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Wings

Wings. 3 MAIN MOVEMENTS. Flaps change the curvature of a wing, increasing lift. Airplanes use flaps to maintain lift at lower speeds, particularly during takeoff and landing. This allows an airplane to make a slower landing approach and a shorter landing.

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Wings

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  1. Wings 3 MAIN MOVEMENTS

  2. Flaps change the curvature of a wing, • increasing lift. • Airplanes use flaps to maintain lift at lower speeds, particularly during takeoff and landing. • This allows an airplane to make a slower landing approach and a shorter landing. • Flaps also increase drag, which helps slow the airplane and allows a steeper landing approach. Importance of Flaps

  3. PITCH • ROLL • YAW Three basic movements of a plane

  4. Yaw – • movement on the vertical axis. • The nose of the plane turns left or right. • Roll – • movement on the longitudinal axis. • One wing dips lower than the other. • Pitch – • movement on a lateral axis. • The nose of the plane moves up and down. 3 BASIC MOVEMENTS OF A PLANE

  5. The movement around each axis is controlled by a specific control surface. • The pilot can use the elevators to control the pitch of a plane, the rudder to control the yaw, and the ailerons to control the roll. movement

  6. PITCH- YAW-ROLL

  7. http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~flight/flyme.html# PITCH – ROLL -YAW

  8. Lift: • When air flows over the top of the wing of a plane, it needs to flow in a curved shape. • To do this, the pressure of the air right above the wing needs to be at a slightly lower pressure than the air above it, so the air will get pushed to flow around the wing. LIFT

  9. This basic concept of lift can be applied to a frisbee as well. • The frisbee is Shaped so that the air travels faster over the top than under the bottom. • Hence, when the frisbee moves through the air, it rises. FRISBEE

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