Activity 1.3: Test Flight

Up and down motion of the wings of the aircraft.

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• pilot

The up or down motion of the nose of the aircraft.

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• pilot

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A side-to-side motion of the nose of the aircraft.

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• pilot

A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• pilot

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The part on an airplane that raises and lowers the wings, causing the aircraft to roll.

• aileron

• rudder

• elevator

The hinged part of the stabilizer on an aircraft that is used to deflect the tail of the plane up and down.

• aileron

• rudder

• elevator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Small moving section at the rear of the stabilizer that helps to control the yawing motion of the aircraft.

• aileron

• rudder

• elevator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The main body of an aircraft.

• airfoil

• camber

• fuselage

A streamlined surface designed in such a way that air flowing around it produces useful motion. The cross-section of an airplane wing

• airfoil

• camber

• fuselage

The curvature of the airfoil.

• airfoil

• camber

• fuselage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4