Free-stream velocity?
February 22, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: the speed at which molecules are moving at the velocity that same as the air moving around the aircraft. Each layer of molecules above the surface moves slightly faster until the molecules are moving at the velocity of the air moving around the aircraft. This speed is called the free-stream
Skin friction Drag?
February 22, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 成因: contact of moving air with the surface of an aircraft 解決／緩解方法： flush mount rivets remove any irregularities that may protrude above the wing surface smooth and glossy finish remove dust and dirt no matter how apparently smooth, has a rough, ragged surface when viewed under a microscope
Interference Drag?
February 22, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 成因: intersection of airstreams （that creates eddy currents, turbulence, or restricts smooth airflow） 解決／緩解方法： Fairings most interference drag is observed when two surfaces meet at perpendicular angles （e.g wing and wing root)
Form Drag?
February 22, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 成因: shape and airflow around the airfoil (aircraft) 解決／緩解方法： streamline (as many of the parts as possible) When the air has to separate to move around a moving aircraft and its components, it eventually rejoins
Parasite Drag?
February 22, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Three sub-type of parasite drag Form Drag Interference Drag Skin Friction Drag not associated with the production of lift Types of Drag?
Air Density , 3H?
February 21, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: Air Density drop (air becomes less dense) when High altitude (高度) High temperature （溫度） High humidity (濕度)
What’s stalling AoA? What’s CL-max Critical AoA?
February 21, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: the AoA at which after that the acft will stall! Remember: aircraft (airfoil) always stalls at the same AOA! When the aircraft reaches the maximum AOA, lift begins to diminish rapidly. This is the stalling AOA, known as CL‑MAX critical AOA. Notes: generally, 20° AOA is the critical angle
Relationship between Speed and AoA?
February 21, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: Speed decrease, AoA need to be increased (and vice versa) Reason is simply, refer to the lift formula, to generate same amount of lift, one factor drop, then another factor must be increased. Lift formula
Lift formula
February 21, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: Lift = 1/2 * CL * p * V2 * S where CL : coefficient of lift –> related to AoA p : Air Density V: Airspeed S : Wing Surface What’s 4 forces?
What’s AoA – Angle of Attack?
February 20, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: angle between chord line and the direction of the relative wind
4 forces in steady flight?
February 20, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: sum of 4 forces is always zero, provided that it is a steady flight! Steady flight? -i.e unaccelerated status! Based on Newton’s 3rd law (every action or force there is an equal, but opposite, reactionor force.) However, amount (magnitude) of 4 forces not exactly same! Weight cancel out by Lift
What’s 4 forces?
February 20, 2024
Ref Chapter 5 Ans: Lift, Drag, Thrust, Weight Thrust— forward force produced by the powerplant/propeller or rotor opposes force of drag. act parallel to longitudinal axis (in general but not must) Drag— rearward, retarding force caused by disruption of airflow by the wing, rotor, fuselage, and other protruding objects drag opposes thrust (in
The road to become a professional bus driver before being an airline pilot
April 17, 2020
2020 Apr 17, around 3 months past since the outbreak of COVID-19 , I wake up at 0500LT. This first thing I am going to do is to type a simply “diary” to record my recent status. I like writing blog since I can review what I did in the past and I can check
Life as a Flight Operations Officer
January 31, 2019
In 2019, before I am going to work for other company in another sector of aviation, I would like using little spare time to review my past position as a Flight Operation Officer. From about video clip, you may see the lady wears a yellow high-vis vest with “RC” imprint on it. RC- could refer to
One Life Experience
January 4, 2017
2017-01-03 Dear my friends, There is no better way for greeting, isn’t it. Tonight, it is great that I can go back to campus again after I have started to work as a member in Flight Ops since July. Time is passing, always! Everything is happening liken to blinking my eyes. Originally, I tried to
One Life Experience
March 20, 2016
Dear my friends, 2016-03-20 The performance may be reduced due to the high relative humidity in the damp night. However, I feel that it’s not a big deal since I have learnt how to make a wisdom decision as a pilot point of view – of coz, I start from “ab initio” – there are much
Life-long Learning: 人生是不斷修正的過程~
September 1, 2015
2015.09.01 I have come back Hong Kong almost a month. Rightly, as a fresh graduate, without any working experience as well as not the “first-hon” graduate, it is very difficult to seek for even an interview here. Fortunately, my boss choose to believe in me and offer an excellent position to me so that I
