Physics of Flight 1

Yaw is rotation on which axis?

• Lateral Axis

• Longitudinal axis

• Top axis

• Vertical axis

The Wright Brothers used wing-warping to turn the aircraft. Today we use______.

• ailerons

• stabilizer

• empennages

• elevators

The pilot changes the shape of the wing during takeoff and landing in order to ________.

• increase lift coefficient

• decrease drag coefficient

• increase thrust

• decrease lift coefficient

The fuselage of an airplane is the 

• main airplane body
• airplane's landing gear
• airplane's computer 
• tail of the airplane

Fuel tanks are normally installed in the airplane's

• wheels
• cockpit
• wings
• tail

what does the vertical stabilizer do?

• provides power for forward motion
• keep the airplane stable preventing the nose form pitching up and down
• provides a place to mount the wheels
• keeps the airplane stable by preventing the nose form sweeping left and right

What does the horizontal stabilizer do? 

• I have absolutely no idea, but it sounds very complicated
• keeps the airplane stable by preventing the nose from pitching up and down
• provides a reference to the horizon for safe night flying
• allow for water landings

The up or down motion of an airplane's nose

• Pitch

• Roll

• Yaw

When one wing is raised and the other is lowered.

• Pitch

• Roll

• Yaw

Which aircraft component has two parts, one on each wing, that operate in opposite directions?

• Ailerons

• Spoiler

• Flaps

• Landing gear