Flight Training Central
AUGUST 21, 2024
During your flight training, you’ll learn all about the 4 forces acting on the airplane in flight, including lift, thrust, weight and drag. This week’s tip takes a closer look at the aerodynamic forces that cause the rearward force of drag, including a breakdown of parasite vs. induced drag.
Simple Flying
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Since most aircraft spend nearly 90% of their operational time in cruise flight, the cruise lift-to-drag ratio determines the cruise performance of the aircraft. Engines play a vital role in ensuring that necessary thrust is provided to counter the drag forces and achieve a level flight.
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Simple Flying
JULY 8, 2024
Although the science behind flight may seem complex, it boils down to the balance of four fundamental forces: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Have you ever watched a plane take off and wondered how that big metal object full of people actually floats in the air?
AOPA
JULY 25, 2024
Samson Sky, maker of the experimental Switchblade flying sports car, announced design updates that the company says will improve the vehicle’s thrust/drag issues.
Flight Training Central
MAY 7, 2024
The four forces acting on an airplane in flight are lift, weight, thrust, and drag. lift, weight, gravity, and thrust. Which basic flight maneuver increases the load factor on an airplane as compared to straight-and-level flight? lift, gravity, power, and friction. remain the same regardless of gross weight.
Northstar VFR
JANUARY 8, 2024
Thrust Thrust is our forward motion. In a commercial airliner, the jet engines are creating the thrust required for the heavy plane to move forward. In your car, the engine under the hood is creating thrust for you to move forward, but you stay on the ground because you don’t have wings! Drag opposes lift.
Flight Training Central
MAY 6, 2024
Those struts and wires create a lot of parasite drag, an anathema for aircraft whose design and mission is speed. Short field landings can be shorter because the drag robbing ground effect is lessened by the greater distance between the wing and ground. The bi-wing design has one serious flaw.
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