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Aircraft Performance. Prof. Dava Newman Sr. Lecturer Pete Young 16.00: Introduction to Aerospace & Design 12 February 2004. Lecture Outline. Performance Parameters. Aircraft components and examples. Equations of Motion. Thrust-Velocity Curves. Stall. Lift-to-Drag Ratio. Endurance & Range. V-n Diagrams. Performance. Note: Book errata pdf file.
For any airplane to fly, one must lift the weight of the airplane itself, the fuel, the passengers, and the cargo. The wings generate most of the lift to hold the plane in the air. To generate lift, the airplane must be pushed through the air. The air resists the motion in the form of aerodynamic drag.
Lift is produced by the properties of the cross-sectional shape of the wings of birds and planes. This shape is known as the aerofoil, or airfoil in the US and Canada.
How Airplanes Fly: Lift and Circulation. by Dwight E. Neuenschwander Professor of Physics Southern Nazarene University Bethany, OK. N o matter how much physics you know, it’s still amazing to see a 380,000 lb. airplane fly. Whenever I fly commercially, I request a window seat.
airplane, why a wing stalls, why right rudder is needed in a climb, and how the center of gravity affects controllability and maneuverability. This lesson in basic aerodynamics will introduce pilots to the four forces, airfoils, lift, stalls, left-turning tendencies, load factors, stability and many other
The x-axis lies in the symmetry plane of the vehicle1 and points toward the nose of the vehicle. (The precise direction will be discussed later.) The z-axis also is taken to lie in the plane of symmetry, perpendicular to the x-axis, and pointing approximately down. The y axis
Use diagrams, videos and/or animations that are readily available online to illustrate the concept that the air moving over the wing (due to the shape of the wing and/or the angle of attack) moves faster than the air moving under the wing.
