Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Airplane Flight:X-Plane in the Classroom

Four Forces Of FlightWeightLiftDragThrust

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Topics Lift Stall Theories explaining lift

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift results from a difference of air pressure along the wing.

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift results from a difference of air pressure along the wing. Lift is up and perpendicular to the flight path.

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift results from a difference of air pressure along the wing. Lift is up and perpendicular to the flight path. Lift is sensitive to both:

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift results from a difference of air pressure along the wing. Lift is up and perpendicular to the flight path. Lift is sensitive to both:

Air speed over the wing

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift results from a difference of air pressure along the wing. Lift is up and perpendicular to the flight path. Lift is sensitive to both:

Air speed over the wingAngle of attack of the wing

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift results from a difference of air pressure along the wing. Lift is up and perpendicular to the flight path. Lift is sensitive to air speed and angle of attack Lift Vectors

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift VectorsGreen – vertical lift

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift as a force

Lift VectorsGreen – vertical liftYellow – horizontal lift (very small)

Lift as a force

Lift VectorsGreen – vertical liftYellow – horizontal lift (very small)Red - drag

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift

StallAirplane begins to fall from the sky.Results from not enough air flowing over the wings.

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Theories explaining lift Bernoulli’s Principle

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Theories explaining lift Bernoulli’s Principle Newton’s Third Law

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up

Lift Stall Theories explaining lift

Lift - A Real Pick Me Up