Cessna 172N - Page 11

SECTION
1
GENERAL
CESSNA
MODEL 172N
SYMBOLS,
ABBR,EVIATIONS
AND
TERMINOTOGY
GENER,AL AIRSPEED
IERfrlINOLOGY
AND
SYftTBOI.S
KCAS
Knots
Calibrated
Airspeed is indicated
airspeed
corrected
emor
and expressed
in
knots.
Knots calibrated airspeed
is
equal
to
KTAS
in
standard
at-
mosphere at
sea
level.
KIAS
Knots
Indicated Airspeed
is
the speed shown
on
the
airspeed
in knots.
KTAS
Knots True Airspeed is
the airspeed
expressed in knots
rel-
ffiir
which is KCAS corrected for altitude
and temperature.
Maleuvering Speed is
the
maximum
speed
at which
you
may
use
abrupt
control travel.
Ma:<imuLFlap E-xtended
Speed is the highest speed
permis-
sible with wing flaps
in
a
prescribed
extended
position.
Ma:<imum
Struchrral Cruising
Speed
is the
speed
that
should
,
then
only with caution.
Never
Exce-gd
Speed
is the
speed
limit that may
not be ex-
ceeded
at
any
time.
Stalling Speed
or tlgminimum steady.lJight
:peed
at which
the airplane is
controllable.
Stalling Speed
or the nginimum steady
flight speed
at
which
the airplane is controllable in
the landing
configuration
at
the
most
forward center
of
gravity.
Vy.
Best Angle-of-CLmb
Speed
is
the speed which
results in
the
z1
greatest gain
of altitude
in
a
given
horizontal distance.
Vy
Best
Rate-of-Cliqb Speed
is
the
speed
which
results in
the
greatest gain
in altitude
in a
given
time.
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ETEORO
tO
G IC
AL
TER'NI NOTOGY
OAT
Outside Air
Temperature
is the
free
air
static
temperature.
r
degrees
Celsius
(formerly
Centi-
VA
vrn
vNo
VNE
vs
uto
1-6
grade)
or degrees Fahrenheit.