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lift = 1/2 air density x velocity squared x surface area
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What does the weight of the airplane have to do with the lift of it?
The weight of an aircraft counteracts the lift produced by an aircraft. The heavier an aircraft weighs the greater the lift needed to get off the ground.
What force does an airplane at takeoff use more thrust or lift?
Interesting question. Lift is what actually allows an aircraft to leave the ground, but lift in a normal type aircraft (not a helicopter) is generated by forward movement through the air and that is produced by thrust. So, while lift is what's necessary to overcome gravity (weight), it's thrust that is needed to generate lift...so both forces are in play at takeoff.
How do wingless aircraft produce lift?
The only 'wingless aircraft' are helicopters. These produce lift lift from the rotor blades, which are in fact, long narrow wings.
What is the lift force in an aircraft?
The lift force is the force acting against the aircraft's weight. For straight and level flight, lift acts in the upward vertical direction and the weight of the aircraft acts in the downward vertical direction. For level flight, lift = weight.
Why doesnot aircraft fall on the ground?
because of the thrust produced by the engines of the aircraft which is about 15,000 tonnes for each engine in a jumbo jet. Which means that each engine has a capacity to lift a weight of about 15,000 tonnes without any difficulty.
What Parts of an airplane which provide lift and support entire weight of airplane?
The wings are the primary source of lift for an airplane. The horizontal stabilizer of most modern transport aircraft produces lift also, but the lift vector of the stabilizer is usually in the opposite direction (down) in order to keep the aircraft at the proper pitch attitude. Some aircraft configurations are designed so that the aircraft body itself provides lift. The Space Shuttle is an example of a "lifting body" aircraft.
Did the Wright brothers invention work and why?
Their aircraft? Yep. It was a biplane, and it produced lift by moving air over an airfoil. The effect of an airfoil is described in part by the Bernoulli Principle.
What is a rotary aircraft?
A rotory aircraft is essentially a helicopter or a type of aircraft that relies on the movement of its wing to produce lift.
What is aircraft propeller and what function does it do to the aircraft?
An aircraft propeller is what gives the aircraft power to move it forward (or backward, depending on it's pitch). This enables the aircraft to acquire lift and gain altitude. Propellers are found on some fixed-wing aircraft and autogyros. On helicopters, the blades that lift it and stabilize it are called rotors.
What does lift do to the airplane?
Lift acts against the force of gravity, pushing the aircraft up.
What is the term for the upward force on the wings of an aircraft?
Lift.
How in fighter aircraft is instant pressure difference created for lift?
Flaps are used on aircraft to increase the wing area of the plane and therefore increase lift and reduce speed.
