Aerospace Engineer Mock Interview
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Question 13 of 25
Talk about the negative effects that can come from loading an aircraft in an extreme tail heavy manner.
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
While there are many negative effects of a tail heavy aircraft in flight, this question is allowing your interviewer insight to some of your basic engineering knowledge. As you talk about the negative effects that this has on the flight of the aircraft, try to explain what these things happen from an engineering perspective to show that you have the basic knowledge for this role.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"To start with, the first negative impact that a heavily loaded aft has on an aircraft is a nose that pitches extremely upward during flight and this can cause major issues for the pilot like a power-on stall. These problems weigh the most heavily on the pilot during take off, landing and during flight. Because too heavy of a weight in the rear of an aircraft has a negative impact on longitudinal stability, light control forces make the possibility of overstressing an aircraft much greater."
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