Turbo Prop Engine
Quiz
- As the aircraft speed increases over 450 mph the propeller will rapidly ------?
- Gain efficiency
- Lose efficiency
- Experience high airflow
- Turbo-propeller engines, use a propeller to convert ------ into thrust and do not rely on gas exit velocity ?
- Centripetal force
- Compressor power
- Turbine power
- The governor flyweights spin ---- and ------ to lift the control valve ?
- Faster, outwards
- Slower , inward
- Faster , forward
- Most reduction gear assemblies use a ------- reduction ?
- Planetary gear
- Spur gear
- Epicyclic reduction gear
- The function of ----- is to reduce the high rpm from the engine to a propeller rpm ?
- Propeller speed governor
- Power lever
- Reduction gear assembly
- The power output of a turbo-propeller engine is stated in ?
- Horsepower
- Thrust horsepower (thp)
- Shaft horsepower (shp)
- The maximum propeller speed for any power lever angle is controlled by the ?
- Propeller speed governor
- Propeller pitch control unit (pcu)
- Fuel supply
- When it is increased the propeller blade angle increases to absorb the increased engine power output ?
- Engine rpm
- Aircraft speed
- Fuel supply
- Turbo-propeller control assemblies have a feathering system that feather the propeller when the engine is shut down -----?
- During take off/ landing
- At ground
- In flight
- Over-speeds cause extreme ------ to the propeller and the engine and can lead to rapid and total failure and in some cases to the loss of the aircraft in flight ?
- Torque
- Stress
- Load