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The main principle by which the airplane takes off is the principle of Lift. Let us see how this lift
principle works and why is it important for aircrafts to Rotate, while takeoff ??
An aeroplane is subjected to many aerodynamic forces while flying through the air. These force
include thrust, weight, drag, lift, parasitic drag, etc.
An aeroplane lifts up in the air due to the huge aerodynamic lift provided by its wings. The wings are
in the shape of an Airfoil. If we see the cross-section of the wing clearly, we will find that the upper
surface of the wing or the airfoil is curved in shape, than the lower surface. When the aeroplane moves
through the air, the air flow past around it. When this high speed flowing air strikes the upper surface
of the wing, it changes its direction as well as its speed.
Similarly, the air through the lower surface of the wing moves comparatively slower than the air of the
upper surface.
The high speed air has less pressure and similarly, the low speed air has high pressure. Therefore, we
see that that the bottom surface has high pressure and upper surface has low pressure. This pressure
difference between the upler and lower surface creates a force called Aerodynamic Lift or
simply Lift. This principle is commonly known as Bernoulli’s Principle.
Another explanation of lift is by the famous law— Newtons Third Law of Motionwhich states
that “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” If we see the airfoil we will
see that the upper surface is curved downwards. As I told previously that the air of the upper surface
changes its speed. It not only changes its speed, but also its direction. Since the upper surface is
curved downwards, the high speed accelerated air sir also moves downwards. Due to this, the air of
the bottom surface also strikes the high speed air and moves downwards. This has an opposite
reaction on the airfoil, pushing it upwards. This is called Lift.
What is Angle of Attack?
Angle of attack is the angle between the chord line of the airfoil and the direction of
the travel or relative wind. Chord line is the line drawn from the front edge to the rear
edge of the airfoil.
Takeoff is the phase of a flight when the wheels of the aircraft leaves the runway.
Now the question is that how a plane takes off. Imagine that the aeroplane is rushing down the
runway. If we observe the aircraft very carefully, we will see that the body of the aircraft is slightly
bent forward. This is because the nose gear is shorter than the main landing gear located under the
wings. This is done so that the pilot has a bettr view if the runway. Due to this forward bending of the
aircraft's body, the Angle of attack is negative. Since angle of attack is directly proportional to the
lift force, the lift produced is also negative.
But for takeoff, positive lift is needed. To get the positive lift tbe nose of the aircraft should be high up
in the air. To do this, the pilot pulls back the control column. Due to this, the elevator or the tail
wings, fold upwards. Due to this angle of attack in the elevator is negative and the tail of the aircraft
moves down. The nose of the aircraft now moves up and the lift force exceeds the weight force of the
aircraft and it takes off. This process is known as Rotation.
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3. What Is a Satellite?
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5. NASA has more than a dozen Earth science satellites in orbit. They help NASA study the oceans, land and
atmosphere.
6. Credits: NASA
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8. The Jason-2 satellite orbits Earth. It carries tools and sensors to help scientists study the oceans.
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11. The Sputnik satellite was about the size of a basketball and weighed 183 pounds.
12. Credits: NASA
13. This article is part of the NASA Knows! (Grades 5-8) series.
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A satellite is a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star. For example, Earth is
a satellite because it orbits the sun. Likewise, the moon is a satellite because it orbits
Earth. Usually, the word "satellite" refers to a machine that is launched into space and
moves around Earth or another body in space.
15. Earth and the moon are examples of natural satellites. Thousands of artificial, or man-
made, satellites orbit Earth. Some take pictures of the planet that help meteorologists
predict weather and track hurricanes. Some take pictures of other planets, the sun, black
holes, dark matter or faraway galaxies. These pictures help scientists better understand
the solar system and universe.
16. Still other satellites are used mainly for communications, such as beaming TV signals
and phone calls around the world. A group of more than 20 satellites make up the Global
Positioning System, or GPS. If you have a GPS receiver, these satellites can help figure
out your exact location.
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Why Are Satellites Important?
The bird's-eye view that satellites have allows them to see large areas of Earth at one
time. This ability means satellites can collect more data, more quickly, than instruments
on the ground.
18. Satellites also can see into space better than telescopes at Earth's surface. That's
because satellites fly above the clouds, dust and molecules in the atmosphere that can
block the view from ground level.
19. Before satellites, TV signals didn't go very far. TV signals only travel in straight lines. So
they would quickly trail off into space instead of following Earth's curve. Sometimes
mountains or tall buildings would block them. Phone calls to faraway places were also a
problem. Setting up telephone wires over long distances or underwater is difficult and
costs a lot.
20. With satellites, TV signals and phone calls are sent upward to a satellite. Then, almost
instantly, the satellite can send them back down to different locations on Earth.