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∙ 14y agoAfter being launched, the pilot looks for thermals. When a thermal is found, the pilot circles in it, holding the aircraft in the rising air. This way, the glider will climb with the rising air, normally all the way up to the cloud base.
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What the diference between an glider and an airplane?
a glider does not have a motor to power it along whereas an airplane does tand that is why a glider does not stay in the air for very long
How does a plane fly with no engine?
A plane with no engine is a glider. They use the air currents to stay aloft.
What is a spiral updraft?
A spiral updraught is a thermal (rising column of warm air) in which a bird, hand-glider or glider will circle (spiral) round in to take full advantage of the rising warm air.
What is the difference between a glider and powered aircraft?
a glider is sorta like a parachute and uses thewind to stay up but go's farther and a powered air plane can go up and down because it has its own power
What does glider work?
By glider do you mean like paper airplane?? it is held up by air pressure,,This will not work on the moon. There is no air there.
How do you unlock air glider in Kirby air ride?
Air Glider is one of the random Stadium minigames that can appear at the end of City Trial mode.
What year was hand glider invented?
1568
How do you paint a metal glider?
use your hand and brain
Is glider the older air transportation or is it the hot air balloon?
I think that the hot air balloon was not a transportation in old times. The wright brothers invented an airplane that looked a bit like a glider, so there are chances that the glider might be used for transportation.
How a glider works?
it uses air to glide
How does a cliff face warmed by the sun help glider pilots?
Cliffs warmed by the sun are good for glider pilots because it keeps them up. This happens with a process called thermal radiation. This is when the heat from the sun energy radiates. Thermal Radiation can also be heat from the sun bouncing off something, because the heat that bounces off that thing is thermally radiating through the air. This process can also happen with glider piloting. When the heat from the sun bounces on a cliff, it warms the cliff. This heat then bounces off it and creates a draft. The draft radiates in the air until it reaches the glider pilot and it then keeps the glider pilot up. This is why glider pilots have to be near a cliff or mountain to stay in the air. If they didn't do this or this process wasn't done. Eventually the glider pilot will fall and will be severely injured. So this process is really important for all things not just glider pilots.
What would happen to the hand glider if the air was flowing in the opposite direction?
Gliders rely on the air traveling over the wing span to be at a certain speed. To achieve this the Glider must travel forward. If the air, in the form of wind, is traveling in the same direction, the Glider must travel at the speed of the wind plus the normal speed of operation in order to avoid stalling. If the Glider was traveling at the speed of the wind or slower, it would fall out of the sky towards the ground. During this time the Glider would increase in speed potentially regaining control. If the air, in the form of wind, is traveling in the opposite direction, the Gliders stall point will be lower because the air flowing over the wing span will reach a certain speed much sooner.
