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Science Vocablury on airplanes Flashcards

1
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The key to flight

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Lift

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2
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The force of the engine to move forward

Lift forces the plane upward

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Thrust

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3
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The force of the friction of the air

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Drag

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4
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The pull of gravity upon the mass of the plane

Weight forces the plane downward

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Weight

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5
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A man noted for fluid going through a narrow tube speeds up puts less pressure on the tube then when the fluid is not moving

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Bernoulli

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6
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The relationship between speed and fluid pleasure using mathematics

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Bernoulli principle

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7
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An engineer who specializes in the science of aircraft operation

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Aeronautical engineer

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8
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One who flys an aircraft or spacecraft

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Pilot

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9
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An airfoil that develops the lift which supports an aircraft in flight

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Wing

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10
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A device consisting of a hub fitted with blades that is used to propel a vehicle

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Propeller

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11
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Is we’re the pilot sits

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Cockpit

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12
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The central airplanes structure

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Fuselage

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13
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Or tail that has many parts

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Empennage

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14
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Helps the plane fly leavel

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Horizontal stabilizer

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15
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The front of the plane

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Nose

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16
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Angled down speedily

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Pitch

17
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A flight control hedged to the horizontal stabilizers

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Elevator

18
Q

Another part of the empennage sometimes called the fin .

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Virtual stabilizers

19
Q

To veer off it’s heading

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Yaw

20
Q

A control surface hedge to a vertical stabilizer that moves the plane left to right

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Rudder

21
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A moveable part on each wing of an airplane used in banking

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Aileron

22
Q

When ailerons deflect because the pilot moves the flight controls left from right

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Roll

23
Q

When lowered slows the plane down during take off or landing

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Flaps

24
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The part that supports the weight of an aircraft when it is on the ground

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Landing gear

25
Q

The spraying of crops with fungicidal or insecticidal dust from a low flying airplane

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Crop dusting

26
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Photography taken from an airplane

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Aerial photography

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