Parts of an Airplane 1
Parts of an Airplane 2
Parts of an Airplane 3
Parts of an Airplane 4
Parts of an Airplane 5
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What part of the airplane is this?
Wings
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What part of the airplane is this?
Cockpit
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What does the Engine do for the airplane?
Provides thrust for the airplane
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What does the cockpit do?
Holds the pilot as well as houses the controls to every part of the airplane
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What do Wings do for the airplane?
Provide lift for the airplane
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What is the main section of the airplane called (colored in brown)?
Fuselage
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What part of the airplane is this?
Engine
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What does the Fuselage do for the airplane?
Main body of the airplane and holds the plane together
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What does the Horizontal Stabilizer?
Helps stabilize and control pitch
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What does the Vertical Stabilizer do?
Helps stabilize and control yaw
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What is this part of the plane?
Horizontal Stabilizer
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What part of the airplane is?
Vertical Stabilizer
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What part of the airplane is picture below (that has the red and white strips)?
Rudder
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What does the Rudder do for the airplane?
Changes yaw by angling left or right
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What do Ailerons do for the airplane?
Allow the aircraft to roll by moving the control surface up or down.
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What part of the airplane is highlighted in green?
Flaps
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What main section of the airplane is this?
Empennage
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What part of the airplane is (the white part pointed down)?
Elevators
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What control surfaces usually have trim tabs?
Elevators and Rudder
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What do Flaps do for the airplane?
Increase the camber to increase lift. Also increase drag.
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What part of the airplane is highlighted in yellow?
Ailerons
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What part of the airplane is pictured below?
Slats
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What part of the airplane is marked in red?
Trim Tabs
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What do Slats do for the airplane?
Can be deployed to increase lift during low-speed operations such as takeoff, initial climb, landing, etc
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What do Trim Tabs do for an airplane?
Counteract the aerodynamic forces on the control surfaces and thus stabilize the aircraft in the axis of rotation