Kites
Hot Air Balloons
Flying Objects
Forces & Fluids
Brit Slang & History
100
This force is air resistant.
What is drag?
100
These two lost their balloon in a tragic accident.
Who are Haven and Zach?
100
The first plane design was perfected by these Americans.
Who are the Wright brothers?
100
This force is the opposing force on drag.
What is thrust?
100
The person referred to as "trouble and strife"
What is a wife?
200
The point that the tension line connects to the kite.
What is the bridle?
200
Predating flight in America, these brothers also experimented with flight.
Who are the Montgolfier brothers?
200
Fuel is stored here on planes.
What are the wings?
200
According to Bernoulli's Principle, these two forces are inversely related.
What are pressure and or density?
200
Someone is this if they are Barmy, "Off their rocker", or "a few sandwiches short of a picnic"
What is mad / crazy?
300
The city in England that the band inspiring Mia and Taya's kite came from.
Where is Liverpool?
300
Your balloon volume was in this unit.
What are liters?
300
By maximizing the ratio of power to weight, this invention allowed for airplane flight.
What is a 25 horsepower engine?
300
The distribution of what force around a flying object is important for solving control problems.
What is lift?
300
The place you would be while being "detained at her majesty's pleasure"
What is prison / jail?
400
If a gust of wind hits a kite, these forces are increased.
What are lift and drag?
400
In hot air balloons, this may be dumped overboard to help the balloon rise.
What is ballast?
400
Plane rotates around this.
What is the center of gravity?
400
These two variables are used to determine weight, thanks to a man, Newton.
What are mass and gravity?
400
The commodity you would refer to if you asked someone to "Stick a pony in my sky rocket"
What is money?
500
If forces are unbalanced, a flying object goes in the direction of which force?
What is the largest force?
500
The principle that makes hot air balloons fly.
What is Archimedes principle?
500
Weight is distributed throughout the plane but collects and acts through this single point.
What is the center of gravity?
500
The other meaning for normal pressure.
What is perpendicular pressure?
500
It's the number of days in a fortnight.
What is fourteen
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