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This is a bi-plane [meaning 2 wings] usually shorter than a normal plane having much greater lift at lower speeds and allowing it to be more maneuverable.

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Which has more lift a plane with large wings or a plane with small wings flying at the same speed?

A plane with large wings is likely to have more lift because the airflow around the plane is more.AnswerThe amount of Lift produced by a wing depends on several variables: Wing size(plan shape), Airfoil shape and Angle of Attack.Wings are designed with different airfoil shape. So a large wing will not have the same airfoil shape as a smaller wing for the same aircraft weight. Like wise, the wing can be designed to have a fixed angle of attack that is more on one aircraft than another.


An airplane flies at constant speed in a horizontal straight path in other words the flying plane is in equilibrium two horizontal forces act on the plane one is the thrust of the propellers that push?

The thrust from the propellers provides the forward force needed to overcome the drag and maintain a constant speed. The lift generated by the wings counters the force of gravity to keep the plane at a constant altitude. As long as these forces are balanced, the plane will continue to fly in a straight path at a constant speed.


How airplane take a turn in air?

Flaps increase air resistance on one wing, causing the plane to turn that direction. Alternately, one might increase thrust in an engine on a wing, causing the plane to turn the opposite direction. Some jet aircraft have attitude jets on the wing tips which can be rotated.


What is lift of a air plane?

The shape of the wings will cause low pressure above the wings and high pressure below the wing creating lift. This Bernoulli's Principle provides only a small part of the lift of a wing and the main lift is generated by the force of the passing air under the wing(called ram air) when the wing is tilted backwards as seen when a plane taking off lifts the nose(rotates) just as a person would experience the upward force when extending one's hand(palm side down) outside the window in a fast moving car and tilting the front(leading edge) of the hand upward.


Can an airplane on a conveyor belt take off?

Yes, it can take off. Once the plane's engines are providing thrust against the air it will move forward, and all the belt can do is make the (freewheeling) wheels spin faster. As a thought exercise, imagine that the plane is being pulled by a rope rather than pushed by an engine. As long as the rope is pulling it through the air, no matter how fast the conveyor belt spins in the other direction it can't act against the pull of the rope, as the wheels effectively decouple the two. Many people can't see the difference between the plane and a car on the same belt - one moves by acting against the air, the other by acting against the surface of the belt.