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What is a sudden and potentially dangerous loss of lift in an aircraft?

A sudden and potentially dangerous loss of lift in an aircraft is known as a stall. This occurs when the angle of attack is too high, causing the airflow over the wings to become disrupted and the aircraft to lose its ability to generate lift. It can lead to a loss of control and potential stalling of the aircraft.


What causes loss of lift for airplanes?

There are a lot of factors that can cause the loss of lift in an aircraft, such as changing the shape of the airfoil, changing the speed, a change in air temperature which causes a change in air density, etc.


What is a loss of lift that can cause an airplane to crash?

A STALL, where the wing exceeds it's maximum angle of attack for the conditions (speed, g-force, etc>) under which the airplane is flying. Air separation over the top of the wing increases as angle of attack (angle of the wing compared to the airflow) increases, until the separation causes a decrease in lift. When under these conditions the amount of lift is less than the weight of the aircraft, the wing is stalled, and the aircraft descends. Since most aircraft don't seem to have an angle of attack meter, the airspeed indicator is usually marked with stall speeds experienced under various specific circumstances.


Is lift a noun?

Yes, the word 'lift' is both a noun (lift, lifts) and a verb (lift, lifts, lifting, lifted). Examples:Noun: 'I'm getting into the lift.'Noun: 'Can I give you a lift?'Verb: 'I'm going to lift this up.'Verb: 'This should lift your spirits.'


What is lift a noun or a verb?

Yes, the word 'lift' is both anoun(lift, lifts) and averb(lift, lifts, lifting, lifted). Examples:Noun:'I didn't want to take the stairs so I took the lift.'Noun: 'Can I give you a lift?'Verb:'This should lift your spirits.'Verb: 'It was very heavy and hard to lift."

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What is a sudden and potentially dangerous loss of lift in an aircraft?

A sudden and potentially dangerous loss of lift in an aircraft is known as a stall. This occurs when the angle of attack is too high, causing the airflow over the wings to become disrupted and the aircraft to lose its ability to generate lift. It can lead to a loss of control and potential stalling of the aircraft.


What causes loss of lift for airplanes?

There are a lot of factors that can cause the loss of lift in an aircraft, such as changing the shape of the airfoil, changing the speed, a change in air temperature which causes a change in air density, etc.


What characteristics does an abnormal face lift have?

In addition to the risks outlined above, other complications of face lift surgery include infection, scarring, and hair loss near incision lines.


What are some risks of a cheek lift?

Any surgery has a risk of complications. Some of the risks of a cheek lift include loss of sensation in the face, bruising or swelling, internal bleeding and blood clot.


What causes cellulitis to reoccur?

Gravity! (Aging, or weight loss) lift skin UP. See skin become smooth.


If you lift weights does it make your willy go small?

no. If anything it will make it look bigger due to the loss of fat on the pelvis.


What does rotor blades overcome mounted to flapping hinges?

The flapping of the blades compensates the dissymmetry of the lift created by the blades. The blade going in the same direction as the relative wind has more speed , therefore more lift than the one going against the wind. As the blades are on hinges the blade which has more lift can "flapp" upwards resulting in loss of surface ( as lift is also dependent of the surface) and thus balancing the lift on the rotor disk.


What strange thing happens to this plane in faster than sound flight?

As an aircraft reaches the speed of sound, shock waves build up, creating increase in drag, loss of lift, and loss of control and a sonic explosion is heard.


What strange thing happens to this plane in a faster-than-sound flight?

As an aircraft reaches the speed of sound, shock waves build up, creating increase in drag, loss of lift, and loss of control and a sonic explosion is heard.


What is a loss of lift that can cause an arcraft to crash?

If an airplane exceeds it's maximum angle of attack, or drops below a certain velocity aerodynamic STALL is what occurs. It is characterized by separation of the flow over the top surface of the wing. This phenomenon reduces lift which, if designed right, will cause the aircraft to nose dive. That being said, stall for most airplanes is really only dangerous during take off and landing since there's not much vertical space to recover from the sudden loss of lift.


What does a stall do?

A stall occurs when the flow of air over an aircraft’s wings is disrupted, causing a loss of lift and control. Pilots are trained to recognize and recover from stalls by reducing the aircraft’s angle of attack to regain lift and control.