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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.
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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
Lift is the critical aerodynamic force that brings an aircraft to fly. The dynamic effect of the air moving across an airfoil produces lift. Common airfoils include the wings, flaps/slats, and stabilizers. Most see a lift vector as acting "up;" instead, it acts perpendicular to the aircraft's relative wind and lateral axis. [Figure 1]
To understand how an airplane wing produces lift, Bernoulli’s Principle and one of Newton’s Laws should be reviewed. Bernoulli’s Principle states in part that “the internal pressure of a fluid (liquid or gas) decreases at points where the speed of the fluid increases.”
Learn about basic scientific principles related to how an airplane achieves lift. Discover the relationship between Newton’s Third Law of Motion and flight. Learn about the Bernoulli Principle. Learn about the Coanda Effect.
aircraft loads analysis presented in this chapter is used in preliminary design, which is de fined in the next section. In this chapter we define load factors, discuss the aerodynamic data required for structural analysis, develop the basic maneuver V-n diagram, and discuss gust load factors used in design. 2.1 Aircraft design process
