About Flight
How does flight work?
Where are they?
What do they do?
100
What is pitch?
The up and down of the plane.
100
What is the opposite of lift?
Gravity/weight
100
6.
100
Where the pilots fly the plane, located at the front of the plane.
Cockpit
200
Describe lift in your own words.
Lift is 1 of the 4 forces of flight. It is what helps the plane stay in the air.
200
What is the opposite of thrust?
Drag
200
Where is the engine?
4.
200
The hinged surfaces far from the body of the plane that move up and down in order to roll the plane from side to side.
Ailerons
300
List 3 adaptations birds have in order to fly.
1. Strong muscles
2. Feathers
3. Light bodies
300
Do you need all four forces of flight to be balanced in order to fly?
Yes.
300
Where is the aileroons?
1.
300
The vertical part of the tail; it can move left/right to stabilize the airplane during takeoffs and landings in strong wind or in crosswinds.
Rudder
400
Name 2 ways planes can slow down.
1. Use the wing flaps to increase drag
2. Put engines in reverse
400
Bernoulli's Principle helps us to understand ____.
Lift.
400
Where are is the elevator?
9.
400
Located on the wing of the plane, can change drag and lift.
Wing Flaps
500
List the three things that help planes takeoff.
1. Plane must be moving forwards at high speeds.
2. Certain shape of wing creates lift.
3. Angle of attack creates lift.
500
Where is high pressure air and low pressure air?
High pressure air is below the wing and low pressure air is above the wing.
500
Where is the horizontal stabilizer?
10.
500
The vertical part of the tail. Controls yaw (nose of the plane)
Vertical Stabilizer