Flashcard on Flight Mechanisms

Front

What mechanism was used to aid a human being in successfully flying? Options: hot-air balloon, kite, glider, propeller-driven airplane

Back

kite

Front

Where did flight by balloon first occur?

Back

France

Front

What do aerodynamic characteristics affect?

Back

motion

Front

What do you need for an object to fly?

Back

a force to lift it

Front

What did aircraft designers use to test models of new aircraft?

Back

wind tunnels

Front

How many wing shapes did the Wright brothers test in designing their successful 1902 glider?

Back

200

Front

What laws are fundamental to our understanding of flight today? Options: Quest’s Laws of Airlift, Paine’s Laws of Force, Wright’s Laws of Flight

Back

Newton’s Laws of Motion

Front

When does an airplane take off and fly?

Back

When the outside force moves the aircraft fast enough to provide enough lifting force

Front

What does Newton’s third law state?

Back

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Front

Daniel Bernoulli was a _________.

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Mathematician