Flight and Space Unit 1

During the Instant Design Challenge, your team used the Design Process to create a paper airplane.

Identify the step of the Design Process that matches the following task—The team had to take design considerations into account, such as how far the plane should fly and where it should land.

•                      Define a Problem

• Generate Concepts

•                      Design a Solution

• Build and Test

         As they create new airplane designs, aerospace engineers document their work.

Why is such documentation important? Select all that apply.

•                      A. To provide future historians artifacts to exhibit in museums.

•                    B.  To know what worked and continue improving those designs.

•                   C.    To avoid making the same mistakes again.

•                    D.    To provide managers records for evaluating the progress of their workers.

Moderate lift and low drag

High speed

• High Camber

• Low Camber

• Symmetrical Camber

High lift and high drag

Low speed

• Low Camber

• High Camber

• Symmetrical Camber

Low lift and high drag

Low speed and good stability

• Low Camber

• Hight Camber

• Symmetrical Camber

         Describe what happens to an airplane in flight when drag is greater than thrust.

• Plane rises

• Plane decends

• Plane accelerates

• Plane slows

         Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion explains what is happening in this statement—An airplane accelerates because of the force of thrust.  

• 1st Law

• 2nd Law

• 3rd Law

• 4th Law

         Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion explains what is happening in this statement—An airplane was at rest on the runway, waiting in line for the planes ahead of it to take off. The pilot turns on the jet engines and the plane begins moving forward on the runway. The plane changed from a state of rest to being in motion as a result of the force of thrust.

• 1st Law

• 2nd Law

• 3rd Law

• 6th Law

          A military cargo plane is loaded with the maximum weight allowable for the flight. The cargo is heavier than what the pilot usually carries, so the pilot adjusts as follows:

• The pilot flies slower to create less thrust and less lift

•                      The pilot flies slower to create more thrust and more lift

•                      The pilot flies faster to create less thrust and less lift

•                      The pilot flies faster to create more thrust and more lift

Which term describes the right and left movement of a plane?

• Roll

• Pitch

• Yaw