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Imagine that you are up in the air, flying flat. No airplane, just you, with your arms stretched out in front of you,
like Superman, flying in the direction that your fingers point. Your head is in front, your feet are in the back.
A head wind is a wind that blows opposite to the direction you're moving, approaches you from the front,
hits you in the head, and slows you down.
A tailwind is a wind that blows in the same direction you're moving, approaches you from behind,
hits you in the tail, and speeds you up.
Same definitions if you're in an airplane.
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What is the role of wind in flying an airplane?
Wing plays an important role in the speed of an airplane. A headwind reduces the speed of the aircraft. A tailwind increases the speed of the aircraft.
What words can you add on to the word wind to make a compound word?
-mill, -strike... windstorm windup windshield windsock crosswind tailwind windblown windpipe wind chimes woodwind headwind windburn
What is the force that opposes the motion of objects in air?
It is air friction. An aeroplane flying into a headwind will use up much more fuel than an aeroplane flying with a tailwind. Air friction means that a feather would take much longer to reach the ground than a lead weight dropped from the same height. Yet, if the feather and the lead weight were to be dropped in a vacuum (not subjected to air resistance) they would both reach the ground at the same time.
What does repulsion mean in science terms?
Food
What is the difference between speed over ground and speed over water?
Air speed is the speed through the air (surprise!) and the air is often moving, you can have a strong tailwind or headwind so that will affect your speed over the ground (groundspeed). The speed through the air might be 500mph, and the groundspeed either 550mph or 450mph, if the wind is at 50mph.
How can you have a negative headwind?
In athletics a headwind is expressed in negative terms eg - 5 m/s a wind in your face of 5 metres per second. A tailwind is expressed in positive terms eg + 5 m/s. The positive & negative seem superfluous as a headwind and tailwind are self explanatory
What is the effect of low level wind shear on aircraft performance?
tailwind which shifts to a headwind causes an initial increase in airspeed.
Dose airspeed around an airplane wing change in constant airspeed if the airplan is with headwind or tailwind?
No. 'Airspeed' is the airplane's speed relative to the air. 'Headwind' and 'tailwind' ... in fact, 'wind' in any direction ... is the speed of the air relative to the ground, which the airplane doesn't feel. So 'wind' affects only the craft's groundspeed, not its airspeed.
What is the role of wind in flying an airplane?
Wing plays an important role in the speed of an airplane. A headwind reduces the speed of the aircraft. A tailwind increases the speed of the aircraft.
Why it is difficult to row a boat against the direction of wind?
It is difficult for the same reason it takes more of a physical effort to cycle against a headwind. A headwind is trying to push us backwards, slowing our forward progress. With a tailwind, the wind is helping us to row a boat or cycle faster as it pushes us along from behind. A headwind causes air friction to increase.
What words can you add on to the word wind to make a compound word?
-mill, -strike... windstorm windup windshield windsock crosswind tailwind windblown windpipe wind chimes woodwind headwind windburn
Why does it take 10 hours to fly to cuba but only 8 hours back to Manchester?
The Atlantic Gulf Stream - planes fly into a headwind on the way out of the UK towards the Americas, but have a tailwind helping them on the way back.
What bird hovers in a headwind?
I think you would mean a kesterel.
List all the factors that affect car speed?
Weight of vehicle. Aerodynamics of vehicle. Horsepower & torque of engine. Gearing of vehicle. Headwind or tailwind. Elevation above sea level. Type of fuel used. Terrain. Tires. Outside temperature. Weather.
When was Tailwind Airlines created?
Tailwind Airlines was created in 2006.
Sample of Motion problems of 2 unknowns?
OK so I'm getting on a flight from Denver to Dubai with a stopover at London Heathrow. On the way a to London a Tailwind was pushing the aircraft. But on the way from a london to Dubai a sandstorm occured pushing us back. From Colorado to London it was 10 hours 30 minutes. From London to Dubai it took 8 Hours. Find the Speed of the Aircraft and the Speed of the Tailwind and the Sandstorm's headwind.
How long does it take a jet fighter to fly coast to coast?
That depends on weather conditions, the direction of the wind (headwind or tailwind) the speed of the plane, the altitude, the part of the coast it starts from and the part of the opposite coast it lands on (the distance is different depending on the latitude)... and a number of other factors.
