As pilot I often get asked many questions about airplanes and their nature; I happily comply with their little heart’s desires for the thirst of knowledge about aviation. What does this do? How does this work? What in the world is that thing? People are rather inquisitive about the parts of an airplane. An airplane can be broken down into four easy simple categories, the fuselage, the wings, the empennage (tail section), and the engine.
The fuselage, the portion which all other pieces of the aircraft usually attach to, contains the most important material, the passengers and pilots. It is the equivalent of the car’s body/chassis, and it is easily recognizable because that is where the windows are. In the front of the fuselage is the cockpit where the amazing pilots do their aviating and fly the plane. It also contains special points where wings are attached. Below the fuselage is where the landing gear attaches. This is what usually retracts into the body of the plane and lowers for landings for the plane to rest upon. The fuselage is an easy simple piece of an airplane.
What’s the most recognizable piece of an airplane? Wings are without a doubt the signature piece of an airplane. That’s what makes them fly! Wings have control surfaces on themselves to help orientate the aircraft. Within the wings, usually about a ¼ to ½ the wing’s length at the end, are separated and hinged wing pieces that move up and down called ailerons. The left and right ailerons move in opposite directions to change the direction of lift momentarily. This brief change of lift allows the aircraft to bank and change its direction. Newer more modern plane wings have what’s called winglets. Winglets, an upward curved end piece of the wing, decrease wingtip ...
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... turned by pistons, it is fueled by a combustion process using turbine exhaust to spin the prop rather, hence the term turboprop. A turbofan is what you will find on all private business jets and airliners. Instead of turning a prop, turbofan engines use the exhaust to turn a fan which helps produce more thrust by helping creating bypass air. Military planes such as the F-22 Raptor use the plain jet engine which produces thrust by in simple terms lighting jet fuel on fire and pushing it out the back. Whatever type of engine it may be, they are all important pieces of a plane.
The fuselage, wings, empennage, and engines all make up the pieces of an airplane. They are all important to the well-being of a flying airplane; they are all parts; without one, the plane couldn’t fly. Next time you see an airplane, you can impress anyone with your new knowledge of aircraft.
Flying alongside the clouds at high altitudes; to hear nothing except the thoughts in my head and to go to far away destinations on a weekend is just some of the reasons I enjoy flying. I start out early in the morning heading out to the local airport. At that time in the morning, I can feel the chill in the air. It is so quiet at the beginning of dawn. I know when I am close to the airport; I can smell the aviation fuel burning from the aircraft on the runway. Once I arrive, I head straight to the aircraft hangar where I left my aircraft the previous day. Next, I would walk around the aircraft to do a visual inspection of any damage to the aircraft that may have been done on a previous flight. If there is some minor damage, I log it in my flight log. Once I am done with the preliminary outside inspections, I move inside the flight cabin where I set the instruments for the day’s flight. Once the instruments are set, I crack my window slightly and yell, “CLEAR.” I turn the key to the right; the propeller starts to turn with a clank, clank sound; suddenly the engine comes to life. WOW, what a feeling that is to hear the engine comes to life. I place my headset on my head and say, “Clermont, WNS77 with radio check, Clermont.” The tower replies with, “Clermont, WNS77 radio check, load and clear, Clermont.” The thrill of flying has always had a place in my heart and being a part of the Experimental Aviation Association, also known as EAA, has help me feel closer to my desires of flying with the heavenly bodies. The main goal of the Experimental Aircraft Association is to bring individuals, like myself, together and share in the joy of all parts of aviation. This can include homebuilt aircraft, exploring new technology in the field of...
The history of flying dates back as early as the fifteenth century. A Renaissance man named Leonardo da Vinci introduced a flying machine known as the ornithopter. Da Vinci proposed the idea of a machine that had bird like flying capabilities. Today no ornithopters exist due to the restrictions of humans, and that the ornithopters just aren’t practical. During the eighteenth century a philosopher named Sir George Cayley had practical ideas of modern aircraft. Cayley never really designed any workable aircraft, but had many incredible ideas such as lift, thrust, and rigid wings to provide for lift. In the late nineteenth century the progress of aircraft picks up. Several designers such as Henson and Langley, both paved the way for the early 1900’s aircraft design. Two of the most important people in history of flight were the Wright Brothers. The Wright Brothers were given the nickname the “fathers of the heavier than air flying machine” for their numerous flights at their estate in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville and Wilbur Wright created a motor-powered biplane in which they established incredible feats of the time. The Wright Brothers perfected their design of the heavier than air flying ma...
