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Aeroplanes can become charged when flying through clouds due to the interaction of their surfaces with water droplets and ice particles within the cloud. As these particles collide and rub against the aircraft, electrons can be transferred, leading to a buildup of static electricity. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in cumulonimbus clouds, where strong updrafts and turbulence enhance the charge separation. The resulting static charge can discharge as lightning or create a spark if it reaches a significant level.
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Does the clouds charged by friction?
No, clouds do not become charged by friction. Instead, clouds become charged through a separation of positive and negative charges within the cloud, leading to the buildup of static electricity. This separation occurs due to processes like ice crystals or water droplets colliding and exchanging charge.
What can clouds become heavily charged with?
Ions
Why do you like aeroplanes so much?
Because you can see the clouds from up there
How can static electricity build up on aeroplanes?
It passes from clouds to aircraft and builds up.
Why do airplanes get electrically charged while flying?
Answeryes ... sometimes quite severely.partly from flying through charged clouds,and partly from just the friction from the air as the plane passes through it.
Why do aeroplanes fly above the clouds?
They don't always fly above the clouds. They fly below, in or above them. Planes have optimum levels that they fly at. Sometimes that may be above the clouds, but not always.
Do aeroplanes move between the clouds or above the clouds?
Areoplanes move between the clouds and above the clouds. When aeroplanes move between the clouds, the aeroplane generally penetrates the cloud atmosphere, thus forcing the cloud to divide into two or more separate clouds. Depending on the speed and altitude, the likely byproduct of the separation is precipitation. When the speed of the aeroplane is such that it reaches maximum velocity, friction will be generated between surfaces of the cloud and the outer shell of the areoplane resulting in what is commonly known as "lightning".
What makes the rapid flow of charge through the air between the two oppositely charged clouds?
The rapid flow of charge through the air between two oppositely charged clouds is due to the build-up of electrical potential difference between them. When the potential difference becomes strong enough, it overcomes the resistance of the air and creates a conductive path for the charge to flow as lightning.
What is the purpose of a gyroscope in aeroplanes?
The gyroscope helps the pilot to tell whether or not he is flying straight when he is in the dark at night or in a bank of clouds.
Why is aluminum used to make aeroplanes?
because the cost for the product is greater then the cost for the steel also it is light and when it is in the air it is denser then the clouds
What processes does water go through to become clouds?
The water cycle! Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
What Cumulus clouds become dark towering clouds?
Cumulus clouds become Cumulonimbus (dark towering clouds) when enough water vapor condenses in the same spot.
