CRJ Critical AOA

[FlyHigher]

It is a WRITTEN test!!!

Thanks guys for all the input. The articles and confusion among pilots just have me question why PCL is asking tese controversy questions? Remember, there is no room for discussion. This is not an interview. It is a written test with MC and fill-in-the-blancs.

But we are making headway.

AOA is 10 (or is it not?)
Visual go-around is traffic pattern (or is it the published missed?)
TRU: AC to DC
Inverter: DC to AC
PDP: planned and not regulated
VDP: official Jeppesen PDP
They are the same thing - start your decent for a 3 degree glide path to the RWY.
130 degree windshear (or wake turbulence) induced inverted flight attitude:
- wings level then adjust for pitch -

We are still missing:
6) Min/max G loads on transport category a/c?
7) Why is it harder to recover from a stall at high altitude (vs. low altitude)?
8) M l/d in jets gives you what?
9) What heats (not cools) engine oil?
10) What is most severe, rime, clear ice, or freezing rain?
11) Define coffin corner
12) Define deck angle

Every input is appreciated.

 

[Lookout]

thanks

thanks for taking the time and posting supporting links Rez. appreciate it

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Glad to have you here at PCL Rez. .

Thanks. The pilots seem to be a real good group of guys and gals.....

 

[treetopflyer]

I think you meant TRU (Transformer Rectifier Unit)

dork, think before you post, there are people who have RTU's, They're called RJ Pilots

 

[DrunkIrishman]

I've got to disagree with 10 degrees. Recalling my aerodynamics class way back in college, it is generally between 15-18 degrees. Again, the most important thing for a pilot to know about this subject is that the airplane can stall at any altitude, speed, angle, etc.

I am unsure why PCL would have such a question on their test since it seems both irrelevant and ambiguous. Maybe if PCL had trained its pilots on high altitude aerodynamics instead of this type of attempt to impress with extraneous knowledge, good pilots like Jesse Rhodes would still be here today. Just a serious thought, no disrespect meant to the Rhodes' or the Chavez's.

 

[uba757]

Fly I dont know if you are asking what heats oil on a CRJ but my old airplane B727 when you turn the fuel heat on you also raise the temperature of the oil. That is one of two ways to verify the fuel heat is on. Hope this info helps. Uba757

 

[uba757]

I also think that Freezing Rain is the worst out of the 3 choices. Very hard to apply de-ice, anti-ice.

 

[urflyingme?!]

My 2 cents would be that Critical AoA on the CRJ is when the AoA vane tells you to push down...