Air & Bernoulli
True or false, airplane wings are designed after bird wings?
What is true?
Helicopter wings
What are rotor blades?
The rudder controls this movement.
What is a yaw?
Birds have smaller hearts to pump less oxygen to their muscles, true or false?
What is false?
The ability to take off and land this way is part of a helicopter's value
What is vertically?
Ailerons control this movement.
What is roll?
Some birds need to run before they can achieve lift, true or false.
What is true?
This is similar to a helicopter, but made of paper
What is a rotocopter?
Elevators control this.
What is pitch?
Bernoulli's discovery
What is "As air moves FASTER, it has LESS pressure"
This bird's chest muscles allow it to what?
What is flap it's wings very hard and fast?
These three are needed in hot air balloons:
What are envelope, burner, and basket?
The elevators are located on the___.
What is the horizontal stabilizer?
When a plane flies, air moves ? under the wing than over it.
What is "slower?"
These adjust drag on a plane
What are wing flaps?
This a word for "air-filled", which describes a bird's bones
What is hollow?
When hot air is heated and becomes less dense and floats on top of colder air, this is called:
What is buoyancy?
Yaw is controlled by ______ which is located on the ______.
What is rudder and the vertical stabilizer?