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All aircraft, not just jets, have shapes as streamlined as possible to enable them to fly faster and use less fuel.

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What are the five examples of streamlined shapes in day to day life?

Examples of the streamlined shapes in day to day life include airplanes, cars, boats, ships, cycling hats and swimming costumes.


Which aeroplain travels faster than sound?

Supersonic jet planes


What are different ways of reducing friction?

It depends on what you are referring to. Generally some ways of reducing friction are by using smoother surfaces, using fluids with lower viscosities, using grease or any lubricant, using rollers/wheels, using ball bearings, and with objects like cars and planes- these are usually made with streamlined shapes.


How can friction on a water slide be reduced?

When objects move through fluids, they have to overcome the friction acting on them, due to which they lose energy. So, efforts are made to minimize the friction. For this, the objects are given special shapes. As we know, birds and fishes have to move about in fluids all the time. Their bodies must have evolved to shapes which would make them lose less energy in overcoming friction. Such shapes are called streamlined shapes. This is the reason ships and aeroplanes are given a streamlined shapes so that minimum energy is lost while moving through water and air respectively.


Why are planes fast?

There are 2 main reasons why planes are fast. First they have extremely powerful engines. Commercial airliners have engines that produce 70,000-90,000 lbs of thrust. Secondly, airplanes are very aerodynamic ( a measurement of how much force the air puts on an object). The more streamlined a plane is, the less HP is required to go the same speed. To look at it a different way, a more streamlined airplane can go faster with the same power.

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Why are boats and planes streamlined?

The bodies of planes and boats are streamlined so that they experience minimum amount of friction while moving through air and water, respectively.


How do jet planes fly?

Jet planes fly with the help of Thrust and Lift produced by the jet engines.


What is the use of jet planes?

Jet planes can be of many types and some perform better than piston planes.


Why do cruise liners have streamlined shapes?

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Why do aeroplanes and ships are given streamlined shape?

Streamlined shapes make them faster and more fuel-efficient.


Is a bus streamlined?

yeah planes are streamlined. streamlined is when the tip is more pointy and that's what jet planes are like. take a dart for example, they have a pointy tip so they can glide through the air with ease. this is the most important part. the pointier ( or more streamlined ) the object is, the affect of a force called drag ( which has an opposit called thrust) is less. SO THEY GO FASTER!!!!!!!!!


What are facts about jet plane?

Jet planes are faster than the normal propeller powered airplanes. Jet planes were invented by Sir. Frank Whittle. There are also supersonic Jet planes. Concorde was the fastest Passenger Jet plane.


What is a collective noun for jets?

All collective nouns are common nouns.There is no collective nouns specifically for jet planes, however the collective nouns for planes can be used; they are:a fleet of planes (a fleet of jet planes)a squadron of planes (a squadron of jet planes)a stack of planes (a stack of jet planes)


Are jet planes apart of airlines?

Yes, jet planes are that - planes, whereas airlines usually refers to a company that uses planes to ferry people around.


Why do boats need to be streamlined?

to be able to get through water as easily as possible, the same way that planes and fast cars have to be streamlined.


What are facts about jets?

Jet planes are faster than the normal propeller powered airplanes. Jet planes were invented by Sir. Frank Whittle. There are also supersonic Jet planes. Concorde was the fastest Passenger Jet plane.


What are the five examples of streamlined shapes in day to day life?

Examples of the streamlined shapes in day to day life include airplanes, cars, boats, ships, cycling hats and swimming costumes.