invented the powered plane
Who are the Wright brothers
Opposite to Thrust
Drag
Cylindrical object that uses combustion to move/accelerate off the ground.
Rocket
Flight works on 2 principles, what are they?
Newtons 3rd Law and Bernoulli's principle
First flight was this many seconds
12
Opposite to lift
Weight
The 2 types of fuel
Liquid and Solid
The term for the curvature of an Aerofoil
What is camber
What is energy in motion?
What is kinetic Energy
A point on a surface through which the resultant force due to pressure passes.
Centre of Pressure
Name of the rocket that was presented by Jocelyn
Defiance Mk. 2
The shape used to maximize the bernoulli's principle
Aerofoil wing shape
First man to die in a powered plane?
Lt. Thomas Selfridge
A point from which the weight of a body or system may be considered to act.
Centre of Gravity
Bottom heavy rockets are important because...
They allow for the stable flight to avoid spinout
Original form of military surveillance before planes
Two things that need to be in balance for a plane to actually fly well
CofG CofP
Problem with Defiance Mk 2? The total length of the Defiance Mk. 3? and
Parachute failure and 18ft