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Flight Simulator X
By Dane Wrye, Aaron Pena, and Ben Ghusn
About Our Station
• Flight Simulator X is a simulator
• It simulates piloting a real plane
• You can fly a multitude of planes
• You can also select where to take off– As well as how you
take off– And you can even
change the weather!
Objectives/Essential Question
• We want to be able to answer all the questions on
the provided sheet.• We want to be able to do a
barrel roll in a helicopter.• We want to be able to
successfully land an airliner.
• We want to be able to fly a jet through the Golden
Gate Bridge.• We want to be able to
perform tricks on a jet
• Can we take what we learned from Flight Simulation
and apply it to real airplanes?
What did we use?• Flight simulator yoke
• Flight simulator X• Mrs. Young and
Andrew
Vocabulary
• Alleron• Wing• Lift• Rotor• Elevator• Rudder• Stabilizers
(horizontal and vertical)
• Cockpit• Fuselage• Empennage• Pitch • Roll • Yaw• Thrust
Key Concepts
• Newton’s third law– For each action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction
• Bernoulli’s Principle– Air moves faster over the wing– Air moves slower under the wing– Above wing has lower pressure– Under wing has higher pressure– Difference in pressure creates lift
• The Four Forces– Covered next slide
The Four Forces
BASIC PARTSPlanes and Helicopters
Helicopters
Planes
HOW TO FLYBecause flying a real plane isn’t hard enough
The Yoke
This button changes your
viewThis deploys and retracts your landing
gear
Moving this around adjusts your camera in
spot and cockpit view.
This button activates brakes
This scroll wheel also
changes you view
Push and pull to control pitch (controls your
elevators)Turn left and
right to control roll (controls
ailerons)
The Yoke
The black lever controls engine
speed
These levers are secondary
engine controls (helps to go faster)
What We Did
FLIGHT DYNAMICSPitch, Roll, and Yaw
Pitch
• The angle of the nose
• The displayed helicopter has a downward pitch
• Controlled by elevators on a plane
• Occurs along the Lateral Axis
Yaw
• The side to side movement of an aircraft
• Allows the aircraft to move horizontally
• Controlled by rudder on plane
• Occurs along the vertical axis
Roll
• The rising/dipping of an aircraft’s wings
• Isn’t really used by commercial airliners– Airliners typically
use gentle rolling to turn
• Controlled by the ailerons on the wing
• Occurs along the Longitudinal Axis
DiagramsVertical Axis (Yaw)
Lateral Axis (Pitch)
Longitudinal Axis (Roll)
History of Flight
• 1783- Hot air balloon first invented• 1799-1850- George Cayell researched
flight, and designed gliders• 1889- Otto Lilienthal published
aerodynamics book• 1903- Wright Brothers construct “The
Flyer”• 1905- Wright Brothers construct their
next plane
The Interview Show
• Did you achieve your goals?• What helped you learn how to use
the technology?• Was it too easy, too hard, or just
right?• What can you pass on to the next
group?• What standards do you feel you have
achieved?
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• Angle of Attack. (n.d.). Para Motor Club. Retrieved November 30, 2013, from http://www.paramotorclub.org/images/angleOfAttack.jpg
• The Four Forces. (n.d.). Cfinote Book. Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://www.cfinotebook.net/graphics/performance/Four-Forces.jpg
• Helicopter Tail Rotor. (n.d.). Wikimedia. Retrieved December 2, 2013, from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Heli_tail_rotor_dia.png
• Helicopter Lift. (n.d.). Helicopter Lawyers. Retrieved November 29, 2013, from http://www.helicopterlawyers.com/images/helicopter-lift.jpg
• How Helicopters Work, Helicopter Accident Lawyers: Aviation, Aircraft Collision Attorneys. (n.d.). How Helicopters Work, Helicopter Accident Lawyers: Aviation, Aircraft Collision Attorneys. Retrieved December 6, 2013, from http://www.helicopterlawyers.com/how_helicopters_work.html
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