Warm-Up – 8/28 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: What flight control surface is used to pitch the aircraft? Name the four forces of flight What flight control surface(s) is used to roll an aircraft? The axis of flight that runs from wingtip to wingtip of the aircraft causes what flight action? What is the axis of flight that controls yaw?
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Warm-Up – 8/28 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: What flight control surface is used to pitch the aircraft? Name the four forces of flight What flight control surface(s) is used to roll an aircraft? The axis of flight that runs from wingtip to wingtip of the aircraft causes what flight action? What is the axis of flight that controls yaw?
Basic Airplane and its Parts
Warm-Up – 8/28 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: What flight control surface is used to pitch the aircraft? Name the four forces of flight What flight control surface(s) is used to roll an aircraft? The axis of flight that runs from wingtip to wingtip of the aircraft causes what flight action? What is the axis of flight that controls yaw?
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Warm-Up – 8/28 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: What flight control surface is used to pitch the aircraft? Name the four forces of flight What flight control surface(s) is used to roll an aircraft? The axis of flight that runs from wingtip to wingtip of the aircraft causes what flight action? What is the axis of flight that controls yaw?
Basic Airplane and its Parts
Warm-Up – 8/28 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: What flight control surface is used to pitch the aircraft? Name the four forces of flight What flight control surface(s) is used to roll an aircraft? The axis of flight that runs from wingtip to wingtip of the aircraft causes what flight action? What is the axis of flight that controls yaw?
The Axes of Flight The axes of flight are: Longitudinal (Roll) Axis from tip of nose to tip of tail – ROLL Lateral (Pitch) Axis from one wingtip to other wingtip – PITCH Vertical (Yaw) Axis vertically through meeting point of the longitudinal and lateral axes. – YAW
Warm-Up – 8/28 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: What part of the aircraft that is located on the outer portion of the trailing edge of the wing – (it causes an aircraft to roll). What is the French term for the tail portion of an aircraft? What is the axis of flight that runs from the nose tip to the tail of the aircraft? What is the axis of flight that runs from wingtip to wingtip of the aircraft? What is the axis of flight that controls yaw?
The Axes of Flight The axes of flight are: Longitudinal (Roll) Axis from tip of nose to tip of tail – ROLL Lateral (Pitch) Axis from one wingtip to other wingtip – PITCH Vertical (Yaw) Axis vertically through meeting point of the longitudinal and lateral axes. – YAW
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THIS DAY IN AVIATION August 28 1908 — The United States Army accepts its first dirigible. It is 96 feet long, with a 20-hp Curtiss engine.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION August 28 1923 — A New World refueled flight duration record of 37 hours 15 minutes 4.8 seconds set.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION August 28 1957 — A record altitude for manned aircraft is achieved by the RAF Canberra serial no. WK 163 piloted by chief test pilot M. Randrup. He flies the aircraft to 70,310 ft. with the aid of a Double Scorpion rocket motor.
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Aircraft in Motion
Flight Control Surfaces Aircraft Parts Axis of Flight and Flight Control Surfaces Quiz
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