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Forces of Flight
Parts of the Airplane
Instrument panel
Vocabulary
Potluck
100
Which force of flight keeps the airplane up in the air and is created by the wings?
What is lift
100
What movement do the ailerons control? a. yaw b. bank/roll c. pitch
What is b
100
What two things does the start switch turn on?
What is power and lights.
100
Define visibility.
What is how far a pilot can see ahead.
100
Define fuselage.
What is the body of an airplane.
200
Which force of flight cause the airplane to go forward and is caused by the engine working?
What is thrust?
200
What movement do the elevators control? a. pitch b. yaw c. bank/roll
What is a
200
Which instrument tells you how high the pilot is in the air?
What is the altimeter?
200
Define navigate.
What is to follow a course to reach a destination.
200
which things below does the control stick control? a. elevators and rudder b. rudder and ailerons c. elevators and ailerons d. wings and rudder
What is c
300
Which force of flight cause the airplane to come down to the ground and acts directly against lift?
What is Weight/gravity
300
What movement do the rudders control? a. bank/roll b. pitch c. yaw
What is c
300
What instrument on the panel measures the engine speed?
What is tachometer
300
Define ceiling.
What is the highest altitude an airplane can fly.
300
Label the parts of the helicopter.
What is fuselage, engine, tail rotor, main rotor, landing skids, instrument panel, pedals, collective p.s., cyclic p.s., engine throttle.
400
Which force of flight cause the airplane to pull backwards and acts directly against thrust?
What is drag
400
What is the MAIN surface of the airplane that cause LIFT?
What are the wings.
400
What indicator shows the pilot what direction they are going in the airplane?
What is heading indicator.
400
Define cockpit.
What is where the pilot sits in the airplane.
400
What instrument on the instrument panel tells you whether the airplane is level, banked, climbing, or descending?
What is the attitude indicator.
500
What is Bernoulli's Principle and give an example of it?
What is as the speed of air increases the pressure decreases. Examples may vary
500
Label all the parts of the airplane?
What is propeller, engine, rudder pedals, control stick, elevators, rudder, cockpit, ailerons, wing.
500
Label the instrument panel?
What is airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, altimeter, throttle, tachometer, heading indicator, VSI, start switch.
500
Define taxi.
What is to slowly rive the plane on the ground.
500
Pick one person and that person will stand up say the 4 forces of flight, point in the direction that they go in, and tell what it does.
(student performance)