Lift Off! (Lift & Bernoulli)
Weighing In
(Weight & Balance)
(Weight & Balance)
Go, Go, Gadget Thrust!
(Thrust & Propulsion)
(Thrust & Propulsion)
Drag Me Down (Drag & Air Resistance)
Aerospace Dynamics & Anatomy (Parts & Physics)
Spaghetti Skies & Physics Lies" (The Forces Unite)
Dare to Dream
100
This famous scientific principle explains how the difference in air speed above and below a wing generates lift through pressure differences.
What is the Bernoulli Effect?
100
This downward force pulls an airplane toward the center of the Earth due to gravity.
What is weight?
100
This forward force pushes an airplane through the air.
What is thrust?
100
What part of a plane is shown in the photo?
Propeller
100
The main body or central tube of an aircraft that holds the crew, passengers, and cargo.
What is the fuselage?
100
When all four aerodynamic forces are perfectly balanced, an airplane flies at a constant speed and altitude in this state.
What is steady flight?
100
Follow these directions:
1. Your whole team has to stand at their desks
2. Your whole team has to flap their arms like a bird flying in the air.
Good
200
This special shape of an airplane wing is curved on top and flatter on the bottom to help generate lift.
HINT: Airf____
What is an airfoil?
200
TRUE or FALSE: The center of gravity is always in the center of the plane?
FALSE
200
This spinning blade assembly on a propeller-driven plane helps bite the air to pull or push the aircraft forward.
HINT: Sounds like "fella"
What is a propeller?
200
This type of drag is caused by air friction rubbing directly across the smooth skin or surface of the plane?
What is skin-friction drag?
200
This mechanical system includes wheels or struts used for taking off, landing, and taxiing.
What is the landing gear?
200
If thrust becomes greater than drag, the airplane will experience this change in motion.
What is speed up (accelerate forward)
200
What animal would you want to balance the see saw?
Elephant
300
During our classroom challenge, blowing air across the top of this "paper face" caused the paper tongue to rise up.
What is a Bernoulli mask?
300
Improperly loading cargo can mess up this crucial distribution inside the aircraft. HINT: Distribution of we______ht
What is weight distribution?
300
What part of plane is shown in the photo?
Landing gear
300
Why would this plane have so much
drag?
Its not streamline.
300
Why do modern high-speed jets use landing gear that can tuck away inside the plane?
What is to reduce aerodynamic drag.
300
This force acts as the direct enemy of lift, just as drag acts as the direct enemy of thrust.
What is weight?
300
During a recent lesson, we used balls of clay of different weights to demonstrate how a plane needs to balanced. What was the name of the person: HINT: Load Ma....
Load master
400
This wing shape looks like a triangle and is often used on supersonic jets. HINT: 4th flight in NJ20173
What is a delta wing?
400
A plane has too much weight in front. So the plane leans forward. What do you call this leaning
HINT: P_____
What is Pitch
400
Propellers create thrust by pushing this substance backward.
What is air?
400
Why would modern airplanes use these special flush or countersunk fasteners instead of old protruding ones?
More aerodynamic. Less drag
400
Colonel Tommai demonstrated how an airplane could fly in the classroom. The plane was suspended from the ceiling by a: __________________
Rope or string
400
Moving the center of gravity too far off-center affects stability, requiring adjustments to these two vertical/horizontal forces to maintain control.
What are lift and weight?
400
What is another name for the pivot point? HINT: F_____
Fulcrum
500
What part of a plane is shown in the photo?
Rudder or tailfin
500
What happens if a plane is too heavy?
It will not take off or fly
500
Where do you find the propeller of an airplane
On the front
500
Why would the landing gear have the little fenders or shrouds over the wheels
Reduce drag
500
What do you call the person who flies a plane
Pilot
500
Streamlining a plane's body, using flush rivets, and tucking away the landing gear all work together to minimize this master force combo that fights forward motion.
What is total drag?
500
What orange-red item was used as a fulcrum in our experiments on weight distribution?
Foam noodle