 | Term | Definition |
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10 |
throws until arm get tired |
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27.6 sec. |
longest paper airplane flight was |
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60 mph |
how fast he thinks his arm was going |
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852 ft |
how many feet the first flight was up in the sky |
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aileron |
hinged main wng surfaces thast help control banking for a turn |
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airfoil |
wing tail or rudder |
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Amelia Earhart |
1932, first women to cross the Atlantic Coast alone in nonstop flight, disappeareard |
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Calbraith Rogers |
1911 first to fly Wright craft across the USA |
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Camber |
slight curve of airfoil from the leading edge to trailling edge |
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Charles Lindbergh |
1927 first solo Atlantic flight in Spirit Of St. Louis 33 and 1/2 hours |
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December 17, 1903 |
Wright Brothers first flight |
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Dik Rutan and Jeana Yeager |
1986 flew The Voyager nonstop around world, 9 days 3 min. 44 sec. |
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dihedral |
incline wing angle helps stabilize plane and create lift |
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directional |
yaw, keeps plane from going too far left or right |
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drag |
holds plane back |
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elevator |
moveable hinged tail control, causes planes nose to go up or down |
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flap |
hinged at trailing edge of the wing closer to the wing, close to fuselage, increase lift or drag |
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fuselage |
bosy of plane |
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Georgia Dome |
Where longest paper airplane flight was held |
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Gravity |
pulls plane down |
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Ken Blackburn |
flew longest paper airplane flight |
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lift |
pushes plane up |
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Louis Bleriot |
1909 first person to fly across English Channel |
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Law 1 |
if something isnt moving it wont move on its own, wont stop until something pushes against it |
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law 2 |
things move farther and faster when pushed harder. Move in same direction unless something move it to a different direction |
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law 3 |
when object pushed in one direction, always resistance same size in opposite dircetion |
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Orville |
flew 4th flight |
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pitch |
keeps planes nose from going too far up or down |
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process of lift |
faster moving air over top of wing creates low air pressure, underside, hih air pressure |
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rudder |
moveable airfoil located at the rar stabilizer |
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spiral |
roll, keeps plane from spinning |
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stabilizee |
horizantol or vertical airfoil in the tail section |
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thermal |
warm air, uneven heating |
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thrust |
pushes plane forward |
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trainer |
works out w/ a person |
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Wiley Pist |
1933 first solo flught around the world |
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