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Flight 6A
Flight
Term | Definition |
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Bernoulli’s Principle | High pressure, low speed AND low pressure, high speed. High pressure always wants to go to low pressure |
What is Newton’s third law | For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction |
Pitch | Use of elevators to go up or down |
Yaw | Is the use of the rudder to turn right or left |
Roll/Bank | Use of ailerons to lean side to side |
Propeller | Pushes/Pulls the airplane. The propellers are curved to catch the wind |
Landing gear | Support for landing (wheels) |
Cockpit | Hold the Pilot, Co-piolet and Controls |
Wings | Lift |
Fuselage | Body of the Airplane and it holds passengers and cargo |
Horizontal stabilizer | Balances plane horizontally and keeps plane in the air |
Vertical Stabilizer | Balances plane Vertically |
Thrust | forwards motion |
Drag | backwards motion, slows plane down |
Lift | upwards motion that lifts the plane |
Weight/Gravity | downwards motion pulling plane down |
How does a hot air balloon operate? | The BURNER heats up the air inside the ENVELOPE or BALLOON. The molecules inside the ENVELOPE heat up and move around faster causing the plane to rise. To go down you must open a flap on the top of the ENVELOPE letting to balloon go down. |
How does a helicopter work? | MAIN ROTOR spins around pushing down on the air, air pushes up (newtons 3rd law). TAIL ROTOR balances twist, helps YAW |