BASICS OF FLIGHT AND AERODYNAMICS

Groups A and B: 1 st Year On-Level Centennial Aviation Club

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What gets a plane off the ground? What basic forces are working on the airplane during flight? What are the parts of an airplane and what do they do?

What does aerodynamic mean?

 Bernoulli's Principle- the faster a fluid is moving the lower the pressure

Daniel Bernoulli

BASIC FORCES IN FLIGHT

Four Fundamentals of Flight

Lift
Thrust Weight/Gravity Drag
Pg. 25

LIFT
Opposes the downward force of weight Produced by the dynamic effect of the air acting on the wing Shape of airfoil changes the way lift acts on the airplane Bernoullis Principle

WEIGHT/GRAVITY
The downward force opposing lift The combined load of the airplane itself (crew, fuel, cargo/baggage) Force exists because of the presence of gravity

THRUST
Forward force produced by the propeller Pulls the airplane through the air Opposes drag

DRAG
Backward force acting opposite to thrust Caused by the disruption of airflow by the plane itself and its parts (wings, landing gear, etc.) Two types: parasite (the most common) and induced Effects how aerodynamic the plane is

ANGLE OF ATTACK

angle between the wing chord and the relative wind

THE WING

Produces the lift Holds the plane up while in flight

Bernoulli's Principle- the faster a fluid is moving the lower the pressure

AILERON
CONTROLS BANK
Left bank Turn the yoke to the left and the left aileron goes down (right goes up)

Airplane banks to the left Right bank Turn the yoke to the right and the right aileron goes down (left goes up)

Airplane banks to the right

ELEVATOR
CONTROLS PITCH

Push the yoke in and the elevator goes down

Airplane pitches down

Pull the yoke out and the elevator goes up Airplane pitches up

RUDDER
CONTROLS YAW

Push left rudder pedal and the plane yaws to the left

Push right rudder pedal and the plane yaws to the right

PROPELLER
CONTROLS THRUST

FLAPS
CREATE EXTRA LIFT

Flaps down

PARTS OF THE AIRPLANE

3? ___________ wing strut

ailerons 5/13? _________

wings 15? __________ horiz. stab. 8? ___________ flaps 6/12? _________ wing strut 4? ___________ elevator 11? __________ rudder 10? __________ Pg. 19 propeller 1? ___________

IM DONE BUT FIRST

What gets a plane off the ground? What basic forces are working on the airplane during flight? What are the parts of an airplane and what do they do?

What does aerodynamic mean?

CHS SEMINAR
The Wonders of Flight Session 2 - Mr. Harhay, Room I-46 Starts at the beginning of second quarter

Dont forget to sign up at the end of session 1

QUESTIONS???

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