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WorksheetsM8.2 Aerodynamic resultant
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What happens when thrust equals drag?
The aircraft flies at a constant airspeed
The aircraft accelerates
The aircraft decelerates
The aircraft ascends
What is the role of the Angle of Attack (AOA) in flight?
It helps maintain level flight by adjusting lift
It changes the color of the aircraft
It increases the number of passengers
It decreases the weight of the aircraft
How can some aircraft change the direction of thrust?
By changing the wing shape.
By pivoting the engines or vectoring exhaust gases.
By altering the aircraft's color.
By increasing the aircraft's weight.
What happens if the angle of attack (AOA) is increased too much?
The aircraft will speed up.
The aircraft will stall.
The aircraft will descend.
The aircraft will turn left.
What is the relationship between lift and vertical speed when lift becomes less than weight?
Vertical speed will increase.
Vertical speed will decrease.
Vertical speed will remain constant.
Vertical speed is irrelevant.
What can some aircraft with a thrust-to-weight ratio greater than one do?
Fly vertically
Fly horizontally
Hover in place
Glide without power
What is the direct result of the relationship between the relative wind and the aircraft?
Weight and thrust
Lift and drag
Thrust and lift
Drag and weight
What force opposes the motion of an aircraft moving through the air?
Lift
Weight
Thrust
Drag
What is the effect of increasing the aircraft's speed on lift?
Lift decreases
Lift remains constant
Lift increases
Lift becomes irrelevant
What happens to drag when the angle of attack is increased?
Drag becomes zero
Drag increases
Drag remains the same
Drag decreases
