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| is a device that is used or intended to be used for flight. Categories of aircraft are airplane, rotorcraft, lighter than air, power lift and glider |
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| is an engine driven fixed wing aircraft heavier than air that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of air against it's wings |
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| Aft section of an airplane |
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| Parts of the aft section of an airplane |
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| Vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, rudder, trim tabs, elevator |
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| Parts of Mid Section of an Airplane |
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| The wing is divided into 2 parts the half closest to the fuselage is the FLAPS and the section towards the end of the wing is the Aileron |
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| Name the parts at the Fore section of the plane |
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| Cowling, power plant, propellers |
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| Structure or body which produce useful reaction to air movement. Contains a leading edge, a trailing edge and a chord line. |
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| is the curvature of the airfoil. Upper camber is the upper wing surface. Lower camber is the lower wing surface. |
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| Propeller, Wing, Helicopter blades |
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| Is the imaginary line from the leading edge to the trailing edge of an airfoil. Changing the shape of the wing changes the chord line |
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| Wind felt by an airfoil. Movement of air past an air foil. Motion of an airfoil through the air. by a combination of the two. Parallel and in the opposite direction to the flight path |
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| is the velocity of the airplane relative to the air mass through which it's flying. |
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| Is the angle between the chord line and the relative wind. Pilot can vary the angle of attack. Aircraft affect the angle of attack |
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| Angle at which the wing is attached to the aircraft fuselage. Pilot has no influence over the angle of incidence |
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| What are the Axis' of Rotation |
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| Lateral axis, Longitudinal Axis, Vertical Axis |
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| Is an imaginary line from wing tip to wing tip. Rotation around this axis is called pitch. Controlled by the elevators. Longitudinal control and stability |
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| An imaginary line from the nose to the tail. Rotation around this axis is called Roll. Longitudinal axis is controlled by the ailerons. It give lateral control and stability |
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| An imaginary line extending vertically through the intersection of the lateral and longitudinal axes. Rotation around the axis is called Yaw. Controlled by the rudder. Directional control and stability |
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| Rotation of the lateral axis |
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| Rotation of the longitudinal axis |
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| Rotation of the vertical axis |
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| Is the balance point of the plane. Point where all the weight is concentrated. Point where all axis intersect. Point where all controls rotate around |
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| Is a gas/Mass and Weight/Has density:affected by volume, temperature, atmospheric pressure, Humidity/Able to flow and change shape/Has velocity/Compressed or expanded/Has body :Therefore subjected to scientific laws |
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| Air increased in velocity will decrease in pressure: energy is used up as the molecules accelerate leaving less energy to exert pressure and the pressure thus decreases. One way to describe this decrease in pressure is to call it a differential pressure. Based on Bernoulli's law of pressure differential |
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| The difference in surface velocity accounts for a difference in pressure with the pressure being lower on the top than the bottom. This low pressure area produces and upward force known as the Magnus effect |
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| A body at rest tends to stay at rest and a body in motion tends to remain moving at the same speed and in the same direction |
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| when a body is acted upon by a constant force it's resulting acceleration is inversely proportional to the mass of the body and is directly proportional to the applied force. |
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| Whenever one body exerts a force on another, the second body always exerts on the first a force that is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction |
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