Flaps....Plain, Slotted, or Fowler??

[Typhoon1244]

Examiner questions:

I know a Lockheed Electra veteran who was once asked by a senior I.P. some question like "how many bolts hold the governor assembly onto the engine casing?" Our hero answered "one for each hole." The I.P. (who learned flying in the DC-3/B-17 days) wasn't pleased with that answer.

I liked this one...came up during my last CRJ-200 pro-check.

The question: "is it acceptable to exceed your planned Mach number?"

My answer: "That depends. What am I blocked to that month?"

 

[flywithastick]

It does release back to the resevoir according to the schematic.

As deftone states, it goes back to the reservoir. Where else could it go? Overboard? to the high pressure side? The system stays intact, so fluid relieved must go from the actuation cylinder to a lower pressure portion of the system.

 

[eaglefly]

Actually, the flap design on most all single engine Cessna aircraft are referred to as semi-fowler flaps.

A pure fowler flap will move aft with every extention. Most single-engine Cessna flaps move aft only during the first 10 or 20 degrees.