@mgrandhi
 

Thank you for the update . Kindly do share with the rest of us if any such mail comes up to your knowledge.............

when an aeroplane is flying with an airspeed which is 1.3times its basic stalling speed, the coefficient of lift as a percentage of the maximum lift coefficient would be ?? :confused:

and = 59%

HOW..!

If anyone could explain... plz

when you fly at Vs you are flying at the optimal AOA that is to say the CL max.at that weight. therefore if you fly at 1.3 X Vs you are flying at a lower AOA or Lower CL max than at Vs . now from the Lift equation we have L= CL 1/2 p V(squared) S, (Not taking to account the Constants) we have CL = L/V (squared) so. assuming Vs = 1 then Cl= 1/(1.3) squared = 1/1.69 = 0.5917 multiplying by 100 gives you percentage which equals 59% :8

Doubt_Principles of flight
 

Hi Folks,
Posted this in the ATPL questions section without much luck .. please do explain if you have a better understanding here .

i was going through the Oxford ATPL, Principles of flight and found a few statements which, i cant seem to understand. I feel they contradict each other so please advice if i'm reading it wrong.

1. Chapter- Drag > Parasite drag> skin friction
"Because of the adverse pressure gradient existing on a curved surface, the transition point will be further forward than if the surface was flat"

2. Chapter- High Lift Devices> Leading Edge Flaps
"On high speed aerofoil sections the leading edge may have very little camber and have a small radius. This can give flow separation just aft the leading edge at quite low angles of attack"

Now which of the above is right and is there something i'm missing in the above concepts?:sad:

Also - i dont seem to see the definition for Form drag : "Because of separation there will be a lower pressure at the trailing edge than the leading edge. An aerodynamic force will act in the direction of the lower pressure - form drag"
How would this be a drag if there is airflow from the leading to the trailing edge? wouldnt this infact contribute to the thrust for the aerofoil?
I understand the concept of adverse pressure gradient but the above reason has been quoted as a separate factor.

thanks in advance.

cheers,
P

Navigation, convergency.
 

Hi,

I'm unable to solve a particular type of problem on convergency and conversion angles.
here's a sample - kindly let me know the process if you're able to solve them.

The GC bearing of position B in latitude (30 00 S) from Position A (30 00S 165 00E) is 100deg T
What is -
a. the GC bearing of A from B?
b. the longitude of position B?


Similarly - The initial GC track from C (36 00 N 15 00E) to D in latitude 42 N is 300deg T and the final track at D is 295deg T

a. What is the longitude of D?
b. What would be the approximate track direction at 11E ?

thanks
P

Ans. 1 a)
As both points A and B are on same latitude....

R/L track from A to B is 090

R/L track from B to A is 270

As we know G/C track from A to B is 100

C.A.is 10 degrees

hence G/C bearing from B to A is 260 as both the points are in southern hemisphere.

b)
Now Conversion angle is 10 and convergency is twice of conversion angle=20

Now apply convergency formulae and find out the dlong
20= D.Long X Sin 30

Hope you can solve from here and find the longitude of B......


Ans. 2 a)
convergency = Difference between both the great circle tracks

which is here = 300-295 = 5

now again convergency formulae

5=d.longX sin39

Find dlong and then Longitude of D........

b) ????/

So looks like no exam on the 21st this month.

@LieDetector

What makes you say 'no exam this month'??

Well its already the 5th no 1st round of emails have been sent out. Usually they ask you to confirm by the 8th or so.

Exam on 21st and 22nd Oct
 

Guys just heard from a friend who in the evening got a mail from Indigo saying exams on 21st and 22nd this month. Has anyone else got it yet??

Exam on Oct 20 and 21
 

Yes it is confirmed. People have received the initial call letter asking for their details and the exam is on Oct 20 and 21st.

Good Luck to everyone appearing this time!:ok:

@hifi: have you received the email???

gen. navigation Q
 

Q1. A great circle has its North vertex at 70N130E, at what longitude and in what direction would the great circle cross the equator assuming:

a. Initial direction is east from the northern vertex{ans-140W 160{T}}

b. Initial direction is west frm northern vertex{ANs-040E200{T}}

Q2. Given that the compression value of the earth is 1/297 and that the semi major axis of the earth,measured at the axisof equator is 6378.4km,what is the semi major axis of the earth measured at the axis of the poles?
ans- 6356.9km

Has seriously any one received the 1st email for the OCtober Attempt...PLEASE share ppl. Please.

Sincere apologies if I'm bringing down the spirit here. It is disturbing to see this happen frequently. One person gets the invitation for the IndiGo selection test and then things go berserk in this forum. Everybody wants to know when they got the email, how they got it and who sent it. Is it really necessary? Why don't you guys wait for their email, rather than crying over it and polluting this forum. I was not called for the exam last month. Simple solution - just write to them and wait patiently for your turn. It will eventually come.

thanks Maverick2167 :)
tht was easy but lil twisted

Guys please share from whom have you received the emails. Radhika, sandra or parul for the october attempt. also please share the email id through which the sender is sending the emails.

There you go! This doesn't seem to end at all.

Email
 

Email was received yesterday Oct 5th from Parul Huria. This is the first email requesting CV and license details. Last date for reply is tomorrow Oct 7th.

As stated before, exam on Oct 20 & 21.

the whole point of this thread on this forum is to discuss about the indigo-cae assessment, hence everyone has every right to ask whatever questions they have, if you find that annoying then please stay away from the forum