The Physics Behind the Power of an Engine Insert the key, turn, and vroom. And down the road you go. Most people take for granted the strange conglomeration of metal and plastic under that sheet of metal, either in front or back of their vehicle. The engine, as you may have guessed, is a modern marvel- so to speak. They’re found in cars, trucks, boats, airplanes.
In this paper, I would like to discuss on the video, “21st century jet.” This video is about the launching and testing of the airplane by the Boeing company, 777.The 777 family is designed to fill the size gap between the 767 and 747.The head of the 777 project is Allen Millaley, who promised to do many things which are impossible, produced the plane which is more reliable than any other plane in the aviation history. The first large passenger jet designed completely by computer, the 777 is more complex and innovative than any other airliner ever built.
Aviation was big during the 1920’s. The first airplanes that were developed were made of wood and canvas, they were later modernized and than made of an increasing amount of metal during this era. Airplanes were typically only used to carrying heavy loads and for wars, but during this era they were able to start taking passengers as well. It was only in 1927 that an airport terminal in the form of a waiting room and ticket-office for airplane passenger...
As a conclusion, I hope these previous paragraphs have given you the knowledge that everyone dealing with physics or airplanes should possess. These factors may not show all that physics has to contribute in the flight of an aircraft but they do show the major contributions. After reading these paragraphs, you should now have greater respect for physics, not just in airplanes, but in the world, because it is all around you and nothing can exist or work without it.
The Zeppelin is a lighter than air aircraft which floats in the sky with engines providing forward thrust and its directional controls is provided by rudders and control surfaces. The main body of the Zeppelin is built with a rigid skeleton of metal alloy which was then covered by a fabric skin, within the structure, there were individual cells filled with lighter than air gases. The engines were installed under the main body in the gondolas; the cockpit was also located under the main body (“ZEPPELIN L32/33”, ND). The Zeppelin was originally used as a passenger and cargo transport purposes but during the World War One (WWI), it was used as a military offensive weapon, regularly conducting air raids (“AIRSHIPS”, ND). Although the Zeppelin was an engineering marvel in the early 20th century , the development of the heavier-than-air aircraft along with the lack of success in WWI and its technological deficiencies which causes frequent crashes quickly lead...
Planes have developed immensely through the years. The Wright brothers developed the first plane in 1903.
The aerospace industry is fairly new in our day in age. It has been recorded in history that the first flight ever by man took place in Kitty Hawk, NC roughly 100 years ago. Since that first model, drastic improvements have been made in aerospace technology. Aerospace has evolved from simple prop planes to sound barrier breaking jets and even to space shuttles. The very definition of aerospace in the adjective or active form is “of or relating to aerospace, to vehicles used in aerospace or the manufacture of such vehicles, or to travel in aerospace.” In general, aerospace deals with any dynamic manufactured vehicle that travels above the surface of the earth. This, as you might expect, leaves two possibilities, the atmosphere or our earth, and outer space. Such basic examples of aerospace vehicles are Cessna planes, Black Hawk helicopters, Goodyear blimps and the Columbia Space Shuttle. Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, aerospace has and will continue to be an integrated part of our society.
Flight is one of the most important achievements of mankind. We owe this achievement to the invention of the airfoil and understanding the physics that allow it to lift enormous weights into the sky.
Write an expository essay explaining how the forces in fluids allow heavy airplanes to fly. • Bernoulli's principle • wing shape • lift • thrust • drag Every object on Earth has weight, a product of both gravity and mass. A Boeing 747-8 passenger airliner has a maximum takeoff weight of 487.5 tons (442 metric tons), the force of the weighty plane is drawn toward the Earth. Weight's opposing force is lift, which holds an airplane in the air.
The first are the elevators, which are devices on the tail of a plane that control pitch (the swaying of an aircraft around a horizontal axis perpendicular to the direction of motion). The rudder is also located on the tail of a plane. When the rudder is tilted to starboard (right), the aircraft yaws twists on a vertical axis in that direction. When the rudder is tilted to port (left), the craft yaws in the opposite direction. Finally, ailerons on the rear edge of each wing roll the plane from side to side.
Paper Airplanes, flight at its simplest for humans. As kids, we learned how to build paper airplanes and send them soaring into the sky. We didn't stop to think about why the airplanes where able to fly after the initial thrust we gave them or how they were able to glide for so long afterwards. Ignorance was bliss then, but now we strive to understand how things work. Looking back to the childhood past time of flying paper airplanes, I will try to explain some of the parts that make paper airplanes fly.
The jet engine is a great mechanical piece of engineering. It has been used in almost all aircraft since its invention. This one improvement in aircraft allowed aircraft to fly higher, faster, and more efficient. The turbocharged engine invented by GE was the main building block for other engines. Since its invention, the jet engine has been the workhorse for all jet powered aircraft.
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