Fundamentals of Flight Flashcards
Describe motion
Motion is the act or process of changing place or position– Movement
What are the 3 types of motion pertaining to flight?
Acceleration, Speed, and Velocity
Describe Acceleration
The rate of change of the speed or velocity of matter with time.
Describe Speed
The rate of movement in terms of distance measured in an allotted amount of time.
Describe Velocity
The quickness or speed of an object in a given time and direction
What is Newton’s first law?
An object at rest will remain at rest, an object in motion will remain in motion and will continue in motion at the same speed and in the same direction until acted upon by an outside force.
What is Newton’s second law?
If an object moving with uniform speed is acted upon by an external force; the change of motion or acceleration will be directly proportional to the amount of force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object being moved.
What is Newton’s third law?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Bernoulli’s principle?
The principle states that when a fluid flowing through a tube reaches a constriction or narrowing of the tube, the speed of the fluid passing through the constriction is increased and it’s pressure decreased.
