Forces in Flight
Known as a push or a pull
Force
This part of the plane controls the yaw of the plane and is located on the tail of the plane.
Rudder
NASA strictly sticks to this unit system after miscalculations with conversions
Metric System
millimeter
There are this many cm in a mm.
.1
Sir Isaac Newton developed this many laws of motion
3
There are this many meters in 120 centimeters
1.2 meters
All objects on Earth feel this force that is a pull towards the Earth's surface.
The cross-section of this part of the plane is typically shaped like an airfoil.
Wing
British Airways Flight 009 had this many engines cut out midflight.
4
Meters, feet, miles, inches, are known as units of this parameter
Length/distance
There are this many meters in a kilometer.
1,000
This fruit is said to have fallen and hit Newton on the head that sparked his idea for his first law.
Apple
There are this many meters in half a mile
~805
When flying a plane, this force directly opposes the force of gravity
Lift
This is name for the body of the airplane that includes the cabin, cockpit, storage.
Fuselage
British Airways Flight 009 had all of its engines cut out because this substance was present in the air that the plane was taking in.
Volcanic Ash/Particulate
Volume
There are this many milliliters in 0.85 liters
850
Newton's 2nd law: the net force on an object is equal to the product of the object's mass and this.
There are this many seconds in two hours
7200 seconds
This force acts in the same direction of motion for a plane through the sky and is responsible for propelling the plane forward.
Thrust
This part of the plane controls pitch and is located on the back wings
Elevators
This orbiter either burned up or flew out of orbit when NASA lost track of it due to a unit conversion issue in the software.
Mars Orbiter
This unit of temperature is used in metric system
Kelvin
There are this many feet in 5 kilometers
~16,408 feet
Newton's third law states that for every force there will be this type of reaction
Equal and Opposite
There are this many hours in one second
~.00028
This force is created by air particles colliding with the plane. This is the reason we need a jet engine.
Air Resistance/Drag
This part of the plane is moved up and down to control the roll.
Aileron
The shape of the curvature on an airfoil is known as this
Camber
Kilometers and meters are used in the metric system, as miles and yards are used in this system.
English System
There are this many milligrams in 7 kilograms
7,000,000
Newton's first law (An object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted on by another force) is summarized using this term.
Inertia
There are this many micrometers in .09 meters
90,000 micrometers
Faster moving air creates a difference in this parameter and causes lift
Air Pressure
Pitching an airfoil upwards causes an increase in this force
Lift
This is the metric unit for weight/force.
Newton
This is the metric unit for mass
kilogram
1 mph is equal to this many meters per second
~0.45 m/s
Lifting a very heavy grocery bag slowly, so as not to make it break is demonstrating knowledge of this law of motion
Newton's 2nd Law/ F=ma
There are this many micrometers in 1,000 millimeters.
1,000,000 micrometers