THE FORCES OF FLIGHTAN INTRODUCTION TO THE FORCES OF FLIGHT ACTING ON AN AIRCRAFT 1BY -SHREYASPINGEMCC ENGINEERTHE AIM OF THIS TRAINING:TO ENABLE THE PARTICPANTS TO GAIN UNDERSTANDING OF THEFOUR FORCES ACTING ON AN AIRCRAFT IN FLGIHT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TRAINING:BY THE END OF THIS TRAINING THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO: DESCRIBE THE FOUR FORCESOF FLIGHT. IDENTIFY THE DIRCTION OF ACTION FOR EACH OF THE FOUR FORCES OF FLIGHT. EXPLAIN THE INTERACTION OF THE FOUR FORCES OF FLIGHT.THE FOUR FORCES OF FLIGHT ARE1.LIFT2.THRUST3.WEIGHT4.DRAGWHAT IS THRUST?THRUST REFERS TO THE FORCE THAT PROPELS AN AIRCRAFT IN FORWARD DIRECTION. THRUST IS PRODUCED BY THE ENGINE OF AN AIRCRAFT EITHER BY USING A PROPELLER OR BY JET EXHAUST.WHAT IS LIFT?LIFT REFERS TO THE FORCE THAT KEEPS THE AIRCRAFT FLYING IN AIR BY ACTING IN UPWARDDIRECTION. LIFT IS PRODUCED BY THE WINGS OF AN AIRCRAFT BY THE ACTION OF AIR FLOWING OVER THEIR SURCFACE.WHAT IS WEIGHT?WEIGHT REFERS TO THE FORCE THAT TRIES TO BRING AN AIRCRAFT TO GROUND BY ACTING IN DOWNWARD DIRECTION. WEIGHT IS THE FORCE ACTING ON AN AIRCRAFT DUE TO EARTHS GRAVITY.HEAVIER THE AIRCRAFT ,MORE IS THE WEIGHT.WHAT IS DRAG?DRAG REFERS TO THE FORCE THAT OBSTRUCTS THE AIRCRAFT FROMMOVING FORWARD BY ACTING IN BACKWARD DIRECTION. DRAG IS THE STOPPING FORCE EXERTED BY AIR ON THE AIRCRAFT MOVING THROUGH IT.HOW DO THE FORCES OF FLIGHT INTERACT?LIFT EQUALS WEIGHTTHRUST EQUALS DRAGFOR AN AIRCRAFT IN A LEVEL FLIGHTIn a leel !l"#$%& l"!% e'(al) *e"#$% an+ %$,()% e'(al) +,a# *$en %$e -lane !l"e) a% ./n)%an% el/."%01SUMMARYTHE FOUR FORCES OF FLIGHT: THRUST LIFT WEIGHT DRAGTO MAINTAIN A STEADY 2 LEVEL FLIGHT: LIFT3 WEIGHT THRUST 3DRAGASSESMENT1.FORCE REPRESENTED BY 4A5 IS LIFT2.FORCE REPRESENTED BY 4B5 IS THRUST3.FORCE REPRESENTED BY 4C5 IS WEIGHT4.FORCE REPRESENTED BY 4D5 ISDRAG5.IN A LEVEL FLIGHT LIFT EQUALS TO WEIGHT.IN A LEVEL FLIGHT THRUST EQUALS TO DRAG