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The car (or plane/whatever else it is) accelerates. This means that it gains speed
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoIf drag is greater than thrust, then the object (car, rocket, etc) Will begin to slow down until they become equal, or the thrust becomes greater than the drag.
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What happens when thrust is greater than drag?
You move!!! * * * * * No, you accelerate!
Is thrust greater than drag?
yes
When is thrust greater than drag?
The object accelerates.
What happens to the four forces in order to make an airplane fly?
The four basic forces acting on an aircraft are Lift, Weight (Gravity), Thrust, and Drag. In order for an aircraft to ascend, Lift must be greater than Weight, and Thrust must be greater than Drag.
What happens when a flying airplane has less thrust than drag?
It will stall and begin to lose altitude.
How come an airplane floats in air?
Essentially there are 4 aerodynamic forces that act on an airplane in flight; these are lift, drag, thrust and gravity (or weight).In simple terms, drag is the resistance of air (the backward force), thrust is the power of the airplane's engine (the forward force), lift is the upward force and gravity is the downward force. So for airplanes to fly, the thrust must be greater than the drag and the lift must be greater than the gravity (so as you can see, drag opposes thrust and lift opposes gravity).This is certainly the case when an airplane takes off or climbs. However, when it is in straight and level flight the opposing forces of lift and gravity are balanced. During a descent, gravity exceeds lift and to slow an airplane drag has to overcome thrust.
What causes a force to produce motion?
To move an object forward from rest the thrust of forward force must be greater than the drag acting in the opposite direction. In order to keep moving at a constant velocity the forward force must equal the drag.
What are the four forces on an aircraft and how do they act on an aircraft?
For an airplane to fly, it must always engage in a tug of war between the opposing forces of lift versus weight and thrust versus drag. For a moment, think of an airplane moving from right to left and the flow of air moving from left to right. The weight or force due to gravity pulls down on the plane opposing the lift created by air flowing over the wing. Thrust is generated by the propellor and opposes drag caused by air resistance to the airplane. During take off, thrust must be greater than drag and lift must be greater than weight so that the airplane can become airborne. For landing thrust must be less than drag, and lift must be less than weight. Hope this helps
What must airplanes and rockets do to fly through the air?
They must have sufficient thrust from their engines and lift from their wings to overcome their weight and the aerodynamic drag forces. Most rockets do not have sufficient wings to lift them but their engines provide a thrust force that is greater than their weight and it keeps pushing them vertically in the air.
How is thrust different from force?
there is not much difference between thrust anf force...its just that thrust is the force acting perpendiclular to the surface thrust will always be either equal or greater than force.
What is required for a rocket to lift off into space a. thrust that is greater than Earth and gravity c. very little air resistance b. mass that is greater than Earth and d. more velocity than?
Thrust that is greater than Earth's gravity, and it must be sustained over a sufficiently long time. Alternately, the initial speed must be greater than the escape velocity.
What is required for a rocket to lift off into space?
thrust that is greater than earth's gravity
