PPL(A) Theory

080 Principles of Flight

01 Basic concepts, laws and definitions

  1. 080-01-01 Units, Newton's laws and density planned
  2. 080-01-02 Bernoulli, pressures, IAS and TAS planned
  3. 080-01-03 Airflow and aerodynamic forces planned
  4. 080-01-04 Aerofoil and wing geometry planned

02 Two-dimensional airflow about an aerofoil

  1. 080-02-01 Streamlines, stagnation point and pressure distribution planned
  2. 080-02-02 Centre of pressure, angle of attack and the lift curve planned

03 The coefficients

  1. 080-03-01 The lift and drag formulas planned

04 Three-dimensional airflow

  1. 080-04-01 Span-wise flow, tip vortices and wake turbulence planned
  2. 080-04-02 Induced drag planned

05 Drag

  1. 080-05-01 Parasite drag planned
  2. 080-05-02 Drag and speed: the total drag curve planned

06 Ground effect

  1. 080-06-01 Ground effect planned

07 The stall

  1. 080-07-01 Flow separation and the stall planned
  2. 080-07-02 Stall speed and load factor planned
  3. 080-07-03 How a wing stalls along its span planned
  4. 080-07-04 Stall warning and recovery planned
  5. 080-07-05 Special stall phenomena planned
  6. 080-07-06 Spin avoidance, recognition and recovery planned

08 Lift augmentation

  1. 080-08-01 Trailing-edge flaps planned
  2. 080-08-02 Leading-edge devices planned

09 The boundary layer

  1. 080-09-01 Laminar and turbulent boundary layers planned

10 Special circumstances

  1. 080-10-01 Ice and other contamination planned

11 Stability

  1. 080-11-01 Equilibrium and methods of balance planned
  2. 080-11-02 Longitudinal stability and the CG planned
  3. 080-11-03 The spiral dive planned

12 Control

  1. 080-12-01 Axes, planes and pitch control planned
  2. 080-12-02 Yaw and roll control, adverse yaw planned
  3. 080-12-03 Reducing control forces: tabs and mass balance planned
  4. 080-12-04 Trimming planned

13 Limitations

  1. 080-13-01 Operating limitations: flutter, VFE, VNO and VNE planned
  2. 080-13-02 The manoeuvring envelope planned
  3. 080-13-03 The gust envelope planned

14 Propellers

  1. 080-14-01 Propeller pitch, blade twist and ice planned
  2. 080-14-02 Windmilling drag and propeller moments planned

15 Flight mechanics

  1. 080-15-01 Forces in level flight, climb, descent and glide planned
  2. 080-15-02 The steady coordinated turn planned

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