1.

Which of the following correctly describe the term:

Ans:a,b,c,d

a.
b.
c.
d.

Elevator effectiveness
Change in effective angle of attack of horizontal tail due to elevator deflection
For an aircraft its typical value is in the range of 0.4 to 0.5
It is represented by

2. For a conventional aircraft the sign of and will be respectively

a. +ve , -ve
b. ve , +ve
c. +ve , -ve
d. ve , -ve

Ans:c

3. In an aircraft the size of elevator is increased keeping the tail volume ratio constant, how will
this affect the longitudinal stability of aircraft?
Ans:c
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Unchanged
d. Cant say
4. During a flight due to passengers movement the CG of airplane moves toward neutral point,
due to this the elevator angle required to trim the airplane will:
Ans:b
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Unchanged
d. Cant say
5. During a flight if the elevator is deflected with a certain +ve angle, how this will affect the
stability of aircraft.
Ans:c
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Unchanged
d. Cant say
6. With the increase in stability (static) of the airplane, the elevator required for a given CLtrim
will be:
Ans:a
a. More
b. Less
c. Same
d. Cant say

7. The static longitudinal stability of an airplane is provided by:

a. The lift from wing and horizontal tail
b. Product of the tail arm and tail lift
c. Product of the tail arm and wing lift
d. Product of mean aerodynamic chord and wing lift

Ans:b

8. A positive tail incidence angle setting, as compared to negative tail incidence angle setting,
will result in:
Ans:b
a. Less static stability
b. Same static stability
c. More static stability
d. Slightly more static stability
9. The stick fixed static longitudinal stability criterion for an airplane may also be expressed in
terms of its center of gravity XCG and neutral point N0 as:
Ans:b
a. XCG + N0
b. N0 - XCG
c. XCG N0
d. None of the above
10. If only the horizontal tail contribution was considered for Cmalpha derivative, then how many
times will Cmalpha become if tail length was doubled.
Ans:a
a. Two times
b. Three times
c. Four times
d. Remain same
Explanations:
4.

As AC closes to CG the stability decreases as a result less elevator deflection will required.

5.
Elevator deflection will not change the slope of Cm Vs CL curve therefore stability will be
unaffected.
6.

Higher stability will lead to higher deflection of elevator.

10.

Slope of Cm Vs CL curve will be doubled.