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What causes induced drag?
Induced drag is caused by the creation of lift on an aircraft's wings. As the aircraft generates lift, it creates vortices at the wingtips, which result in a rearward force component known as induced drag. This drag increases as the angle of attack or lift produced by the wings increases.
How does extending the wing flaps effect lift and drag?
Extending the wing flaps increases the wing surface area, which can increase lift at lower speeds by creating more lift-producing air pressure. However, the increased surface area also increases drag by creating more drag-inducing air resistance. Overall, extending wing flaps is a trade-off between increasing lift for lower speeds and increasing drag, which can impact fuel efficiency and performance.
What is the device in an aircraft wing to reduce lift and decrease speed?
Airplanes use a combination of slats and flaps in order to increase lift and increase drag. The slats are located on the leading edge of the wing and the flaps on the trailing edge. Flaps and slats when extended forward and aft increase the wing area which increases lift. When the flaps and slats are further extended they curve downwards increasing the camber of the wing which also increases lift. The greater the lift, the greater the drag. Deploy the flaps a little and lift overcomes the drag, fully extend them and the drag overcomes the lift. For takeoff the flaps and slats may be extended just a few degrees to increase lift. When flaps and slats are fully deployed in landing configuration, the lift is great but so is the drag and this in turn helps to slow down the airplane on decent to land.
How does drag affect lift?
Drag is a force that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid, such as air. It can decrease the amount of lift generated by an object by acting in the opposite direction to lift. The larger the amount of drag acting on an object, the more it can reduce the overall lift and affect the performance and efficiency of an aircraft or other object.
Can you change the four forces in flight in any way?
Of course. That's exactly how you steer an airplane. -- Running the engines faster increases the thrust, which increases the airspeed. -- Increasing the airspeed or the angle of attack increases the lift, which makes the plane climb. -- Increasing the drag causes the airspeed to decrease, which causes the lift to decrease. -- Decreasing the airspeed or the angle of attack decreases the lift, which can be used to lose altitude. -- Using control surfaces to increase the lift of one wing while decreasing the lift of the other wing causes the airplane to bank toward the wing with less lift. -- Increasing the angle of attack during a bank causes the plane to be 'lifted' around a turn. -- Extending flaps increases both lift and drag. If thrust is maintained at the same time, the airplane loses airspeed but maintains altitude. Anything you want the airplane to do is accomplished by manipulating the four forces in flight.
How are the lift and drag components of the wing affected when you lower the flaps?
lift decrease and increase drag
What causes induced drag?
Induced drag is caused by the creation of lift on an aircraft's wings. As the aircraft generates lift, it creates vortices at the wingtips, which result in a rearward force component known as induced drag. This drag increases as the angle of attack or lift produced by the wings increases.
How does angle of attack affect lift and drag?
A higher angle of attack has an increase of both lift and drag.
How does extending the wing flaps effect lift and drag?
Extending the wing flaps increases the wing surface area, which can increase lift at lower speeds by creating more lift-producing air pressure. However, the increased surface area also increases drag by creating more drag-inducing air resistance. Overall, extending wing flaps is a trade-off between increasing lift for lower speeds and increasing drag, which can impact fuel efficiency and performance.
What is the device in an aircraft wing to reduce lift and decrease speed?
Airplanes use a combination of slats and flaps in order to increase lift and increase drag. The slats are located on the leading edge of the wing and the flaps on the trailing edge. Flaps and slats when extended forward and aft increase the wing area which increases lift. When the flaps and slats are further extended they curve downwards increasing the camber of the wing which also increases lift. The greater the lift, the greater the drag. Deploy the flaps a little and lift overcomes the drag, fully extend them and the drag overcomes the lift. For takeoff the flaps and slats may be extended just a few degrees to increase lift. When flaps and slats are fully deployed in landing configuration, the lift is great but so is the drag and this in turn helps to slow down the airplane on decent to land.
How is this possible when lift increases at the same time as drag?
Your question makes no sense. What is the "this" that you refer to in your question?
How do winglets on a plane help the plane?
Winglets descrease induced drag (drag from the production of lift) created by wing-tip vortices, simply turbulent airflow off the edge of the wing. So they do increase handling characteristics and fuel efficiency because of the increase in lift and decrease in drag. Hope this helped!
What are the purposes of the slats and flaps of an airplane's wings?
Slats and flaps increase drag and also increaselift. The increase in drag slows the aircraft down, and the increase in lift lowers the stall speed, which slows the landing speed of the aircraft.
What is the parts of a plane?
Cockpit=command and control fuselage=hold thing togather-carry payload slats=increases lift spoiler=changes lift,drag and roll aileron=changes roll flaps=increases lift and drag elevator=changes pitch rudder=changes yaw vertical stabilizer=controls yaw horizontal stabilizer= controls pitch wing=generates lift winglet=decreases drag turbine engine=generates thrust note: not all planes have winglets i hope this helped
Why are the wings of some planes bent up at the tips?
These are called winglets. They reduce drag therefore increase lift.
Where are the flaps on a plane?
They are on the trailing edge of the wings. They are used to increase drag and can increase lift. If set to a large enough angle the amount of drag exceeds the added lift and allows a plane to land a slow down in a shorter distance than it could in a no flap condition. Flaps assist on allowing an airplane to fly at a slower speed and maintain lift and control.
How does drag affect lift?
Drag is a force that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid, such as air. It can decrease the amount of lift generated by an object by acting in the opposite direction to lift. The larger the amount of drag acting on an object, the more it can reduce the overall lift and affect the performance and efficiency of an aircraft or other object.
