Lesson 9: Aircraft Systems

Today I received some ground school review. The rotax engine! I usually teach chapter 3 in the Rod Machado Textbook using a small gas engine. Usually a donated push mower engine. Today I got to look at the engines that are in the light sport aircraft I fly. It is important to know how the engine works so that a pilot can troubleshoot engine issues when on the ground or in the air. It is one thing to know what the instrument gauges are reading but it is even more important to know how they work and what they are showing. I am definitely going to bring my students to the hangar for a field trip to see how an airplane engine works and all of its components.