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Utilizing Your Notes and Past Knowledge Answer The Following Questions
Utilizing Your Notes and Past Knowledge Answer The Following Questions
Utilizing Your Notes and Past Knowledge Answer The Following Questions
EQ:
Describe the importance of Aeronautical Knowledge for the
student pilot learning to fly.
Aircraft Systems
Powerplant
• An aircraft engine, or
powerplant, produces
thrust to propel an
aircraft.
• Reciprocating engines
work in combination with
a propeller to produce
thrust.
• These powerplants also
drive the various systems
that support the operation
of an aircraft.
Powerplants
Reciprocating Engines
• Reciprocating engines operate
on the basic principle of
converting chemical energy
(fuel) into mechanical energy.
• Continued improvements in
engine design led to the
development of the
horizontally-opposed engine
which remains the most
popular reciprocating
engines used on smaller
aircraft.
Powerplants
Reciprocating Engines
• These engines always have an
even number of cylinders,
since a cylinder on one side of
the crankcase “opposes” a
cylinder on the other side.
• In a four-cylinder engine,
each cylinder operates on a
different stroke.
Powerplants
Reciprocating Engines
• Continuous rotation of a
crankshaft is maintained by
the precise timing of the
power strokes in each
cylinder.