Brainstorming and Barnstorming: Basics of Flight



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Flight History

First flight: The Wright Flyer 1903
Break Speed of Sound: Bell X-1A 1947
Land on Moon: Apollo 11 1969
Circumnavigate Earth on one tank of
gas: Global Flyer 2005
We’ve come a long way


Basic Aircraft Terminology

Airfoil: Cross sectional shape of a wing
Leading Edge: Front edge of wing
Trailing Edge: Back edge of wing
Chord Line: Line connecting LE to TE
Camber: Center line between top and
bottom of wing
High camber found on slow flying high lift
aircraft


Wing Layout

Planform: Vertical projection of wing
area
Elliptical: good for high speed
Straight: root stalls, but cheap to make
Tapered: good stall characteristics
Delta: used for supersonic flight


Stabilizing Surfaces:Balancing Moments

Vertical Stabilizer: The vertical part of
the tail which prevents unwanted yaw
Horizontal Stabilizer: Horizontal portion
of the tail (or the Canard) that prevents
unwanted pitch