He his young please keep your answers clean and nice thankyou.
He would like to know if it is possible to make a flying machine that all you have to do is push a button and it will fly?
2006-06-17 02:07:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Thank you so much for your answers! He thinks it's really cool that we can ask questions and get answers from real people!
2006-06-17 02:32:10 · update #1
We are fairly close. The current generation of jets are what is called fly by wire. What this means is that computers deliver all the commands that make the aircraft fly. Airbus, for example, does not use the conventional aircraft steering yoke (steering wheel) but uses a joystick beside the pilot. Both Boeing (an American aircraft manufacturer) and Airbus (located in Europe) say their new aircraft can indeed take off, fly to a destination, and land the aircraft by inputting the origin and destination locations. This is as close as we are presently to flying a plane by "pushing a button".
Hope this helps and isn't too complicated. Maybe some day I will fly on an aircraft of his design!
2006-06-17 02:17:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 4⤋
Well, I do not know how young he is, but what comes to mind is a simple glider type of aircraft - usually costs about two dollars in the U.S.A., and when I was young, often the propellor would be attached to an elastic band. You would wind the propeller in reverse and then let it go. Off would go the glider, often into a pond or up into a tree! But this comes as close as I can tell him about "push a button" technology. I mean, the elastic is quick and when you let it go, the plane really flies. If someone else here on Yahoo! Answers wants to take on a simple gas or electric engines in a battery-controlled remote affair, then that will be good for six paragraphs. Until he finishes typing that one up for you, get your little boy a balsa wood glider with the elastic so he will have something to be doing until that longer research report comes in! Seriously, remote-controlled gliders (small, miniature ones) are controlled by little boxes with buttons on them. Other folks here on Yahoo! Answers will probably cover that subject pretty well, also. Happy flying to your young one, and have a great summer, both of you! Sent with love from G. in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A.
2006-06-17 09:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by GORDY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say no. Even with Auto pilot all you may have to do is fly. but even with a rubberband plane ( twist the rubber band and release) there is more to it. You may not be doing all the work but the rubberband has to do more work before it flies.
So pushing a button may start a long process to get it to fly.
2006-06-17 09:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by G L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with hobby shops or stores and see if they have the stuff to make the airplane or the flying machine with. I do know you can make them remote control because I have one. Try this site and see if it will help in any way.
2006-06-17 09:15:22 · answer #4 · answered by g3010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get "string flyers" that are much simpler than remote controlled airplanes. They are lots of fun too.
2006-06-17 09:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by Max 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes....autopilot on airplanes could be activated with one button.
2006-06-17 09:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by final_tarheel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if it is a model size and has a remote control
2006-06-17 09:11:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my goodness with all the technology we have today im sure theres one out there
2006-06-17 09:11:33 · answer #8 · answered by . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure....but i think any think is possible
2006-06-17 09:10:50 · answer #9 · answered by krnsspott 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so, but maybe he can do,ha?
2006-06-17 10:38:42 · answer #10 · answered by ela_yasar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