4th grade flight notes

1. Flight

2. Two types of flight
True – uses some kind of
Gliding- no power needed power

3. Thrust
Force that pushes
object forward

4. Airfoil
A curved shape of a
wing to produce lift

5. Angle of Attack
The angle at which a
wing meets the flow of
air

6. Bernoulli’s
Principle
-as the speed of a fluid
increases its pressure
decreases

7. Lift
The force created as
air moves over an
airfoil shape or
airplane wing

8. drag
Friction with the air

9. weight
- the force that
gravity exerts on
a body

10. fuselage

11. Tail assembly