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Principles of Flying

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What is the principle of flight that is controlled by the engine(s) or propeller(s)?

thrust

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How would you describe THRUST (with regard to a plane in flight)?

It is the forward motion.

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What do you call the force of resistance that is working against thrust?

drag

10

What is the upward force that allows a plane to raise off the ground and stay in the air?

Lift

10

What is the force of gravity that is pulling down on a plane while it's in flight?

Weight

10

What force is opposite drag?

thrust

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What force is opposite lift?

weight

5

What force is opposite weight?

lift

5

What force is opposite thrust?

drag

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What is is called when the nose of the plane is pointing up or down?

pitch

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What part of the plane controls the plane's pitch?

elevators

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Where are the plane's elevators located?

Horizontal stabilizers, mounted on the tail/fin or the plane

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What part of the airplane allows the plane to roll?

ailerons

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Where do you find the plane's ailerons?

on each wing

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Describe how the ailerons' movement allows the plane to roll.

They rotate opposite each other. Whichever aileron is rotated upwards has less lift and less drag. That causes you to turn in that direction.

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What does yaw mean? Show the type of motion it represents.

It's a turn, pivoting along a vertical axis.

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