WorksheetsAerodynamics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is weight?
What you have to do when your parents are talking to friends
Air pushing up on the wing of an airplane
The measure of gravity pulling down on an object
The force pushing back on a forward moving object
What is lift?
The speeding up and slowing down of air as it moves across a wing causing an upward push
The measure of gravity pulling down on an airplane's wing
The force caused by an airplane's engine that pushes the plane forward
Lift is the opposite of drag
What is drag?
The speeding up and slowing down of air
The angle of an airplane's wings with the front being higher than the back
The wing being sucked in an upward direction by the air
Drag is what pulls backward on an airplane, slowing it down
What is thrust?
The force that pulls or pushes a airplane forward
The force that equalizes lift and drag
The force that causes a plane to fall towards Earth
The measure of air pressure on the airplane's wing
What are the three basic types of stability?
pitch, catch & thrust
lift, drop & spiral
directional, lift & pitch
spiral, directional & pitch
True or False. Pitch stability keeps an airplane flying at a constant speed.
True
False
True or False. Spiral stability will keep an airplane from spinning around like a football.
True
False
True or False. Directional stability keeps an airplane from turning around and flying backward.
True
False
True or False. A paper airplane must balance in a region less than an inch long to have proper stability.
True
False
True or False. Fins don't serve any purpose on a paper airplane. They are just used to make the plane look cool.
True
False
