Definations

These are definations of flight words. A: Ailerons: a hinged edge of an airplane wing, used to control lateral balance. Air Pressure: it is the force per unit area exerted against an object at any point in the worlds atmosphere. Air Craft: an object capable of flight. Airfoil: a structure thats has curved surfaces that are designed to give the best ratio of lift to drag to flight used as the basic form of wings. Archimedes Principle:the buoyant force on an object is equivalent to the weight of the fluid displaced on that object. Attitude: The function of 2 actions pitch and roll it is used to describe the reaction to it's surrondings. B: Basket: a structure suspended from a envelope of a hot air balloon for carrying the crew,equipment,ballast. Bernoulli's principle: Bernoulli's principle states that the speed of fluid with a decrease in pressure. Buoyancy: This is what Archimedes proved that the buoyant force on an object is equivalent to the weigh of the fluid displaced on that object. C: Control Surfaces: This allows the pilot to adjust the planes flight altitude. D: Dihedral Angle: The angle between 2 planes. Drag: Drag is sometimes called air resistance and drag counters lift. E: Elevator: on aircraft carriers the elevators carry between the aircraft and the flight deck for repairs. Envelope: A flight envelope of a airplane refers to what the design is capable of in the terms of speed and altitude. F: Fuselage: The fuselage of a airplane is the main body section that holds all the people (passengers,crew) G: Gliders: A light aircraft that was designed to fly for long periods of time without a engine. Gravity: L: Lift: P: Pitch: R: Rocket: Roll: Rudder: S: Shroud Lines: Stability: T: Terminal Velocity Thrust: V: Vacuum W: Weight: Y: Yaw: