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Q: How is a glider designed to overcome air resistance?
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What objects use air resistance?

a parachute and a glider


How does air resistance help an airplane fly?

Air resistance actually holds an airplane back. It must overcome that resistance to fly.


Does air resistance help moving objects?

absolutely yes..these forces are called the coriolis influences..that is also the reason why aircrafts and any mode of transport in air are designed streamline to overcome these coriolis effects or simply the air resistance..another name for this is the drag..


Is parachite called air resistance?

No. But it's designed to do its job by taking advantage of air resistance.


What kind of friction that maglev train still has to overcome?

Air resistance.


How is air resistance used in a sentence?

air pressure is when air gets pressed down


Why are cars designed with smooth surfaces?

to reduce air resistance


What is a gliders?

A glider is a light engineless aircraft designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult. A glider is also a species of small possum, native to Australia. As its name suggests, it is capable of gliding through the air.


How do you overcome the factor of gravitational acceleration?

By increasing the surface area so that air resistance increases


Does a car use wind resistance?

Wind resistance (actually, Air Resistance) works against a car- it has to push air out of the way. Cars that are "streamlined" are designed so they slip through the air more easily than those that are not.


Does air resistance makes objects go slower?

Air resistance does tend to slow things down, which may cause them to move more slowly. However, if you keep applying power - such as a jet engine - you can overcome the resistance and keep going.


Why does a rolling ball stop after some time?

Its inertia is overcome by gravity and other factors such as air resistance and friction.