Pilot Training : Flying Skills : aircraft operation
A Pilot's Guide to Aircraft and Their Systems, by Dale Crane

A Pilot's Guide to Aircraft
and Their Systems

by Dale Crane

Publisher:
ASA
ISBN:
1560274611
Other Identifiers:
ASA-ACFT-SYS
Pages:
320
Weight:
1.8lbs
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The more you know about your aircraft systems, the better you fly.

Early aviators had to be both mechanic and pilot... early airplanes and engines were less than completely dependable. In a forced landing situation, they had to find and fix the problem themselves in order to get the airplane back in the air — fortunately their airplanes were not complex in their systems, nor complicated to fix. In the more than half a century since World War II, aircraft have become a vital component of our transportation system, developed and finely tuned to become the fast, efficient, dependable, and safe machines they are today. But technological advances have brought additional complexities that demand the aircraft be operated in exactly the way the designer intended. To do this, pilots must understand what each handle or knob controls and what he or she can expect from each system. A Pilot's Guide to Aircraft and Their Systems furnishes pilots and armchair aviators with explanation and insight into what the aircraft, powerplant, and each of the systems do, and does so in language they can identify with. Dale Crane covers everything, writing in an easy-to-grasp style, from single-engine pistons to multi-engine turbines, including:

principles of flight,
the forces acting on an airplane in flight
control surfaces and their operation
aircraft structures and materials
systems — hydraulic, electrical, fuel, ice protection and instrument
turbine and piston engine theory and operations
propeller forces, construction and controls

Understanding their aircrafts' systems will help pilots enjoy their flying more, and make them safer and more efficient aviators.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Principles of Flight
forces acting on an airplane 
Axes of an airplane    
stability   
secondary controls and devices
phases of flight
basic rotary wing aerodynamics      
rotary systems          
helicopter flight controls
stabilization systems     

Aircraft Weight and Balance
determining loaded weight and center of gravity  

Aircraft Structures
types of structures                      
structural load              
structural materials                 

Aircraft Hydraulic and Landing Gear Systems
hydraulic principles  
hydraulic fluid   
hydraulic systems       
hydraulic brakes   
landing gear       
aircraft wheels   
aircraft tires        

Aircraft Fuel Systems
aircraft fuel  
refueling safety   

Aircraft Electrical Systems
electricity and the aircraft     
DC generation systems   
aircraft electrical systems   
electrical systems troubleshooting   
aircraft batteries   

Aircraft Instrument Systems
flight instruments      
gyroscopic instruments   
powerplant instruments  
instrument marking    

Avionics Systems
communication     
navigation      

Environmental Control Systems
heating systems   
cooling systems  
oxygen systems   
pressurization systems      

Aircraft Ice and Rain Control Systems
ice control systems   

Fire Extinguishing Systems
protection and detection

Aircraft Piston Engines
theory of operation    
piston engine construction   

Aircraft Turbine Engines
types of turbine engines  
theory of operation
turbine engine construction  
turbine engine systems

Piston Engine Induction and Fuel Metering
induction systems   

Piston Engine Ignition and Starting Systems
aircraft magnetos
ignition leads
aircraft spark plugs    
starting systems 

Piston Engine Lubricating and Cooling Systems
aircraft engine lubricating oil
lubrication system service  
cold weather operation  
cooling systems  

Propellers
propeller aerodynamics
types of propellers
propeller construction
feathering propellers
turboprop propellers   
propeller servicing   

Glossary