

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  1. 020.00Introduction: how to use this deckSlide 2
  2. 021.01Loads and stressesSlide 11
  3. 021.02AirframeSlide 23
  4. 021.03HydraulicsSlide 39
  5. 021.04Landing gearSlide 46
  6. 021.05Helicopter equipment (H)Slide 58
  7. 021.06Flight controlsSlide 60
  8. 021.07Fuel systemSlide 74
  9. 021.08ElectricsSlide 82
  10. 021.09Piston enginesSlide 100
  11. 021.10Turbine engines (H)Slide 140
  12. 021.11Fire detection (H)Slide 146
  13. 021.12Rotor systems (H)Slide 149
  14. 022.01System instrumentsSlide 155
  15. 022.02Pitot-staticSlide 162
  16. 022.03CompassSlide 177
  17. 022.04Gyro instrumentsSlide 187
  18. 022.05RadiosSlide 197
  19. 022.06Alerting systems (H)Slide 201
  20. 022.07Electronic displaysSlide 205
  21. SCENARIO BANKExam-style scenariosSlide 208
  22. RECAPKey points, in syllabus orderSlide 225