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24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Pitch |
Up or Down. Pushing in or out adjusts the elevators. |
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Roll |
Banking curves. Turning the wheel right or left adjusts the ailerons. |
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Yaw |
Left and Right. Pushing the rudder pedals adjusts the rudder. |
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Thrust |
The force that pulls forward. The throttle controls the engines. |
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Lift |
The force that pulls up. Controled by the flaps. |
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Drag |
The force that pulls back. |
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Gravity |
The force that pulls down |
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Lighter-than-air |
Something lighter than air. |
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Helium |
A very light fluid |
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Spacecraft |
Something that flies in space. |
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Aircraft |
Something that flies in air. |
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Expansion |
To get bigger. |
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Contraction |
To get smaller. |
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Aileron |
The things that control roll. |
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Rudder |
The thing that controls yaw. |
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Elevators |
The things that control lift. |
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Aerodynamic |
To be able to slice through a fluid. |
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Fluid |
Something that follows the Properties of Fluids |
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Properties of fluids |
Cold fluids contract, hot ones expand. Fluids flow. Cold fluids are denser, hot ones are less dense. Fluids take the shape of the container they're in. Fluids can exert pressure. |
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Pressure |
A force that pushes. |
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Propulsion |
Pulling forward. |
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Stationary |
Something that is not moving. |
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Bernoulli's principle. |
The law that states a moving fluid can create lift. |
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An experiment that showed Bernoulli's principle. |
When someone blew against two ping-pong balls, the balls came together. |
